Ancient China Vocabulary

A mark or symbol used in a writing system

• character

• deity

• dynasty

• oracle

A member of the state's service organization for its citizens

• civil servant

• deity

• oracle

• philosopher

A philosophy or religious system that teaches balance, harmony, and simplicity

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Legalism

• Buddhism

A god or goddess

• deity

• dynasty

• oracle

• character

A succession of rulers from the same family or line

• dynasty

• bureaucracy

• civil service

• character

A person through which a god is believed to speak the future

• oracle

• deity

• emperor

• civil servant

Showing respect for one's parents

• filial piety

• Mandate of Heaven

• paddy

• bureaucracy

A political belief of ancient China in which the emperor was given the right to rule from a god

• Mandate of Heaven

• bureaucracy

• civil service

• filial piety

Wet land in which rice is grown

• paddy

• pulp

• till

• oracle

A material made from wood, plants, and other things to make paper

• pulp

• paddy

• till

• oracle