History 8 China Vocabulary

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1. wen

2. Mandate of heaven

3. loess

4. jen

5. ancestor

6. feng shui

7. Tao

The Tao itself refers to a power which envelops, surrounds and flows through all things, living and non-living, regulates natural processes and nourishes balance in the Universe and embodies the harmony of opposites i.e. there would be no love without hate, no light without dark, no male without female. It is important to not that Taoism does not seek to reconcile these contradictions as the West does with rationalism, but views them in juxtaposition, side by side.

8. dynasty

9. tai chi

10. yin

11. yang

12. Tradition

13. Yangtze River

14. Hwang Ho (Yellow River)

15. Li Po

16. Li Bai

17. Wang Wei Wang Wei was one of the greatest poets and painters of the Tang Dynasty. His poems often take the Buddist perspective by paying attention to the beauty of nature while being aware of sensory illusion. Also he was one of the first to develop the art of landscape painting. For more [1] Poetry [2] GW