The Zhou Dynasty and New Ideas

Lesson 7.2Key TermsAngeline C.

LordsDefinition: people at the highest level of society who paid taxes and provided soldiers to the king

Sentence: He granted plots of land to lords, or people of high rank.

PeasantsDefinition: farmers who owned small farms

Sentence: Peasants, or farmers with small fam, were ate the bottom of the order.

ConfuciusDefinition: a teacher who influenced Chinese history by coming up with ideas about how to restore order to China

Sentence: One such person, Confucius, became the most influential teacher in Chinese history.

EthicsDefinition: principled values

Sentence: Confucius said that the Chinese needed to return to ethnics or moral values.

ConfucianismDefinition: Confucius’s ideas

Sentence: The ideas of Coinfucius are known as Confucianism.

DaoismDefinition: a belief that emphasized living in peace with the Dao

Sentence: Daoism stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality

LaoziDefinition: the best known Daoist teacher

Sentence: Laozi was the most famous Daoist teacher.

LegalismDefinition: the belief that people have bad characteristics and needed to be guided

Sentence: Legalism, the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled, contrasted with both Confucianism and Daoism.