Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 16

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
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• A)A concept of complementary poles, one of which represents the feminine, dark, and receptive, and the other the masculine, bright, and assertive.
• B)One of the earliest Chinese books, containing documents, speeches, and historical accounts about early Zhou rule.
• C)A powerful mechanical bow developed during the Warring States Period.
• D)A stylized animal face commonly seen in Chinese bronzes.
• E)Political theorists who emphasized the need for rigorous laws and laid the basis for China's later bureaucratic government.
• F)The theory that Heaven gives the king a mandate to rule only as long as he rules in the interests of the people.
• G)The earliest collection of Chinese poetry; it provides glimpses of what life was like in the early Zhou Dynasty.
• H)Soil deposited by wind; it is fertile and easy to work.
• I)Humanity, the ultimate Confucian virtue; it is translated as perfect goodness, benevolence, humanity, human-heartedness, and nobility.
• J)Reverent attitude of children to their parents extolled by Confucius.
• K)The Way, a term used by Daoists to refer to the natural order and by Confucians to refer to the moral order.
• L)A system of writing in which each word is represented by a single symbol, such as the Chinese script.
• M)One of the Shang Dynasty capitals from which the Shang kings ruled for more than two centuries.
• N)The lower ranks of Chinese aristocracy; these men could serve in either military or civil capacities.
• O)The time in Chinese history between 403 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E. when states fought each other and one state after another was destroyed.

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