Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 14

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
-cloistered government

• A)A system in which an emperor retired to a Buddhist monastery but continued to exercise power by controlling his young son on the throne.
• B)A school of Buddhism that emphasized meditation and truths that could not be conveyed in words.
• C)A sect of Buddhism that maintains that the secrets of enlightenment have been secretly transmitted from the Buddha and can be accessed through initiation into the mandalas, mudras, and mantras.
• D)A tool for identifying north using a magnetic needle; it was made useful for sea navigation in Song times when placed in a protective case.
• E)The theory that Chinese reigns go through a predictable cycle from early vigor and growth to subsequent decline as administrators become lax and the well-off find ways to avoid paying taxes, cutting state revenues.
• F)A system of printing in which one piece of type is used for each unique character.
• G)The Japanese general-in-chief.
• H)Literally, the "way of the warrior"; the code of conduct by which samurai were expected to live.
• I)The revival of Confucian thinking that began in the eleventh century, characterized by the goal of attaining the wisdom of the sages, not exam success.
• J)Chinese educated elite that included both scholars and officials. The officials had usually gained office by passing the highly competitive civil service examination.
• K)A method of selecting officials in imperial China based on competitive written tests.
• L)A woman contracted to a man as a secondary spouse; although subordinate to the wife, her sons were considered legitimate heirs.
• M)The practice of fastening the feet of girls with long strips of cloth to keep them from growing large.
• N)A Japanese literary masterpiece about court life written by Lady Murasaki.

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