Silla & Korea
This Korean kingdom unified the peninsula in the 7th century with help from Tang China.
What is Silla?
This ruler unified China in 221 BCE and is buried with thousands of terracotta soldiers.
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
This massive peasant uprising contributed to the collapse of the Han dynasty.
What is the Yellow Turban Revolt?
This land distribution system helped the Tang government control land ownership and taxation.
What is the Equal Field System?
This form of Buddhism emphasizes meditation and later becomes Zen in Japan.
What is Chan Buddhism?
This alliance helped Silla defeat rival kingdoms and unify Korea.
What is the Tang–Silla Alliance?
This political philosophy emphasized strict laws and strong state authority during the Qin dynasty.
What is Legalism?
This historical era followed the fall of the Han dynasty and involved three competing states.
What is the Three Kingdoms Period?
This massive waterway connected northern and southern China and helped unify the empire economically.
What is the Grand Canal?
This early Buddhist figure is traditionally credited with bringing Chan Buddhism to China.
Who is Bodhidharma?
This famous Buddhist grotto temple built during the Silla period symbolizes Buddhist cosmology.
What is Sokkuram?
This Han dynasty historian wrote one of the earliest comprehensive histories of China.
Who is Sima Qian?
This Daoist-influenced philosophy encouraged withdrawal from politics and nature-focused living.
What is Neo-Daoist escapism?
*Daily Double*
This Tang emperor seized power after a violent palace coup known as the Incident at Xuanwu Gate.
Who is Emperor Taizong?
This Buddhist school emphasizes faith in the Buddha Amitabha and rebirth in a paradise.
What is Pure Land Buddhism?
These two rival Korean kingdoms were defeated before Silla unified the peninsula.
What are Koguryo and Paekche?
This government economic policy controlled key resources like salt and iron during the Han dynasty.
What are the Salt and Iron monopolies?
This famous Daoist story describes a hidden utopian society discovered by accident.
What is Peach Blossom Spring?
This rebellion in the 8th century severely weakened the Tang dynasty.
What is the An Lushan Rebellion?
This Tang dynasty persecution (840–845) targeted Buddhist monasteries and wealth.
What is the Huichang Suppression?
This Buddhist concept describes a universal ruler who governs according to Buddhist principles and was used to legitimize kings.
What is a chakravartin?
This Han dynasty policy attempted to stabilize grain prices and prevent famine.
What is the Ever-Level Granary?
This group of intellectuals became famous for rejecting government life and embracing philosophical discussion and wine drinking.
Who are the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove?
This woman became the only female emperor in Chinese history and ruled during the Tang period.
Who is Empress Wu Zetian?
These paradoxical questions or riddles are used in Zen practice to encourage enlightenment.
What are koans?