IMPORTANCE OF SALT
Salt was used as a method of ____ __ ____?
Trade and currency
Confucius was at the center of what debate?
Salt
Legalism is?
Strict adherence to laws or codes
A price fixing monopoly on salt and iron made the prices on both commodities ______?
Insanely expensive
Li Bing found the natural brine, which ____ was originally made ?
Salt
Half of ______ _____ _____ _____ _____ came from salt?
Revenue from the Chinese state
Confucius was considered the _____ of for the ruler of China?
Intellectual advisor
Legalists believed what?
Earthly institutions effectively wielding power were what guaranteed a states survival
Salt and iron are the first known instance where there was a state controlled monopoly of a _____ ______?
Vital commodity
Li Bing was the emperor of where?
Shu
Salt's popularity came from what qualities about it?
Its ability to preserve foods and give flavor
What are some examples of the core values of Confucianism?
Respecting the God's and respecting your elders/parents
Who was the leading legalist of the Qin dynasty?
Shang
The salt revenue was not only used for building armies, but even things such as the ___ ____ ____ ____ ?
Great Wall Of China
His most extraordinary accomplishment was the building of the first ______ ?
Dam
Salt was considered what for many years?
Sacred
A student of Confucius’s grandson, Mencius, passed these teachings through the book ______?
Mencius
Another famous legalism Han Feizi believed that it was not practical to base government on ______?
Morality
The Han dynasty ended the unpopular monopolies to show what?
Better or wiser government
He was one of the greatest _____ _____ geniuses of all time ?
Hydraulic engineering
Salt represented more than just a grain and how it can be used as an example of the how power can be what?
Derived from “basic” objects
The book The ______ was the primary book about Confucius’s teachings?
Analects
Han Feizi said that basing government should be based on the exercise of power and a legal code that opted out harsh punishment to _______?
Transgress
The Han emperor hired a salt maker and ironmaster to research the possibility of resurrecting the salt and iron monopolies. How many years later did he put both back into place?
4 years
Li Bing lived during one of the most important ______ in Chinese history?
Crossroads