The belief system that one should follow the "Way"
Taoism/Daoism
Known in the West as "china"
Porcelain
The three levels of civil service exams
District, provincial, national
The century printing was invented in China
9th century
The philosophy that emphasizes filial piety
Confucianism
Focus of paintings in China
Landscapes
Highest social class
Scholars
The use of a watermill
Grind tea leaves and power machinery
Chinese belief about deceased ancestors
They mediated between heaven and earth
The focus of poetry
Daily life, feelings
3000 men prepared for civil service exams at
The imperial college in Chang'an in the 7th century
The century the wheelbarrow was invented
3rd century
The substance of the universe
Qi
Musical instruments
Bronze bells, zithers, panpies, flutes, drums . . .
1-10%
The century gunpowder was first used for fireworks
7th
The five elements
Wood, fire, earth, metal, water
A "Golden Age" of painting and poetry
Tang and Song dynasties
Topics of the civil exams
Religious and philosophical texts, law, math, calligraphy, literature, contemporary politics, prose, and poetry
The century gunpowder was first used for weaponry
10th century