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-Mandate of Heaven

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.