The Zhou Dynasty
Chapter 5, Section 1
Heritage
• A set of ideas that have been passed from
one generation to another
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Virtue
• Good qualities
• Note: Needed in the Mandate of Heaven
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Mandate of Heaven
• Right to rule: the Chinese believed that they
gave it to their emperors as long as they had
good virtue…If they didn’t rule well
(floods, wars, earthquakes), they lost the
mandate and could be overthrown.
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What was the Mandate of
Heaven?
• The order of Heaven to claim rule over
China
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Public Works
• Structures built by the government for use
by everyone
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What were the advantages and
disadvantages of China’s governmentFeudalism?
• People were loyal to
the King
• The king had a large
supply of workers and
a militia
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• Peasant faced many
hardships
• They could not own
land and were forced
to serve in the military
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What was the Warring State
Period?
• A time of disorder during the Zhou Dynasty
• A time when States (kingdoms) were at war
with one another over land
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Philosopher
• A person who studies the meaning of life
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Responsibility
• Duties
• Note: Confucius believed that a good
society is like a family in which all members
know their places and responsibility.
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Filial Piety
• (FIH•lee•uhl PY•uh•tee)
• Children were expected to treat their parents
with great honor and respect
• This kind of treatment of parent (Xiao”Show” )
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Confucianism
• Ideas of Confucius that became a guide for
the way people lived (Code of Behavior)
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What qualities did Confucius
believe that rulers should have?
• Xiao or Filial Piety
• Ren (love and kindness)
• Ruler should gain loyalty only by treating
their subjects with the same love that
parents show their children
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What Chinese philosopher
developed an important system of
ideas and values?
• Confucius
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How did the Chinese people’s
shared beliefs in a set of ideas
strengthen their civilization?
• After the Warring State (Kingdom) Period,
the Chinese people, following the ideas of
Confucius, worked together to restore order
to their lives and their society.
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Zhou Society was divided into
three classes, each with different
responsibilities. In your opinion,
would such as system be more
likely to lead to cooperation or to
conflict? Explain.
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In what ways did Confucianism
support the idea of the Mandate
of Heaven?
• Confucius’s set of virtues and his teaching
that people have a right to replace a leader
when the leader does not rule according to
these virtues are in agreement with the idea
of the Mandate of Heaven.
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17 total
points