Quizlet China up to Tang

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  1. 220-280 CE: Three Kingdoms Period
  2. 316-589 CE: Six Dynasties Period
  3. 334-417 CE: Life of Hui Yuan
  4. 471-499 CE: Rule of emperor Xiaowen
  5. 563-483 BCE: Siddartha Gautama's life
  6. 581-618 CE: Sui Dynasty
  7. 618 CE: Coup by Li Shimin against Sui Yangdi
  8. 618-907 CE: Tang Dynasty
  9. 626-705 CE: Life of Wu Zetian
  10. 684-705 CE: Rule of Wu Zetian
  11. Bodhidharma: 9 years of meditation and teaching Shaolin Monks "Gong Fu/Kung Fu"
  12. Bodhisattva: A person who comes back in another life after enlightenment to teach
  13. Fall of Sui: Li Shimin leads generals to take over against Sui Yangdi
  14. Hui Yuan: Founder of Ching Tu buddhism
  15. Karma: Term for if you do good things your next life will be better or worse if you do bad
  16. Mahayana: "Greater Vehicle" China, Korea, and Japan
  17. Middle Way: Getting rid of attachment etc to end suffering and reach enlightenment
  18. Nirvana: The end of the cycle of rebirth because of enlightenment
  19. Northern Wei: 386-534, established by Xian Bei
  20. Omitoufo: "Buddha of Light"
  21. Period of Disunion: 220-589 CE
  22. Pure Land or Western Paradise: A land where a person lived in their last life before enlightenment
  23. Samsara: The cycle of rebirth
  24. Siddartha Gautama: Founder of Buddhism, The "Buddha" or Shakyamuni (awakened one)
  25. Sinicization: The process of adopting chinese culture
  26. Sui Dynasty: 581-618 CE, Many Public works projects like grand canal
  27. Tang Dynasty: 618-907 CE, Civil Service exams etc.
  28. Theravada: "Doctrine of Elders" India and South East Asia
  29. Three Kingdoms: 220-280 CE, Wei, Wu, Shu-Han, Then 16 states
  30. Touba(Toba, Topo) people: Mixed race of the Xian Bei with Chinese.
  31. Type of Buddhism that emphasized Omitoufo: Ching Tu/Pure land Buddhism
  32. Vajrayana: "Diamond/Thunderbolt Vehicle" Tibet, and Nepal
  33. Western Jin: 226-316 CE, Brief Unity but not very strong
  34. Xian Bei: Eastern Mongolians, basically the new Xiong Nu
  35. Xiong Nu: Less of a threat because Wei used them as soldiers and they slowly settled down and became farmers and herders
  36. Yang Huifei: Consort to Xuanzong (and eventually she causes him to slack on his duties and then she causes him to have to leave where An Lushan takes over)