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Thank you for reading this and now you know a little bit more about China

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Scholar officials were educated members of the government. In order to be a scholar official, you had to take a test that took 72 hours. The students had to study for almost 20 Years!!  The test showed if you were responsible and intelligent to govern. Some students cheated they wrote on themselves,They brought  a paper, and payed someone to do it. In order to make people stop cheating the exam hallway was locked and guarded. People wanted to become scholar officials because they became wealthy every day, They were admired, and also reduced penalties for breaking the law

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when the Han dynasty fell china split into many rival kingdoms which were all ruled by military leaders. The period of disunion lasted from 220 to 589. The period of disunion was mostly a time of chaos and war.

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Taoism was founded by Laozi in the 6th - 5th century B.C.E. The main principle is the dao which means "the way" You should be true to yourself instead of satisfying the standards set to others

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Confucianism was a very strict religion that mostly talked about respect.It was founded by Confucius. The main principle was ren which means people should behave in a loving and a selfless way. Hsiao means that children should respect their parents.

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Buddhism was created in India, somewhere around 500 B.C. Buddhism was brought to china. It came to china during the Han dynasty. They were very little believers in china. When The period of disunion came many people turned to Buddhism to escape suffering and make a state of piece. Buddhism started to spread all around china and Asia it went to Korea and japan. during 400 B.C. Buddhism grew so much in china that you can call it the age of Buddhism. An emperor from china started a campaign against Buddhism . He burned many Buddhist texts and destroyed Buddhist temples. The actions of the emperor made The preaching of Buddhism weaken. Later Buddhism began to change. Many people brought other philosophies and mixed it up with Buddhism. Buddhism changed a lot.

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The Mandate of heaven was a rule that gave permission for Emperors or kings to rule. If they did not they would not be allowed to rule.

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Empress Wu was married to a sick emperor. He died but instead of his sons taking the dads place Empress Wu did not think they were worthy so she took the throne and ruled with an Iron fist.

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A family who rules a area for a long period of time.