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Fengjian

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Fēngjiàn (封建) was a political ideology during the later part of the Zhou dynasty of ancient China, its social structure forming a decentralized system of government based on four occupations, or "four categories of the people." The Zhou kings enfeoffed their fellow warriors and relatives, creating large domains of land. [1]

45 relations: Ba Jin, Bigu (grain avoidance), Bo Qin, Chinese nobility, Chinese surname, Chu (state), Demise of the Crown, Duke of Zhou, Economic history of China before 1912, Examples of feudalism, Feudalism, Feudalism in England, Fief, Five Hegemons, Four occupations, Good Wife, Wise Mother, History of the administrative divisions of China before 1912, Jie Zhitui, Jun (country subdivision), King Wu of Zhou, Legalism (Chinese philosophy), Liang (realm), Liu Pengli, March (territorial entity), Marquess of Shen, Pork Knuckles and Ginger Stew, Qin (state), Qin Shi Huang, Qin Zhong, Rebellion of the Three Guards, Retainers in early China (social group), Shu Du of Cai, Society of the Song dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, The Family (Ba Jin novel), The Founding Ceremony of the Nation, Two Stage Sisters, Wei (state), Well-field system, Western Zhou, Xinhai Revolution, Zhang (surname), Zheng (state), Zhenjiang, Zhou dynasty.

Ba Jin

Li Yaotang (25 November 190417 October 2005), better known by his pen name Ba Jin, was a Chinese author and political activist best known for his novel Family.

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Bigu (grain avoidance)

Bigu is a Daoist fasting technique associated with achieving xian "transcendence; immortality".

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Bo Qin

Bo Qin (Chinese: 禽, p Bóqín), also known as Qin Fu (禽父), was the founder of the State of Lu during the early Zhou dynasty.

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Chinese nobility

Chinese sovereignty and peerage, the nobility of China, was an important feature of the traditional social and political organization of Imperial China.

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Chinese surname

Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities.

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Chu (state)

Chu (Old Chinese: *s-r̥aʔ) was a hegemonic, Zhou dynasty era state.

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Demise of the Crown

The demise of the Crown is the legal term for the end of a reign by a king, queen regnant, or emperor, whether by death or abdication.

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Duke of Zhou

Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou (11th Century BC), commonly known as the Duke of Zhou, was a member of the royal family of the Zhou dynasty who played a major role in consolidating the kingdom established by his elder brother King Wu.

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Economic history of China before 1912

The economic history of China covers thousands of years and the region has undergone alternating cycles of prosperity and decline.

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Examples of feudalism

Examples of feudalism are helpful to fully understand feudalism and feudal society.

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Feudalism

Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.

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Feudalism in England

Feudalism as practiced in the Kingdom of England was a state of human society which was formally structured and stratified on the basis of land tenure and the varieties thereof.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty (or "in fee") in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the personal ceremonies of homage and fealty.

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Five Hegemons

The Five Hegemons refers to several especially powerful rulers of Chinese states of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history (770 to 476 BCE), sometimes alternatively referred to as the "Age of Hegemons".

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Four occupations

The four occupations or "four categories of the people"Hansson, pp.

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Good Wife, Wise Mother

Derived from an idealized traditional role for women, the four-character phrase Good Wife, Wise Mother or was coined by Nakamura Masanao in 1875.

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History of the administrative divisions of China before 1912

The history of the administrative divisions of the Imperial China is quite complex.

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Jie Zhitui

Jie Zhitui (century), also known as Jie Zitui, was a Han aristocrat who served the Jin prince Chong'er during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history.

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Jun (country subdivision)

A jùn was a historical administrative division of China from the Zhou dynasty (c. 7th century BCE) until the early Tang (c. 7th century CE).

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King Wu of Zhou

King Wu of Zhou was the first king of the Zhou dynasty of ancient China.

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Legalism (Chinese philosophy)

Fajia or Legalism is one of Sima Tan's six classical schools of thought in Chinese philosophy.

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Liang (realm)

Liang was a traditional Chinese fief centered on present-day Kaifeng.

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Liu Pengli

Liu Pengli, Prince of Jidong (濟東王), was a 2nd-century Han prince.

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March (territorial entity)

A march or mark was, in broad terms, a medieval European term for any kind of borderland, as opposed to a notional "heartland".

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Marquess of Shen

The Marquess of Shen (Chinese: 侯, p Shēnhóu; d. 771 BCE) was a Qiang ruler of Shen during China’s Zhou dynasty.

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Pork Knuckles and Ginger Stew

Pork Knuckles and Ginger Stew is a dish in traditional Cantonese cuisine.

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Qin (state)

Qin (Old Chinese: *) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.

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Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang (18 February 25910 September 210) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of a unified China.

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Qin Zhong

Qin Zhong or Zhong of Qin (died 822 BC) was the fourth ruler of the state of Qin (r. 844 to 822 BC) during China's Zhou dynasty.

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Rebellion of the Three Guards

The Rebellion of the Three Guards, or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion, was a civil war, instigated by an alliance of discontent Zhou princes, Shang loyalists, vassal states and non-Chinese peoples against the Zhou government under the Duke of Zhou's regency in the latter 11th century BC.

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Retainers in early China (social group)

Retainers in China from pre-Qin through Han times were a special social group, who lived as dependents under a noble, an officeholder, or a powerful landlord.

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Shu Du of Cai

Cai Shu Du or Shu Du of Cai (Chinese: 度, given name Du (度), was the first ruler of the State of Cai. Du was the fifth son of King Wen of Zhou and his wife Taisi (太姒). He had ten brothers and eight half-brothers. His elder brothers were Yi (Boyi Kao), Fa (King Wu of Zhou), Xian (Guan Shu), and Dan (the Duke of Zhou). He was given the fief of Cai by King Wu after the overthrow of the last Shang king, Zhou. Du's realm centered on present-day Shangcai, Henan. He and his brothers Shu Xian of Guan (管叔鮮) and Shu Chu of Huo (霍叔處) were known as the Three Guards, but when King Wu died and the Duke of Zhou assumed the regency for the young King Cheng, they rebelled along with Wu Geng. The Duke of Zhou was able to suppress the rebellion and Du was exiled, although Cheng eventually recreated the realm of Cai as a grant to Du's son Ji Hu.

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Society of the Song dynasty

Chinese society during the Song dynasty (960–1279) was marked by political and legal reforms, a philosophical revival of Confucianism, and the development of cities beyond administrative purposes into centers of trade, industry, and maritime commerce.

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Spring and Autumn period

The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 771 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou Period.

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The Family (Ba Jin novel)

The Family (家, pinyin: Jiā, Wade-Giles: Chia) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Chinese author Ba Jin, the pen-name of Li Feigan (1904-2005).

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The Founding Ceremony of the Nation

The Founding Ceremony of the Nation (or The Founding of the Nation, p) is a 1953 oil painting by Chinese artist Dong Xiwen.

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Two Stage Sisters

Two Stage Sisters is a 1964 Chinese drama film produced by Shanghai Tianma Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin, starring Xie Fang and Cao Yindi.

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Wei (state)

Wei (Old Chinese: *) was an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period.

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Well-field system

The well-field system was a Chinese land distribution method.

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Western Zhou

The Western Zhou (西周; c. 1046 – 771 BC) was the first half of the Zhou dynasty of ancient China.

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Xinhai Revolution

The Xinhai Revolution, also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911, was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty (the Qing dynasty) and established the Republic of China (ROC).

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Zhang (surname)

Zhang is the pinyin romanization of the very common Chinese surname written 张 in simplified characters and 張 in traditional characters.

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Zheng (state)

Zheng (Old Chinese: *) was a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 BCE) located in the centre of ancient China in modern-day Henan Province on the North China Plain about east of the royal capital at Luoyang.

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Zhenjiang

Zhenjiang, formerly romanized as Chenkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China.

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Zhou dynasty

The Zhou dynasty or the Zhou Kingdom was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang dynasty and preceded the Qin dynasty.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fengjian

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