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Ancient China is home to many major geographic features. Examples of these features would be the Haung He and Yangtze Rivers. The Huang He River is also known as the Yellow River because of loess. Loess is fine yellow soil that is found in the Huang He River. This river is the most important river of China. The Yangtze River is the second major river of China. These two rivers played an important role in ancient Chinese life. Ancient China was also home to so great rulers and teachers. One of them was named Confucius.

Confucius was known as “The Master Kung” and “The First Teacher.” Confucius lived during the longest dynasty in Chinese history, the Zhou Dynasty. The students of Confucius wrote about his teachings and sayings known as Analects. He was so great that the Chinese also made a government based on his teachings. This new government was called Confucianism. Confucianism was based on duty, humanity, loyalty, courtesy, hard work, and kindness.

Ancient China over time had many other governments too. Naturalism was based on the workings of nature and cosmic principles. Han Fei Tzu founded legalism. Legalism used strict laws and harsh punishments to keep order. Last but not least, Lao-Tse was the founder of Taoism. Taoism focuses on the individual spirit. People of the Tao religion invented gunpowder to scare off ghosts, magnetic compasses to find the favorable position for graves, and acupuncture. Acupuncture is when needled are placed at different points on the body to get Chi, or the life force, to move. All of these different religions had a great impact on Ancient Chinese history.

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**5.Yu the Great-** He introduced irrigation and flood control. Also, he was known as the Hero-king who tamed the great Yellow River.



 * "Let the ruler be filial and kind to all people; then they will be faithful to him. Let him advance the good and teach the incompetent; then they will eagerly seek to be virtuous."**
 * -Confucius**

**Mandate of Heaven:** A claim by Chinese kings of the Zhou dynasty that they had direct authority from heaven to rule and to keep order in the universe.
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Patheos-Confucianism This has facts about Confucianism. A few of them are about its origins, the founder, the influences and many more. The Phonetic Chart This link is all about phonetic symbols. It shows you what they look like and you can hear them spoken also. It is perfect if you want to learn more about the phonetic symbols. Han Fei Tzu Han Fei Tzu was a very interesting man. This link will take you to a page that is about him and how he founded legalism. Cultural ChinaThis site tells about Yu the Great and how he tamed the Yellow River. Also, a little background about him. History of ChinaThe Xia Dynasty and how it was the 1st chinese dynasty is what this link is about.