Across
- 2. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad
- 7. a time period in which there was cultural progress, peace, prosperity, and happiness
- 10. a person employed in the public sector by a government department
- 11. a class structure that is determined by birth.
- 12. the common religion of India
- 13. the recurring pattern of the rise and fall of ruling families
- 15. the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.
Down
- 1. an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- 3. Confucius
- 4. freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations
- 5. a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent
- 6. the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- 8. the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius
- 9. the virtue of exhibiting love and respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors
- 14. essential quality or character, as of the cosmos or one's own nature.