Across
- 3. there could be only one legitimate ruler of China
- 6. pattern of the rise and fall of dynasties in China
- 10. based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas
- 12. the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship
- 13. (in Confucianism) the important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members.
- 14. large landmass that is smaller than any of the usually recognized continents.
Down
- 1. the good or bad emanations felt to be generated
- 2. the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- 4. the most flourishing period in the history of a nation, literature, etc.
- 5. final release from the cycle of reincarnation attained by extinction of all desires and individual existence
- 7. Kǔng Qiū, 551? b.c.–478? b.c., Chinese philosopher and teacher.
- 8. the doctrine or teaching of the Buddha.
- 9. an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- 11. the rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on castes.
- 12. servant civil-service employee.