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Dynastic China:. Sui to the Song. Shang Oracle bones Zhou Mandate of heaven Qin 14 years China named for them Great Wall Han Golden Age. Review. Hmmm… let’s see…Xia then Shang, Zhou, Qin…then Han. Dude! this is hard to remember!. Sui Dynasty: 589-618. Rise to Power - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Dynastic China:Sui to the Song
Review• Shang
• Oracle bones• Zhou
• Mandate of heaven• Qin
• 14 years• China named for
them • Great Wall
• Han• Golden Age
Hmmm… let’s see…Xia then Shang, Zhou,
Qin…then Han. Dude! this is
hard to remember!
Sui Dynasty: 589-618• Rise to Power
• 589 Emperor Wen Di conquered Chen kingdom and unified China for the first time in 400 years by
• Extensive public works projects (grand canal and Great Wall)
• Extended military control over China
• Government• Emperors Wen Di and Yang Di
• harsh rulers• Peasants forced into army or public
works• Wen Di encouraged Buddhism,
Confucianism, and Daoism
• Accomplishments• Built Grand Canal, connected Huang He
and Yangtze rivers• Rebuilt Great Wall to protect North Sui Wen-Di
Tang: Renaissance of China• 618-907• Rise to Power
• 618, Li Shi Min captured Changan and Luoyang and made himself emperor Dai Zong in 626
• Government• Under Empress Wu, Tang ruled one of
the most extensive empires in Chinese history
• Confucian Civil Service Exams reinstated
• Bureaucracy: government composed of departments, each with own area
• Scholar-gentry: bureaucrats upheld Confucian ideals by acting as artists and politicians, became new ruling elite
Chinese Scholars waiting for the exam results to be posted
Even Tangier• Achievements of the Tang
• Characterized by trade and agricultural expansion
• Trade• Silk Road protected• Islamic contacts increased• Ocean trade, Junks among world’s
best ships, Chinese dominated Indian ocean
• Paper money and flying money, letters of credit
• Agriculture• Canals and irrigations systems• Large estates broken up, land
redistributed• Tea and fast growing rice from
Vietnam• population growth• urban growth
Flying Money and Junk?
More Tangy achievements• Cultural
• Buddhism spread (Conf. remained dominant b/c restrictions on gifts to Buddhism)
• Gunpowder invented• Abacus to help count and
record taxes• Short stories and poetry
popular • Decline
• Internal strife and northern invasions Leshan Buddha
71 meters tall, completed in 803
Tang ArtSpring Outing at the Tang Court
Tang Ladies Playing
Ball
Beautiful Tang Ladies
Song: 960-1279• Rise to Power
• Tai Zu took over after 50 years of Civil War
• Government• Mongolians and Manchurians harassed
Northern borders for 200 years• paid tribute to the Mongols
• Forced to establish new capital at Hangzhou• Government officials came from south
because north was under Manchurian control
• Meritocracy: bureaucrats selected according to scores received on civil-service exams
Chinese Traditions under the Song• Neo-Confucianism
• official state religion• Blend of Buddhism and Confucianism and
some Daoism• reinforced gender and class divisions
• Civil service exams emphasized• Scholar gentry received more prestige
became known as Mandarins• considered more important than military
Achievements of Song• Trade
• Kept trade going• Power of Merchant class rose as
large-scale trade thrived
• Culture• Art: Landscapes• Footbinding among wealthy elite• patriarchal family
• Significant technological advances• catapults, rocket launchers, • Moveable type printing• compasses
Dailies: Sui, Tang, Song• What rivers did the Grand Canal connect?• Describe Flying money?• What two effects did fast growing rice have
on China?• Who were the Mandarins?• Describe the Civil-Service Exams.