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Political Periods
1. Pre-Dynasty (2852-2205)
2. Dynastic China 2205 BC to 1911
3. Republican China and Civil War 1911-49
4. Mao Zedong Era 1949-1976
5. Reform Era 1978 to present1. 4th Generation 2002 to present
2. 5th Generation began 2012
Chinese Dynasties• Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors 2852-2205 (Pre-Dynasty)• Xia 2205-1766 BCE• Shang 1766-1122 BCE• Zhou 1122-221 BCE
– Spring and Autumn Period 770-476– Warring States Period 475-221
• Qin 221-206 BCE• Han 206 BCE-220 AD• Three Kingdoms 220-280• Western Jin 265-316• Eastern Jin 317-439• Southern and Northern 386-589• Sui 589-618• Tang 618-906• Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 907-960• Song 960-1279• Yuan (Mongol) 1279-1368• Ming 1368-1644• Qing (Manchu) 1644-1911
Order-Chaos Cycle
Order(centralization)
Chaos(decentralization
and war)
Order(centralization)
Chaos(decentralization
and war)
Qin Dynasty, 221-206 BCE
Tang Dynasty, 618-906
Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368
Foreign Rule of China, Mongols
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644
Admiral Zheng He’s Voyages
Manchu Rule in Qing Dynasty
Chinese Political Thought: Confucius
Official ideology of Han Dynasty• Unity of political and social order• Hierarchy
– 5 major relationships
• Emperor– mandate of heaven
• Harmony• The Analects• Mencius
Master Kong Fu Zi, 551-479 BC
Chinese Political Thought: Legalism
• Order, not harmony• Power of the Emperor• Loyalty to ruler over loyalty to family• Philosophy of Qin Emperor
Han Fei, 280-233 BC
An authoritarian, bureaucratic monarchy lasted for 4,000 years:
Why did the fall of the Qing Dynasty become the fall of China’s imperial age and the fall of Confucian ideology?
British Colonialism: Opium Wars
Treaty of Nanking, 1842
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“Carving Up China like a Ripe melon”
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Two Major Movements1. Nationalists: Guomindang (Kuomintang-KMT)
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chiang Kai-shek
1866-1925 1887-1975
2. Communists (1921)
No.76 Xingye Road, Shanghai Mao Zedong
1893-1976
Collapse of Qing Dynasty
• 10/10/11 Major Troop Revolt
• Birth of Republic of China
• Provisional President Sun Yat Sen 1911
• Overthrown 1912 (by military)
The Collapse and Conquest of China
• 1916-1927: Warlord Period
• 1931: Japanese puppet state Manchukuo
• GMD vs. CCP. vs. Japan– Long March 1934-35
• 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese War – (see Long March link)
Chinese Civil War 1946-1949
October 1, 1949
National Day
The Chinese Revolution
• The birth of Communist China
• End of colonial era
• Nationalist revolution