China and the World: East Asian Connections

500–1300

• What are the characteristics of East Asia?

• What was China’s relationship with its neighbors?

• How did East Asian states blend elements of Chinese civilization with their own ideas, traditions, and practices?

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Confucian Countries

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Confucius

• Ren: humanity

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The Qin Unification, 221–206 B.C.E.

Shihuangdi = Emperor

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb1CcvqJ0gc

The Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.

Emperor Gaozu

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Han Intellectual Life Promote Confucianism

LEGALISM

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Paper Cai Lun

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The Fall of the Han 220 C.E.

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Sui Dynasty 581-618

Emperor Wendi

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Tang (618–907), & Song (960–1279)

Hangzhou

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Bureaucracy Exam system Economic boom Population growth Urbanization

The Tang Dynasty

Emperor Shude

Empress Wu

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Emperor Xuanzon & Yang Guifei

The Tang Dynasty

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQsZe-wNN8Q 1-10, 20-

Song (960–1279)

• Neo-Confucianism

• Tang freedoms, Song patriarchy

paper, gunpowder and the compass

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5LzyOAWVfo 1-5,17-

The Tribute System

Missions to China

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C. Japan

1. Korean ties

2. Yamato rule & Shinto

3. Prince Shōtoku

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Horyuji Temple 670-711 C.E.

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Ise Shrine 4 B.C.E.

Senso-Ji 645 C.E.

Buddhism and Shinto= shin-butsu shugo

Voluntary and selective borrowing

Decentralized state creates the Samurai

Relative freedom of elite women

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PA#5 pgs 93-95

Write in paragraph form.

What is the title of the primary source?

Who wrote the article? When was it written? What is the author’s background?

Who is the intended audience?

What elements of Chinese civilization were incorporated into Japan? How are they reflected in the document?

Write 1 thesis statement.

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Korea

194 B.C.E. Choson

Three Kingdoms Period: Koguryu, Paekche, Silla

Buddhism introduced 372

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Korea and China

Confucian patriarchy

1443 Hangul

Vietnam and China

1,000 years of Chinese rule (111 B.C.E.–939 C.E.)

Trieu Da conquered in 111 B.C.E. by China

The Trung sisters 39 C.E.

Ngo Quyen 939 C.E.

Discussion pgs 97-98

• Who wrote the article?

• When was it written?

• In what ways, does court life reflect Buddhist and Confucian influences, and in what ways does it depart from, and even challenges, those traditions?

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