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Two Great Dynasties in China
Ch 12.1Chinese artifact from the Tang Dynasty
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Emperor Sui Wendi
In 589, Sui Wendi united northern and southern China.
Restored a strong, centralized government
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Grand Canal
Waterway connected the Huang He and Yangtze River.
Provided a vital route of trade between the northern cities and southern rice-producing region.
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Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty
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Grand Canal Today
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1,000 mile waterway Tens of thousands of peasant men
and women labored for five years. At least half of the workers died on
the job. Thousands more died to rebuild the
Great Wall.
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The Great Wall of China
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The endless labor on state projects turned the people against the Sui Dynasty.
Overworked and overtaxed, they finally revolted.
In 618, a member of the imperial court strangled the second Sui emperor.
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Golden Age
The next two dynasties – Tang and Song (pronounced ‘Sung’) - brought China its ‘golden age’.
China became the most richest, most powerful, and most advanced country in the world.
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Tang Dynasty
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Tang Dynasty
Ruled for nearly 300 years (618-907)
Emperor Tang Taizong
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Expansion of Empire
Conquered northern and western lands that China lost during the Han dynasty.
Extended influence over Korea
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Empress Wu Zhao (Jow)
Empress Wu was married to Tang Taizong at the age of 13.
After Taizong’s death, she became a favored wife of his son.
Wu Zhao soon rose above rival wives and became the emperor’s chief wife.
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Emperor Taizong became ill, so Empress Wu ruled the throne.
She was 26 years old when he died. After his death, Wu ruled the throne
through their sons. She became frustrated by their
inability to be effective leaders and took the throne at age 65.
She lost power at age 80.
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Empress Wu
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Tang China Prospers
Tang Taizong lowered taxes Took land away from the wealthy
and gave it to the poor. He promoted foreign trade Made improvements in agriculture
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Scholar Officials
Civil service officials had to take a test in order to become part of an elite group of scholar-officials.
Tang rulers opened schools around the country to train young scholars in Confucianism, poetry, and other subjects.
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Exams were open to all commoners, but only the wealthy could afford to go to school to get the education required to pass the exam.
Men with political connections could obtain high positions without taking the exams.
As a result, talent and education became more important than noble birth.
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Scholar near a waterfall
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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang wearing the robes and the hat of a scholar
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Statue of Civil Official
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Tang dynasty collapses
By the mid-700s, The Tang Dynasty was weakening.
To pay for military expansion, Tang rulers imposed crushing taxes.
This brought hardship to the people Peasants fled their villages and
roved the countryside in bandit gangs.
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In 907, Chinese rebels sacked and burned the Tang capital and murdered the last Tang emperor, Emperor Ai.
He died from poisoning at age 17.
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Tang Art
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Tang, flower imprinted, gilt-silver bowl
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Tang Dynasty painting
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Song Dynasty
In 960, Song Taizu, the first Song emperor, reunited China.
The Song dynasty lasted 3 centuries.
Song tried to maintain peace with northern and western tribes, but was eventually forced southward.
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The created a new capital near the Yangtze river, Hangzhou.
The south eventually became the economic heartland of China.
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China grew in population, trade, wealth, new ideas, and artistic achievements.
By the Song era, China had at least 10 cities with a population of 1 million each.
China became the most populous and most advanced.
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Science and Technology
Moveable type Gunpowder Porcelain Mechanical clock Paper money Magnetic compass for sailing
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Agriculture
In the year 1000, China imported a new ‘fast-ripening’ rice from Vietnam.
This new rice allowed farmers to have two crops of rice per year instead of one.
The allowed China’s farmers to produce more food for the growing population.
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Rice Field
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Trade
Trade flourished The silk roads
connected China to the Roman Empire.
The use of the magnetic compass made it possible for sea trade to expand.
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Silk Roads (red)Sea Routes (blue)
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China lost control over the Silk Road trading Routes during the decline of the Tang dynasty.
They concentrated on ocean trade. Chinese advances in sailing
technology and the compass made China the greatest sea power in the world.
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Through trade and travel, cultural diffusion took place.
Chinese culture rapidly spread throughout Asia.
One major influence was Buddhism. Buddhism spread from China to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
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Buddha
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Exchange of goods
Tea first arrived in China from Southeast Asia.
The Chinese became avid tea drinkers.
New ideas in mathematics and astronomy developed from contact with India.
Islam and Christianity also spread to China.
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Artistic creativity
Celebrated poets Li Bo – celebrated life’s pleasures Du Fu – praised orderliness and
Confucian virtues. Also wrote about war and hardship of
soldiers He was once captured by rebels
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Li Bo
Du Fu
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Paintings
Emphasized Daoist love of nature Artists emphasized the beauty of the
natural landscapes, mountains, and rippling brooks
Objects such as a single branch or flower
Did not use brightly colored paints Blank ink was their favorite.
“Black is ten colors.”
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Song Dynasty Painting
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Social Changes in China
People moved to the cities in increasing numbers.
Growing cities offered many opportunities for managers, professionals, and skilled workers.
The most important avenue for social advancement was the civil service system.
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Gentry
A new larger upper class emerged of scholar-officials.
A class of powerful, well-to-do people is called the ‘gentry’.
The gentry attained their status through education and civil service positions, rather than through land ownership, although many scholar officials did own land.
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The middle class included – merchants, shop keepers, skilled artisans, minor officials, and servants.
The lower class include – laborers, servants, soldiers, and peasants.
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Interesting Note
Many scholar officials grew their fingernails long to demonstrate they did no manual labor.
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World Record
This woman from Utah, currently has the longest nails in the world, over 24 feet.
She has not cut her nails since 1979.
Although the reasons why she grew them has nothing to do with our lesson.
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Women
Were always subservient to men throughout Chinese society.
Status further declined during the Tang and Song dynasties.
Women’s work was deemed less important to the family.
Peasant women usually labored in the fields to help their families.
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Women in the Song Dynasty
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Bound Feet
It became customary to bind the feet of upper class girls when they were very young.
Their feet were bound tightly with cloth, which broke their arch and curled all but the big toe under.
This produced a “lily-foot” that became admired.
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Foot Binding – The ‘Lotus’ foot
Women with bound feet were crippled for life.
To others in society, such a woman reflected wealth and prestige of her husband who could afford such a beautiful and impractical wife.
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Foot binding lasted until the 20th century
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The technological advances, and social and economic changes permanently shaped Chinese civilization.
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____ 1. Which of the following reflects the chronological order of Chinese dynasties? a. Han, Sui, Song, Tang b. Han, Sui, Tang, Song c. Sui, Tang, Han, Song d. Sui, Song, Han, Tang ____ 2. What contributed greatly to the fall of the Tang Dynasty?
the invention of gunpowder the imposition of heavy taxes the doubling of the Chinese population the restoration of the civil service system
____ 3. Tang Taizong and Wu Zhao were emperors of the Sui Dynasty Han Dynasty Song Dynasty Tang Dynasty ____ 4. The invention of moveable type sped up the existing printing process mainly
because the individual type was smaller was easier to carve could be reused to print something else could be used to print more than one copy of the same page.
_____ 5. All of the following were inventions of the Tang and Song dynasties EXCEPT: porcelain paper money the microscope the magnetic compass
______ 6. In the Tang and Song dynasties, the new gentry gained social status through noble birth employment land ownership trade and commerce