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CHAPTER 14. WARRING STATES. 401-256 B.C. LEGALISM. Peace=united, strong Human nature: Selfish. CONFUCIANISM. 5th century B.C. Kong Fuzi , Analects comprehensive. Junzi =gentleman Ren : kindness Li: appropriate behavior Xiao: filial piety. DAOISM. Laozi
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WARRING STATES • 401-256 B.C.
LEGALISM • Peace=united, strong • Human nature: Selfish
CONFUCIANISM • 5th century B.C. • Kong Fuzi, Analects • comprehensive
Junzi=gentleman • Ren: kindness • Li: appropriate behavior • Xiao: filial piety
DAOISM • Laozi • Reflection, contemplation • Intuition=knowledge
QIN • Unified • Borders • Central • Roads, weights
EMPEROR • Tomb • Terracotta warriors
15 years • Legacy: empire • 20th century
HAN • Silk roads • Relay race • 6 months
Most: farms, countryside • Silk • $
Population ++ • 20 to 60 mil.
Male • Marriage • Women • Subordinate
Saltpeter • Early form gunpowder • Paper
Greatest historians • SimaQian • Primary, firsthand
TANG SONG
AGRICULTURE • ++ productivity • ??
Chang’an • 2 mil. • 30 sq. m.
Cosmopolitan • Religion • Culture
Inventions • Paper (Han) • Porcelain • “china”
TANG TECHNOLOGY • Gunpowder • Origins, Han • Printing
Markets • Entertainment
URBANIZATION • People, products
ECONOMICS • Flying cash • ATM • Money
Industrial revolution? • 700 yrs. before West
WOMEN • Subordinate
SONG • Footbinding • Elites • Not universal
FOOTBINDING • Attractive = physically weak • Marriage?
HEIAN japan (700-1100) • Literature • Tale of Genji • The Confessions of Lady Nijo • Sex, drinking, gossip
SAMURAI (1100-1600) • Feudalism • Shoen • private estates • Nobles • And their samurai warriors