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Wednesday is going to be wonderful.

Learn about Emperor Han Wudi's rule based on Confucian teachings, government job selection through competitive tests, popularization of Confucianism, and cultural diffusion along the Silk Road during the Han Dynasty.

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Wednesday is going to be wonderful.

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  1. Wednesday is going to be wonderful. Why did Emperor Shi Huang Di start the construction of the Great Wall of China? 6.35 To keep out Buddhism To keep out invaders and nomads from the North C. To keep his people isolated from the Silk Road D. To keep the Terra Cotta Soldiers busy

  2. Which of the four dynasties of ancient China is the Golden Age?  Why? • Emperor Han Wudi ruled using the teachings of which philosopher? • During the Han Dynasty, how are government jobs chosen? • Explain how Confucianism became popular during the Han dynasty. • Explain how the Silk Road created cultural diffusion in China. • Vocabulary • Han dynasty • Han Wudi • Civil Service • Confucianism • Cultural Diffusion

  3. Han Dynasty pp. 186-188 Essential Question: How do governments change? Standard 6.36

  4. Han Wudi– First strong emperor of the Han Dynasty

  5. Golden Age • Unified • Confucianism returns • Buddhism arrives • Strict rules are modified (Legalism) • Han military is strong and focused on defense not conquest • Creative achievements are made in silk making, porcelain making, wood blocking, papermaking, etc.

  6. Government Jobs:

  7. Civil Service Government workers who were chosen on the basis of competitive tests

  8. Han Wudi rules using which philosopher’s teachings? Confucius (who lived 300 yrs before Han)

  9. Education: Han government created schools to prepare them for civil service

  10. Now if someone wanted a job, they had to study hard and pass tests • Studied law, history, and ideas of Confucius • People who pass these tests, become officials or teachers and become greatly respected because of education • Schooling lasted many years Confucianism Leads to PoliticalSuccess & Longevity of the Han Dynasty

  11. The Silk Road expands during the Han Dynasty… Before, China was isolated by the geography, now Han Wudi wants to expand trade. 1. He sent explorers to find allies to trade with. 2. He wants horses for his soldiers.

  12. Meanwhile, during the Han Dynasty…

  13. Let’s read a primary source… Overview of the Primary Source: • In his book about his pilgrimage to India, from A.D. 399 to 414, the Chinese Buddhist monk, Fah-hian, included the following description of how he believed Buddhism had arrived in China from India.

  14. “Keeping along the incline of the Tsung Ling Mountains, in a south-westerly direction, they travelled onwards for fifteen days. The road is difficult and fatiguing. Steep crags and precipices constantly intercept the way. These mountains are like walls of rock, standing up 10,000 ft. in height. On looking over the edge the sight becomes confused, and then, on advancing, the foot loses its hold and you are lost. At the base there is a stream called the Sin-to (Indus). Men of old days have cut away the cliff so as to make a passage, and have carved out against the rock steps for descent, amounting altogether to 700 in number. Having passed these, there is, suspended across the river, a bridge of ropes, by which travellers pass over it. From one side of the river to the other is eighty paces…

  15. …According to the records… of the Han dynasty, …All the priests asked Fah Hian what he knew as to the time when the law of Buddha began to spread eastward from their country. Hian replied, "On enquiry, men of those lands agreed in saying, that, according to an ancient tradition, Shamans from India began to carry the sacred books of Buddha beyond the river from the time when the image of Maitreya Bodhisatwa*1 was set up." Now this image was set up 300 years or so after the Nirvana of Buddha… Hence it may be said that the diffusion of the great doctrine may be attributed to the influence of this image.” ~Author, Fah-hian *1 According to Buddhist tradition, Maitreya will appear on Earth in the future, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor to the present Buddha, Gautama Buddha 

  16. A. Buddhism was introduced to Japan through conquest by the Han military B. Cultures diffused because trade routes established by the Han C. Buddhism became the basis of the Han civil service system D. The Silk Road ends Cultural Diffusion in Asia

  17. Which of the four dynasties of ancient China is the Golden Age?  Why? • Emperor Han Wudi ruled using the teachings of which philosopher? • During the Han Dynasty, how are government jobs chosen? • Explain how Confucianism became popular during the Han dynasty. • Explain how the Silk Road created cultural diffusion in China. • Vocabulary • Han dynasty • Han Wudi • Civil Service • Confucianism • Cultural Diffusion

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