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Chapter 14: Resurgence of empire in East asia

Chapter 14: Resurgence of empire in East asia. Sui Dynasty (589-618). Yan Jian takes over Sui Dynasty after abdicating 7 year old. GRAND CANAL. Used Mandate Of Heaven. Discontent subjects (taxes, forced labor). Artificial waterway. Strong centralized government. revolt.

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Chapter 14: Resurgence of empire in East asia

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  1. Chapter 14: Resurgence of empire in East asia

  2. Sui Dynasty (589-618) Yan Jian takes over Sui Dynasty after abdicating 7 year old GRAND CANAL Used Mandate Of Heaven Discontent subjects (taxes, forced labor) Artificial waterway Strong centralized government revolt Trade for N. to S. Minister Assassinates emperor Construction, Repair, taxes Est. political & cultural unity

  3. Uighers, detiorated equal Field system, revolts Power to regional leader TANG DYNASTY (618-907CE) Decline Rebel leader seizes Control of Tang Middle Kingdom Foreign Relations Military Expansion Tang (Taizong) Manchuria, Silla Part of Vietnam Plateau of Tibet Bureaucracy of merit 3 policies Responsible For Smaller Lands (fiction) Got position ruthlessly Equal Field System Transportation & Communication (ex. Inns, couriers, Connections) Civil Service Exam Brought stability & prosperity But a serious & Effective leader Fertility & Need Low rice prices, Low tax rates Confucian Curriculum Used Recognized China (kowtow), Fostered Trade & Cultural Exchange 1/5 hereditary Later more Commoners Rose to Positions • Success for • A time

  4. Song Dynasty (960-1276ce) Focus on civil Administration, Industry, & Arts 2 problems Military Financial Military forces Under supervision Using all Surplus production Not much knowledge In military affairs Led to nomadic Northerner to flourish

  5. Economic Development of Tang & Song Wu Zhao: The Lady Emperor Agricultural Development Fast ripening rice 2 crops p/year Patriarchal Footbinding Gained power After husband’s power urbanization Placed women Under tight supervision To maintain Family fortune Expanded Food supply Population growth Usedvarious Techniquesto help cities Many opposed Her due to Patriarchal system Honor ancestor @ grave sites 50-115 million Brothels, Theaters markets Irrigation systems Oxen & water buffalo Iron plow Strengthened Civil service system Created secret police

  6. Technological & Industrial Development Naval Technology Porcelain Diffused to other societies, Lighter & thinner Aesthetically appealing Iron nails, Waterproofed oils, Watertight bulkheads Bamboo sails, compass Printing Gunpowder Metallurgy Woodblock To Moveable print Charcoal, Saltpeter, Sulfur arsenic Weaponry & Agricultural tools Large infrastructures Buddhist Texts, Confucian Works, Calendars Fire lance

  7. Emergence of a Market Economy Cosmopolitan Society Shortage Of coins Financial Instruments Paper Money Various cultures Intersected in China Many Exchanges w/in the Eastern Hemisphere Problems Promissory Notes (loans) Letters of Credit Checks Counterfeit & More value than Cash possessed Came after not Being able to Honor paper notes “fly cash” Muslim merchants, Byzantine Empire, Persians, Indians Deposit money in One place receive Equivalent in another State issued

  8. Cultural Change in Tang & Song China Many religions entered China Faced persecution By Daoists and Confucianists Buddhism Mahayana Buddhism Grow in China (Dunhuang) Christian, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, Islam Tailor to Chinese Interest 2 Schools Conflict w/ Chinese Society Not just Served As a religion Chan School Many Cave Temples Pure Land Religions of salvation Served needs of Foreign merchants Changed Terminology Filial Piety Buddhist Aesthetic life Daoists Values Personal Salvation For Complete Devotion To Buddha School, Banks, Land ownership, Tried to adjust To Chinese customs Little Emphasis On Text

  9. Neo-Confucianism Song recognized Both Confucian & Buddhist beliefs Zhu Xi Popularity Neo Confucian Leader 2 Reasons Family Ritual Also focused On abstract Metaphysical ideas Influence on Chinese Society Influence over E. Asia for Extensive period of time

  10. Chinese Influence In East Asia Shaped public Life of Korea, Vietnam, & Japan Silla Dynasty Vietnam Difference Korea Preserved Religious preference Prominent Women roles Compromise w/ Tang Dynasty Tense relations Tributary relationship Adopted: Agricultural systems, Irrigations systems, School & administration techniques Withdrew Tang Forces Silla recognize Tang emperor as overlord Vassal states but actually independent Influenced by Chinese politics & culture (court, Bureaucracy, Confucian systems) Tributary Relationship Tributary Relationship BUT DID NOT Have positions of merit Opened door for Trade

  11. Early Japan Influences from China Decline Clan wars Heian (794-1185ce) System of merit Centralized Imperial Gov’t Equal Field System Business & records, Education Language Literature Taira v. Miramoto Nara –capital (710-794) Confucian and Buddhist tradition Shogun Emperors Are figure heads Tale of Genji Military governor Fujiwara In true power Meditation of Passing of time & sorrow time Brings to humans Split of Figureheads And true authorities Would exist for many years

  12. Medieval Japan Period Between Nara And Heian Kamakura (1185-1333)& Muramachi 1336-1573) Known as Middle Period Valued military talent, No etiquette or courtesy Decentralized Political order Tokugawa Dynasty Samurai (mounted warrior) Specialist warriors Enforce authority in their land & extend claim to other lands

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