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1450-1750. Ming & Qing Yi/Choson Tokugawa. Status of the Dynasties. Ming Voyages of Discovery 1405-1433 Emperor Zhu Di Admiral Zheng He Traded silks, porcelain, lacquerware Obtained gold, silver, pearls, rhino horn, herbs, spices. Ming revitalized:. Great Wall Grand Canal
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1450-1750 • Ming & Qing • Yi/Choson • Tokugawa
Status of the Dynasties • Ming • Voyages of Discovery • 1405-1433 • Emperor Zhu Di • Admiral Zheng He • Traded silks, porcelain, lacquerware • Obtained gold, silver, pearls, rhino horn, herbs, spices
Ming revitalized: • Great Wall • Grand Canal • Examination system
Ming Emperor Zhu Di built • Forbidden City in 1421
Ming emphasized: • Commerce • Tributary system • Neo-Confucianism
Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 • Morality • Civil Service Examinations • Family system
Korean Yi Dynasty • 1392 Yi deposed Koryo & Buddhism • Favored Confuciansim
King Sejong devised • Hangul-syllabary • Improved literacy • Examination system dominated by Yangban class
Yi • Peace from 1600-1850 • Hermit Kingdom after 1644
Tokugawa • Warfare & Political fragmentation in 1500s • Peace & order 1600-1868
Tokugawa characterized by: • Rise of merchant class • Growth of urban culture • Literature & drama • Social hierarchy (edicts)
What outside contact occurred? • In China: • Portuguese 1514 • Spanish 1565
What outside contact occurred? • In Korea: • Japan 1592 & 1597 • Manchus 1627 & 1636
What outside contact occurred? • In Japan • Portuguese 1543 • Spanish • Dutch 1609 • British 1613
What did the foreigners want? • In China: • Portuguese wanted carrying trade, territory, and converts • Spanish wanted territory, trade, and converts
What did the foreigners want? • In Korea: • Japan wanted to conquer China from Korea • Manchus wanted to make Korea a tributary
What did the foreigners want? • In Japan: • Dutch & British wanted spices • East India Company
Cultural phenomenon/ Organizing Principles • China • Neo Confucianism • Art reflecting philosophy • Korea Scholarship Hangul Civil Service Exams Neo-Confucianism • Art reflects product of civilization • Isolation • Japan • Daimyo