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Unification of China

Unification of China. Confucius and the Social Order 5 Basic relationships Ruler and subject Father and son Husband and wife Older brother and younger brother Friend and friend filial piety bureaucracy. Other Ethical Systems Laozi Natural order Dao De Jing (The Way of Virtue)

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Unification of China

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  1. Unification of China Confucius and the Social Order • 5 Basic relationships • Ruler and subject • Father and son • Husband and wife • Older brother and younger brother • Friend and friend • filial piety • bureaucracy

  2. Other Ethical Systems • Laozi • Natural order • Dao De Jing (The Way of Virtue) • “the Way” guides all things • Daoism • alchemy, astronomy and medicine

  3. Legalists • Highly efficient and powerful government • Hanfeizi and Li Si were founders of Legalism • Rich rewards • Stressed punishments more than rewards • I Ching • Solve ethical or practical problems • Throwing coins, interpreting results, reading oracle or prediction • Yin and Yang • Cold, dark, soft and mysterious • Warm, bright, hard and clear • Rhythm of the universe

  4. Qin Dynasty • Shi Huangdi • Halted internal battles • Defeated invaders • Crushed political opposition • Relocated noble families • Murdered Confucius scholars • Established autocracy • Highway network • Standards for writing, law, currency and weights • Irrigation, trade, harsh taxes

  5. The Great Wall of China • Poor peasants worked for nothing • Made to protect its border • The Han Dynasty Emerged

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