Chapter Fifteen: The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia

1. Bentley & Ziegler, TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS, 2/e Chapter Fifteen: The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia

2. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Sui Dynasty • Establishment of the Dynasty The Sui and Tang Dynasties, 589-907 C.E.

3. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Sui Dynasty • Establishment of the Dynasty • The Grand Canal The Sui and Tang Dynasties, 589-907 C.E.

4. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Tang Dynasty • Tang Taizong Statuette of Confucian Scholar

5. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Tang Dynasty • Tang Taizong • Transportation and Communications

6. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Tang Dynasty • Tang Taizong • Transportation and Communications • The Equal-Field System

7. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Tang Dynasty • Tang Taizong • Transportation and Communications • The Equal-Field System • Bureaucracy of Merit

8. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Tang Dynasty • Tang Taizong • Transportation and Communications • The Equal-Field System • Bureaucracy of Merit • Tang Foreign Relations

9. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Tang Dynasty • Tang Taizong • Transportation and Communications • The Equal-Field System • Bureaucracy of Merit • Tang Foreign Relations • Tang Decline

10. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Song Dynasty • Song Taizu The Song Dynasty, 960-1279 C.E.

11. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Restoration of Centralized Imperial Rule in China • The Song Dynasty • Song Taizu • Song Weaknesses The Song Dynasty, 960-1279 C.E.

12. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Agricultural Development • Fast-Ripening Rice Buddhist wall painting

13. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Agricultural Development • Fast-Ripening Rice • New Agricultural Techniques

14. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Agricultural Development • Fast-Ripening Rice • New Agricultural Techniques • Population Growth

15. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Agricultural Development • Fast-Ripening Rice • New Agricultural Techniques • Population Growth • Urbanization

16. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Agricultural Development • Fast-Ripening Rice • New Agricultural Techniques • Population Growth • Urbanization • Patriarchal Social Structures

17. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Agricultural Development • Fast-Ripening Rice • New Agricultural Techniques • Population Growth • Urbanization • Patriarchal Social Structures • Foot Binding

18. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Technological and Industrial Development • Porcelain

19. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Technological and Industrial Development • Porcelain • Metallurgy

20. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Technological and Industrial Development • Porcelain • Metallurgy • Gunpowder

21. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Technological and Industrial Development • Porcelain • Metallurgy • Gunpowder • Printing

22. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • Technological and Industrial Development • Porcelain • Metallurgy • Gunpowder • Printing • Naval Technology

23. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • The Emergence of a Market Economy • Financial Instruments

24. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • The Emergence of a Market Economy • Financial Instruments • Paper Money

25. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • The Emergence of a Market Economy • Financial Instruments • Paper Money • A Cosmopolitan Society

26. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • The Economic Development of Tang and Song China • The Emergence of a Market Economy • Financial Instruments • Paper Money • A Cosmopolitan Society • China and the Hemispheric Economy

27. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • The Establishment of Buddhism • Foreign Relations in China

28. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • The Establishment of Buddhism • Foreign Relations in China • Dunhuang

29. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • The Establishment of Buddhism • Foreign Relations in China • Dunhuang • Buddhism in China

30. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • The Establishment of Buddhism • Foreign Relations in China • Dunhuang • Buddhism in China • Buddhism and Daoism

31. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • The Establishment of Buddhism • Foreign Relations in China • Dunhuang • Buddhism in China • Buddhism and Daoism • Chan Buddhism

32. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • The Establishment of Buddhism • Foreign Relations in China • Dunhuang • Buddhism in China • Buddhism and Daoism • Chan Buddhism • Hostility to Buddhism

33. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • The Establishment of Buddhism • Foreign Relations in China • Dunhuang • Buddhism in China • Buddhism and Daoism • Chan Buddhism • Hostility to Buddhism • Persecution

34. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • Neo-Confucianism • Confucians and Buddhism

35. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • Neo-Confucianism • Confucians and Buddhism • Zhu Xi

36. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Cultural Change in Tang and Song China • Neo-Confucianism • Confucians and Buddhism • Zhu Xi • Neo-Confucian Influence

37. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Chinese Influence in East Asia • Korea and Vietnam • The Silla Dynasty

38. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Chinese Influence in East Asia • Korea and Vietnam • The Silla Dynasty • Chinese Influence in Korea

39. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Chinese Influence in East Asia • Korea and Vietnam • The Silla Dynasty • Chinese Influence in Korea • China and Vietnam

40. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Chinese Influence in East Asia • Korea and Vietnam • The Silla Dynasty • Chinese Influence in Korea • China and Vietnam • Chinese Influence in Vietnam

41. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • China in East Asia • Early Japan • Nara Japan

42. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • China in East Asia • Early Japan • Nara Japan • Heian Japan

43. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • China in East Asia • Early Japan • Nara Japan • Heian Japan • The Tale of Genji

44. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • China in East Asia • Early Japan • Nara Japan • Heian Japan • The Tale of Genji • Decline of Heian Japan

45. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • China in East Asia • Medieval Japan • Political Decentralization

46. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • China in East Asia • Medieval Japan • Political Decentralization • The Samurai

47. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Sources From The Past: The Poet Du Fu on Tang Dynasty Wars “We have learned that to have a son is bad luck – It is very much better to have a daughter Who can marry and live in the house of a neighbor, While under the sod we bury our boys…” - Du Fu (712-770 C.E.)

48. Chapter Fifteen:The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia • Sources From The Past: The Arab Merchant Suleiman on Business Practices in Tang China “The Chinese conduct commercial transactions and business affairs with equity. When someone lends money to another person, he writes up a note documenting the loan…” - The Voyages of Suleiman