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China Notes

China Notes. Take notes on the following slides. Buddhism. Buddhism is a religion that began in India and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. (Gow-tuh-muh) Siddhartha became known as the Buddha, or “Enlightened One.”. Teachings of Buddhism. Suffering is a part of life

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China Notes

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  1. China Notes Take notes on the following slides.

  2. Buddhism • Buddhism is a religion that began in India and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. (Gow-tuh-muh) • Siddhartha became known as the Buddha, or “Enlightened One.”

  3. Teachings of Buddhism • Suffering is a part of life • Suffering is caused by desires • One can escape suffering through meditation and by living a wise moral life.

  4. Buddhism spreads to China • During the first century A.D., Buddhist monks and traders carried Buddhist teachings to China along the Silk Road. • Buddhist teachings helped people endure the suffering that followed the collapse of the Han Dynasty. • Buddhism also spread to Korea and Japan.

  5. The Tang Dynasty Reunifies China • Vocabulary – reunify: bring together a group of people that have been divided • Under the Tang Dynasty, China became unified for the first time over 350 years after the collapse of the Han Dynasty.

  6. Confucianism Influences Chinese Life • Under the Tang Dynasty, Confucianism ideas spread. • Confucianism focuses on respect for family and older generation, education, and proper conduct.

  7. Imperial Rule in China • The Tang emperors adopted the Confucian idea of how government should be run. Candidates for government jobs had to take civil service exams. • A person who passed the exams could become a scholar-official, and educated person with a government position.

  8. Chinese Inventions • The Chinese invented and discovered many important things: • Tea, paper, wood-block printing, the compass, and gunpowder.

  9. Tea • Tea was first used in China as a medicine. • Eventually tea became a very important beverage traded all over the world.

  10. Paper • The Chinese made paper out of bamboo, which grew all over China. • Paper was used just as it is today, to write on.

  11. Wood-block printing • The Chinese were the first to invent moveable type. • It was very difficult in Chinese, because there are over 5,000 characters. • English has only 26.

  12. Compass • Chinese scientists had studied and learned much about magnetism. • With this knowledge, they made the first compass. • The compass uses magnets to always point north. • The compass helped sailors, which encouraged trade.

  13. Gunpowder • The invention of gunpowder was by accident. The Chinese were looking for something that would allow them to live forever. • Gunpowder was first used for fireworks and then in weapons.

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