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CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 8 . UNFICATION OF CHINA. WARRING STATES PERIOD. Recall 401-256 B.C. ZHOU PHILOSPHY . LEGALISM. Warring states Pragmatic approach Peace=united, strong state Conscription, war Human nature: Selfish Rewards and punishment. CONFUCIANISM. China 5h century B.C.

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CHAPTER 8

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  1. CHAPTER 8 UNFICATION OF CHINA

  2. WARRING STATES PERIOD • Recall • 401-256 B.C.

  3. ZHOU PHILOSPHY

  4. LEGALISM • Warring states • Pragmatic approach • Peace=united, strong state • Conscription, war • Human nature: • Selfish • Rewards and punishment

  5. CONFUCIANISM • China • 5h century B.C. • Kong Fuzi, Analects • comprehensive

  6. BELIEFS • Junzi=gentleman • Ren: kindness • Li: appropriate behavior • Xiao: filial piety

  7. DAOISM • Laozi • Reflection and contemplation • Intuition=knowledge • Health, physical • Virtuous, kind

  8. QIN • Unified China • Legalism • Book burning • Walled borders • Central govt. • Roads, weights • Eventually rebellions • Commoners, nobles

  9. QIN EMPEROR • Tomb • Workers • Terracotta warriors

  10. QIN • Compass • 15 years • Legacy: empire • 20th century

  11. HAN • Silk roads • Relay race • 6 months • Camel caravans • Exports, imports • Romans and Chinese

  12. ECONOMY • Most people: farms, countryside • Textile production: • Silk • Lucrative, high demand

  13. SOCIETY • Population growth • Qin to Han dynasty: 20 to 60 million

  14. FAMILY • Male head • official representative • Inheritance to all males • Marriage • Arranged • Divorce, men • Women • Subordination to men • Humility, obedience, devotion

  15. TECHNOLOGY • Gunpowder • Daoist alchemists • Elixir for long life • Sulpher+potassium nitrate • Fires, noise • Paper • Before: bamboo strips, bones, silks • Tree bark + textile fibers • Less $$, efficient

  16. HISTORY • Greatest historians of Pre-modern world • More history, more accurate • SimaQian • Use of actual documents • Firsthand accounts

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