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Beginnings of Classical China

Explore the dynamic history of classical China from the decline of Zhou rulers and rise of feudalism to the era of Warring States. Witness the evolution of philosophies like Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism shaping society and governance.

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Beginnings of Classical China

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  1. Beginnings of Classical China

  2. Decline of the Zhou rulers • System of Feudalism • Transferred power from the King to the feudal lords • Provided stability • Royal family then lords family • Lords less loyal, invading nomads

  3. Spring and Autumn • 200 independent state competed for territory • Strong lords conquered weaker ones, thereby growing ever more powerful

  4. Era of Warring States • 400 B.C. E. Qin (Chin) victors • Economic changes • Crops, • Tools • irrigation

  5. Era of Hundred Schools • Most creative periods for Chinese philosophy • Yin and Yang • Yin – darkness, weakness, inactivity • Yang- brightness, strength, activity

  6. Confucianism • Promoted a code of conduct • System of ethnics and values that would restore social harmony and political harmony • Family was the best model • The Analects – written form of his teaching • Two ways to accomplish this • People accept their roles • Rulers act virtuously

  7. Taoism (Daoism) • Started as a combination philosophy and psychology, but developed into a religion • regulates natural processes and nourishes balance in the Universe. • "refers to a power which envelops, surrounds and flows through all things, living and non-living. • Harmony of opposites

  8. Legalism • Concerned with the most effective way of governing society • Beliefs – People were by nature selfish and untrustworthy • Would become the official philosophy during the during the Qin dynasty • Led to the first truly centralized, imperial state.

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