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Ming and Qing Dynasties

Ming and Qing Dynasties. China Says to the West: We Have Nothing to Learn from You. China under the Ming Dynasty. China under the Ming Dynasty. Ming and Qing Dynasties. I. Politics II. Cultural/Intellectual III. Society IV. Economics V. China and the West. I. Politics.

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Ming and Qing Dynasties

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  1. Ming and Qing Dynasties China Says to the West: We Have Nothing to Learn from You

  2. China under the Ming Dynasty

  3. China under the Ming Dynasty

  4. Ming and Qing Dynasties • I. Politics • II. Cultural/Intellectual • III. Society • IV. Economics • V. China and the West

  5. I. Politics • A. Ming (= Bright) Dynasty (1368–1644) • 1. Hongwu (Hung-wu) (1368–1398) • a. overthrow of Yuan dynasty (1368) • b. contempt of Confucian scholar-administrators • 2. Yongle (Yung-le) (1402–1424) • a. journeys of Zhenghe (Cheng Ho) (1405–1433) • b. opening of Grand Canal (1415)

  6. Hongwu (Hung-wu) (1368–1398)

  7. Yongle (Yung-le) (1402–1424)

  8. Imperial Canal

  9. Imperial Canal at Beijing

  10. I. Politics (continued) • A. Ming (= Bright) Dynasty (1368–1644) (continued) • 3. successors • a. ended foreign exploration (1433) • b. Japanese pirates (wako)/Ming imperial edict (1456) • c. forbade Chinese to travel abroad (early 16th century) • d. loss of vassal states of Annam, Tibet, and Mongolia • e. loss of northern Manchuria (1599) • f. defense of Korea (1592–1597)

  11. I. Politics (continued) • B. Qing (Ch’ing) (= Pure) (1644–1911) • 1. Nurhachu declared dynasty in Manchuria (1616) • 2. Abahai (Tai tsung) (r. 1627–1643) • a. Conquered Korea (1627) • b. Beseiged Beijing (1643)

  12. I. Politics (continued) • B. Qing (Ch’ing) (= Pure) (1644–1911) • 3. Kangxi (K’ang Hsi) (r. 1661–1722) • a. San-fan War (1673–1681) • b. last Ming general defeated (1683) • c. Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) • d. forbade teaching of Christianity (1715)

  13. The Kangxi Emperor as a Young Man

  14. The Kangxi Emperor on a Hunt

  15. The Kangxi Emperor on Tour

  16. The Kangxi Emperor Returning from Southern Tour

  17. The Kangxi Emperor Late in His Reign

  18. Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of Kang-Hsi, ed. Jonathan D. Spence • – relationship between hunting and war • – philosophy of education • – opinion of Westerners • – view of Western mathematics • – assessment of Galdan • – assessment of his own reign

  19. I. Politics (continued) • 4. Qianlong (Ch’ien-lung) (r. 1736–1796 [1799]) • a. “We have no need of anyone. Go home! Take back your gifts.” • b. Letter to King George III (1793)

  20. The Qianlong (Ch’ien-lung) Emperor(r. 1736–1796 [1799])

  21. Lord Macartney and the Qianlong Emperor

  22. The Qianlong Emperor Practicing Calligraphy

  23. II. Cultural/Intellectual • A. Confucianism (civil or religious?) • 1. Harmony and moral order • 2. Confucian relationships • a. Father – Son • b. Ruler – Minister • c. Husband – Wife • d. Elder Brother – Younger Brother • e. Friend – Friend • B. Buddhism

  24. II. Cultural/Intellectual (continued) • C. Jesuit Influence • 1. Francis Xavier (1506–1552) • 2. Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) [Li Madou] — Journals • 3. Adam Schall (1591–1666) — dynastic calendar reform • 4. Ferdinand Verbiest (1623–1688) — almanac, instruments, and perpetual calendar

  25. Francis Xavier (1506–1552)

  26. Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) [Li Madou]

  27. Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) [Li Madou]

  28. Adam Schall (1591–1666)

  29. III. Society • A. Ranking of Social Classes • 1. Scholar-administrators (shenshi) 2. Peasants • 3. Artisans and craftsmen • 4. Merchants • B. Status of Women • C. Population

  30. IV. Economics • A. Porcelain • 1. Blue-and-white (cobalt from Persia) • 2. Sweet white (tian bai) • 3. European imitations: Delftware and Soft-paste • B. Silk

  31. Ming Porcelain Plate

  32. Qing Vase

  33. V. China and Europe • Two Approaches • 1. Sino-Western relations in light of Europe’s and America’s rapid development during the 19th and 20th centuries • 2. Study what was there already. Why is it that China could and did take this attitude Europe and America? What enabled China to be so self-confident, so culturally and politically secure?

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