Tang

1
Tang Song China
Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang spreads Buddhism
to Tibet
2
Post Han

• Period of disunity
• Decline of Confucian bureaucracy
• Buddhism enters flourishes
• Sui dynasty return to dynastic imperialism
• Brief violent assassinations of both main
  emperors

3
Tang established

• Li Yuan secures frontiers
• extends empire into Tibet, Manchuria Vietnam
• Korea a tributary kingdom
• Importance of Buddhism leads to higher status for
  women

4
Civil Servant system

• Rulers restored Confucian imperial bureaucracy
• Bureau of Censors evaluated all levels of
  bureaucracy
• Examinations become more regular determine rank
• (examinations on Confucian works)

5
Tang Religious issues

• Tang rulers patronized Buddhist monasteries and
  Confucian schools
• Monasteries increased to 50,000
• Monasteries untaxed housed anyone
• Resented by Daoists Confucians
• Emperor Wuzong began suppression of Buddhism
  recovery of lands

6
Developments Tang

• Grand Canal Li Bo - poet
• Commercial shipping
• Early Junks
• Capital city of 2 million!
• State funded irrigation canals
• Distribution of lands to peasants
• Better status for women

7
Tang decline

• Disruptions in royal family
• Empress Wei
• Emperors concubine issue
• Discontent with powerful women
• A failed rebellion
• Nomadsregional govts

8
Song Dynasty

• Partial restoration of empire
• Civil servants (scholar-gentry) limited milit
  growth
• Exams continued but easier
• Bureaucracy became larger less efficient

9
Neo-Confucianism

• Hostile to outside ideas
• Tradition, social hierarchy, gender distinction
  more rigid Male dominance
• Women restricted to household / no education
• footbinding emerges- esp. among upper class

10
Developments Song

• Decline in status of women
• Gunpowder
• Junks
• Compasses for sea navigation
• Abacus
• Movable type
• Landscape painting at height

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Decline recentering fall

• Military weakness
• Neighboring kingdoms demanded tribute
• Wang attempts reforms
• Southern Song
• Retreats below the Yangtze river
• Eventually falls to the Mongols

12

• (Enter.
• the Mongols)

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Korea

• How did China impact?
• How did Korea develop differently?

14
Vietnam

• How did China impact?
• How did Vietnam develop differently?

15
Japan

• How did China impact?
• How did Japan develop differently?

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Medieval Feudalism
Western Europe King/kingdom High
lords/barons Counts Knights
Japan Emperor-ceremonial Shogun/shogunat
e Daimyo Samurai
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Chivalry Bushido

• What common values and expectations did these 2
  codes of conduct have?
• To whom did the codes apply?
• Why did the codes develop?

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Samurai fighting the Mongols
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• ? Gi Rectitude
• ? Yu Courage
• ? Jin Benevolence
• ? Rei Respect
• ? Makoto or ? - Shin Honesty
• ?? Meiyo Honor, Glory
• ?? Chu Loyalty
• -Translations from Random House's
  Japanese-English, English-Japanese Dictionary
• Others that are sometimes added to these
• ? - Ko - Filial piety
• ? - Chi - Wisdom
• ? - Tei - Care for the aged

Influenced by Confucianism