Encounters in East Asia

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Encounters in East Asia
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• Barbarians?
• The people of China thought that Europeans were
  barbarians.
• Europeans thought the Chinese were very advanced,
  and enjoyed the metalwork they did.

Arnold the Governater in Conan the Barbarian
Fireworks
Silk
Gunpowder
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• Ming Our Empire Owns the World
• Chinese products were better than European ones,
  so the Europeans had nothing to trade with the
  Chinese.
• Chinese accepted Gold and Silver for trade
  instead.

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• Ming, continued
• At the end of the trading season, Europeans had
  to leave China.
• Matteo Ricci European who studied Chinese,
  helped Europe understand China

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• More Missionaries
• Europeans sent missionaries to convert the
  Chinese to Christianity.
• Many Chinese chose not to convert to
  Christianity, but enjoyed learning about the
  Renaissance.

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• Qing (Ching) Dynasty Takes Over
• The Manchus ruled over Manchuria, north of China.
• They invaded China and set up the Qing dynasty.
  The Manchus as well as the Chinese shared
  positions in the new government.
• Question Why would putting Chinese in local
  government positions make the new government more
  popular?

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• Qianlong (Chyan lung)
• Expanded Chinas borders under his rule to
  largest in Chinas history.
• Ruled for 60 years.

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• Korea
• Invaded first by the Japanese, then by Qing in
  China
• Koreans were allowed to have their own state, but
  forced to accept Chinas dominance over them.

Modern Day Korean Peninsula. Can you see the
technological differences between North and South
Korea?
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• Korean Isolation
• Koreans chose to isolate themselves from all
  other foreigners after the Japanese and Chinese
  invasions.
• Sailors who landed on the Korean coast were sent
  to prison or killed.
• Europeans called Korea the Hermit Kingdom

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• Japan
• Europeans arrived in Japan and traded guns with
  the government, which the Japanese government
  used to keep the Japanese people in order.
• Many Japanese converted to Christianity.

Monument to Christian Martyr in Nagasaki, Japan
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• Japan turns to isolation
• Leaders believed that the Europeans were trying
  to take over their country.
• Japanese Christians were persecuted, and
  Europeans were banned from Japan.
• Ban lasted for over 200 years.

Celebrating Christian mass in Japan
St. Sebastian Martyred in Japan
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• Japan (Isolation)
• Shogun Japanese heads of government
• Shogunate Japanese Kingdom
• A King is to a kingdom as a shogun is to a
  shogunate

Minamoto no Yoritomo First Shogun of the Kamakura
Shogunate
Tokugawa Leyasu