2.1 Flashcards

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neo-Confucianism

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Confucianism w/ Buddhist/daoist influences revived during Song Dynasty

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2
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Zhoa Kuangyin

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Unified China after Tang Dynasty, regional leader, created Song Dynasty

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filial piety

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the practice of honoring one’s ancestors. Trained China to honor the emperor. Correlates with Confucianism as a means of recreating the peaceful society before warring states period.

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Tang Dynasty

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Revived Confucianism from Han Dynasty, right before Song Dynasty,

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Imperial Bureaucracy in China

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Civil service exam, tens of thousands of staff memebers

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Civil service exam

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Needed to gain position in imperial bureaucracy, led to more efficient and competent bureaucracy, social mobility

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Korea

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Politically independent, tributary relationship w/ China,

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Tributary relationship

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Providing services, goods, products, military labour or labour to a civilization who dominates you

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China’s influence on Korea

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Confucianism in political structures, marginalized women, civil service exam for bureaucracy (mainly influenced elites)

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Japan

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separated from China by water, influences voluntarily allowed

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China’s influence on Japan

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Chinese Buddhism, Chinese writing system (mostly elites)

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Vietnam

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Champa rice, tributary relationship w/ China, politically independent, exalted women, female deities

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China’s influence on Vietnam

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Elites: Confucianism, Buddhism, Chinese literary techniques, civil service exam

Note: Confucianism w/o degrading women

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Buddhism (original)

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Started in India. Four Noble truths, the Eightfold Path, strictly atheistic

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The Four Noble Truths

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Life is suffering. We suffer because we crave. We stop suffering when we stop craving. The Eightfold Path leads to stopping suffering and craving.

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16
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Theravada Buddhism

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Started in Sri Lanka. Confined to elites and monks, self-saving.

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Mahayana Buddhism

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Started in East Asia. Available to everyone, idolized Buddha, emphasized compassion

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Tibetan Buddhism

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Started in Tibet. Emphasized mystical practices like laying prostrate, elaborate images of deities.

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Taoism

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Teaches that living beings should live in balance with nature and the universe

20
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Chinese Buddhism

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Mixture of Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism

21
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How did Song Dynasty accumulate wealth?

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Commercialization, steel/iron production, agricultural prosperity, transportation innovations

22
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Commercialization in China

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The production of goods for distant markets. Resulted in paper money, credit systems, promissory notes, increased trade (wealth)

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Steel/Iron production in China

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tools for agriculture, armor, coins

24
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Agricultural Prosperity in China

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Provides for the most populous country in the world, excess of food to sell, population boom

25
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Champa Rice

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Champa Kingdom in Vietnam. Could be harvested 2-3 times per year, drought resistant

26
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More food =

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more babies

27
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Transportation Innovation in China

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Grand Canal, magnetic compass, shipbuilding

28
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Grand Canal

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Linked Yanzgi and Yellow Rivers, made trade/travel cheaper,

29
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Magnetic compass

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improved naval navigation, facilitated sea based trade

30
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Shipbuilding in China

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More trade, more accurate navigation. Watertight bulkheads, stern mounted rudders

31
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Song State Structure

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Censorate
Finance
army
justice
personnel
public works
rites

32
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Effect of Chinese trade in Afro Eurasia

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increasingly commercialized Chinese society, manufacturing flourished

33
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Chinese innovations

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gunpowder: daoists trying to find the elixir of life. used for fireworks and displays, THEN military use

34
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WEALTH =

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population + agricultural base + manufacturing

35
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UNITY in Song China =

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language + Confucianism + culture