Ancient China's Song Dynasty Flashcards
How did China’s early bureaucracy lead to its national strength?
China’s bureaucracy led to its national strength because the bureaucracy’s multi-level organization and central leadership held the empire together.
What events led to the setting of China’s commercial revolution?
The downfall of the North Song Dynasty had started the mass immigration to South China’s Hangzhou, the future building space for economic prosperity.
What government system did the Song Dynasty hold and how was it special for that time?
The Song Dynasty established the world’s first bureaucracy and was more organized as a government than any other government at that time.
How did civil service exams represent a Chinese official’s leadership skills?
A Chinese civil service examination tested a future official’s critical thinking skills and their knowledge of Chinese tradition.
Where did Chinese civil service examinations fail?
Ancient exams failed at offering the Chinese people an equal (egalitarian) opportunity of scoring well on the exam as well as the exam’s intensified competition led to cheating.
How may ancient values and leadership thinking lie in the foundations of Neo-Confucianism?
The moral thought process practiced in Neo-Confucianism was desired by examiners in the civil service exams proving to create Neo-Confucianist leaders and officials.
