Ch27 Flashcards
Matteo Ricci and other Europeans discovered they were more successful in their negotiations with the Chinese if they presented them with
Mechanical clocks
Matteo Ricci was
Roman Catholic missionary in China
After the arrival of the Europeans,
east Asian societies largely controlled their own affairs until the nineteenth century.
Ming dynasty replaces
Yuan
Ming founded by
Hongwu
Ming means
Brilliant
Yongle moved the capital of China to
Beijing
To stabilize china the Ming
stressed Chinese traditions from the era before the Mongol Yuan dynasty
Qing meant
Pure
leader who first organized the Manchu tribes into a centralized state was
Nurhaci
Manchu action after conquering china(4)
1forbade Chinese from learning the Manchurian lang
2forced Chinese men to grow a queue as a sign of submission
3not allow the Chinese to travel to Manchuria.
4guarded their own cultural identity
Taiwan conquered by
Kangxi
ruler that made Vietnam, Burma, and Nepal vassal states of China
Qianlong
ruling philosophy and techniques the Qing
followed the same pattern that the Ming had established
“Son of Heaven” refers to the
Chinese emperor’s role in maintaining order on the earth.
Accomplishments of Chinese clans
1providing edu for poor relatives
2maintaining local order
3organizing local economies
4 making provision for welfare
During Ming and Qing women ..
Tighter patriarchal
By 1750, the population of China had grown to
225 mil
exception of the emperor and his family, the most exalted members of Chinese society
Scholar bureaucrats
According to Confucian tradition the most honorable class
Peasants
Zhu Xi
foremost scholar of neo-Confucianism
The Dream of the Red Chamber shed light on
Scholar gentry
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was following …
intrigue following the collapse of the Han dynasty
Who sought to convert China to Christianity
Matteo ricci
Chinese hesitate convert to Christianity bc
of Its exclusivity concerning other beliefs like Daoism and Buddhism.
Bakufu:
Tent government
Tokugawa Ieyasu finished
the process of unifying Japan.
Daimyo
Powerful Japanese territorial lords.
“thinning out the rice shoots” refers to
Japanese attempt to limit pop growth
results of the peace brought by the Tokugawa period was
reduction in status for the samurai and daimyo.
Floating worlds
the entertainment and pleasure districts of cities such as Osaka.
author of The Life of a Man Who Lived for Love was
Ihara Saikaku
Great Wall of china project of
Ming
