Chapter 27 Flashcards
When the yuan dynasty collapsed, what dynasty filled its gap?
The Ming dynasty restored native rule to China.
What did Hongwu, the founder of the ming dynasty make it into?
He made a tightly centralized state, extensive use of mandarines, imperial officals and enuches.
What did Yongle launch that threw China into the social scene>
He launche dmaritime exploration
As the ming Emporers were determined to prevent invasions, what did htey do>
Moved the capital from Nanjing in the south to Beijing. They also made better armies
What was the Great Wall?
It was along the norhtern border, nad had precedents dating back to the fourth century. th efirst emperor of the qin dynsaty had ordered it to be built. It was real long
Why did the Ming rule decline?
Because therewere Japanese pirates that operated at the coast and the navy was prety much ineffective.
Where did administrators live?
They lived in the Forbidden city, and they had a lot of indulgences
Why did the Ming Dynasty fal
Because of the MAnchu invasions and the Peasant uprisings
When the Ming dynasty fell, the Pure dynsaty came, what was ethe backgrond of the Manchus?
HTey were pastoral nomads, although many had turned to agriculturea nd settled in the rich farmlands of southern Manchuria
Under Nurhaci, unified manchu tribes into a
centralized place, with a code of law and all tha tjazz
What did the Manchus do during their rule?
THey captured Korea and Mongolia and laucnehd small scale invasions in Chian. After thier sezure of Beijuing, they went elsewhere. Also,
What was support or the Manchus like?
THere was a lot of support because, there was orruptions in the Confucian scholor bureacrats who worked against the ming since they despised the enuchs, who dominated the imperial court
What were two famous emporers?
Kangxi and Quianlong, helped the Manchus consolidate their hold on Chian.
Kangxi:
Was a Confucian scholor and an enlightened reader. He studied the COnfucian classics and sought to apply thier teachigns through his policies. He oversaw Taiwan..
Qianlon
high point of the Qin dynasty, he had a lot of powems and there were tax collectiosn.
What did Qianlong do?
Paid less attention to imperial affairs and delegated many responsibilities to his favorite enuch s
What was the Son of Heaven
It was the person designated to rule, he led a good lie in the Forbidden city,and his daily activities were carefully hcoreographed. He had a sense of authority, written characters of the emperors name were tabook throughout the realm.
Day to day governance of the emprie fell to who?
Scolor bureacrats. They were very very smart. preparations for thier exams began really early. Sometimes they took pace in local scools, which like th ecivil service examinatiosn, were open only to males.
What did these exams consist of?
THey consisted of a battery of tests adminsitered at the district, provincial, and metropolitan levels. Stiff offical quotas resticted the number of successful candidates.
What was teh hardest part of teh service exam?
The eight legged essays
What did the Exam show?
The possibilty of bureacratic services, with preosects for rich social and finacial rewards ensured competition.
What was the nature of the Chinese family
It was hierarchal, patriarchal and authoritarian. The father was head of the hosuehold and he passed leadership of the family to his eldest son. Fillial Piety. IT was descent down the mans line
What were the Gender relations?
Females were not liked, there was a lot of foot binding, because you couldn’t do anything if you were crippled
China was a predominantly ___ society
agricultural socieyt, afact that was vey correct.