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Post-classical China Flashcards

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Wangdi

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Also known as yang jian. Founder of song

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Yangdi

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Wendi's son. Murdered father to get throne. 
Brings back Confucianism 
Education scholar gentry
Building projects 
Conscripted peasant labor
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New capital after hangzhou

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Luoyang

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Li yuan

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Duke of tang. First tang emperor

Conquered all the way to Afghanistan

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Reason for scholar gentry

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Offset power of aristocracy

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Capital of tang

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Chang’an

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Ministry of rites

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Administered exams

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Jinshi

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Title granted to those who passed exams

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Pure land Buddhism

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Also known as Mahayana Salvationist

Popular with the masses

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Chan Buddhism

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Zen
Focused more on meditation and beauty
Popular with the elite

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Empress Wu

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Supported Buddhism

Tried to make Buddhism state religion

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Wuzong

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Persecuted Buddhists

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Scholar gentry important

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In gov

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Reasons for decline

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Economic distress
Chronic military weakness
Rebellion

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Wendi won support by

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Lowering taxes and establishing granaries

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Largest Chinese empire

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Tang

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Bureau of censors

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Bureaucratic spies over bureaucrats

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Liked Buddhism

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Sui

Early tang

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Zhao kuangyin

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Founder of song
Also known as taizo
Failed to overcome Liao

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Liao dynasty

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Remained independent from song

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Khitan

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Militarily superior to song

Forced them to pay tribute

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Sinified

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Influenced from Chinese

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Weak in

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Politics and military

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Xi xia

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Collected tribute that drained resources

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Wang anshi

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Confucian scholar that introduced sweeping reforms

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Jurchens

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Founder of Qin kingdom

Forced song south

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Song move south capital moved to

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Hangzhou

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Southern song

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Rump state of song

One of most glorious reigns in Chinese history

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Junks

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Chinese ships very technologically advanced

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Flying money

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1st paper money

Robbery harder

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Peasant help

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Encouraged to move to uncultivated areas
Better ag led to more wealth
New laws limited aristocracy

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Neo-confucianists vs women

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Set back women

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Footbinding

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Mutilated feet to make them smaller; restricted women’s movements and made it easier to confine women

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Capital of song

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Hangzhou

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