Tang China Flashcards
Tang Govt
Bureaucracy+Confucian, Buddhist monasteries/Confucian scholars/monks in imperial court over aristocrats
Tang Religion
Buddhism
Tang Art
Horses/camels, porcelain sculpture, Buddha statues in cliff side, Li Bo poetry
Tang Invention
Iron stirrups, value mongol horsemanship (when mongols were nomads)
TangJobs
Civil service (unfair, favor of gentry but empower wu Zhou tried to limit gentry power, not improved till song)
Tang Social
Gentry- land owners, peasants, merchants. Female couldn’t take work/family name–sold/infanticide
Tang Economy
Equal field system- land to peasants. Paper$
Tang Cities
Capital- Chang’an temples palaces markets
Tang Founder/year
7th-10th century/Tang Taizong (Li Yuan)