Confucianism: Kong Fuzi, not his writings, but those of his students.
5 relationships: husband to wife, older to younger brother, friend to friend, father to son, ruler to subject.
Filial Piety: respect/love/trust for parent/provider
Legalism: the nature of man is evil, goodness is taught through fear.
Hanfeizi: created Legalism, practice of the Qin Dynasty
Daoism: means "The Way", harmony, change nothing. Government is unnatural, government that governs least governs best.
Laozi: created Daoism
Buddhism (Mahayana): imported to China from India. Offered escape and salvation unlike other Chinese philosophies. Some problems with monastic lifestyle seperating people from their families, not 100% integration.
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Shi Huangdi: unite China, Qin Dynasty, spent twenty years conquering and unifying warring states. Centralized power, employed legalism. Ordered the building of the Great Wall.
Dissent and reaction: torture and death to those that opposed his rule.
The Great Wall: showed the might of the empire, some attempt at blocking a Mongol invasion
Han Dynasty: 206 BC - 220 AD, inspired trade with Silk Road, monopolized iron and salt for China, fought to expand empire. Broken into several smaller kingdoms
Liu Bang/ Gao Zu: claimed power based on the Mandate of Heaven, new dynasty. Lowered taxes, eased Legalist policies, and employed Confucian scholars
Wudi: 141 BC - 87 BC, set up imperial university at Xian, improved infrastructure, expanded the empire, monopolized salt and iron for the government. Most famous Han Emperor.
monopoly: complete control of a good or business by one person or group.
expansionism: the desire to expand, to take control of more land.
silk road: Wudi created, brought grapes, figs, cucumbers, and walnuts to China. Sent silk out into the rest of the world.
civil service: employed well-educated scholars to run the bureacratic government, Confucian ideal. Positions were given based on merit, not social rank.
warlords: local military leaders that toppled the Hand Dynasty and set up smaller kingdoms.
acupuncture: needle punctures to specific body points to relieve pain or treat illness.
Cai Lun: invented a method for making durable paper out of wood pulp.
Ban Zhao: wrote Lessons for a Woman, proper behavior for men and women 100 AD.
