A Brief Chinese History

From the Qin Dynasty to

the Sui Dynasty

The Qin Dynasty

Time: 221BC-206 BC The first unified autocratic

centralized feudal empire a long-lasting influence The most short-lived dynasty Founder: Qin Shi Huang Capital: Xian Yang

MeritsA series of standardizationWeight, measures, coinage and the writing system (Small Seal Script)

Terra-Cotta Warriors The construction of the Great Wall Qin Mausoleum Burning books &burying scholars

alive

Rebellion The Peasant Uprisings Chen Sheng and Wu

Guang Xiang Yu & Liu Bang The Battle of Julu

Hongmen Banquet Chu-Han War

The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.—220 A.D.)

Western Han Dynasty

(206 B.C.---24 A.D.)

Founder: Liu Bang

consolidation of the Empire

(Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing)

The relationship with foreign countries

The Silk Road (Zhang Qian: envoy)

Chang’an

the Huns

Major Achievements

The seismograph---- Zhang Heng

Records of the Historian--- Sima Qian

The invention of paper

The different styles of writing

The Confucianism

The Eastern Han (24-220 A.D.)

Wang Mang (45 B.C.-23 A.D) The Xin Dynasty Founder: Liu Xiu （汉光武帝）

During the reign of Emperor Ling A puppet manipulated by eunuchs corrupt imperial court, landlords’ oppression, successive natural disasters

Wei, Shu & Wu Cao Cao; Liu Bei; Sun Quan

Three Kingdoms

The Temporary Unification of China reincarnation & transmigration

The Buddhist grottoes: Dunhuang, Yungang & Longmen

The Jin Dynasty (265-420)

Sage Calligrapher

Poet Pastoral life

The Northern and Southern Dynasties

Northern Dynasties: (386-581A.D.) Northern Wei (386-534) Eastern Wei replaced by Northern Qi, Western Wei replaced by Northern Zhou Southern Dynasties: (420-589A.D.) Song (420-479), Qi (479-502), Liang (502-557), Chen (557-589)

The Sui Dynasty (581-618)

Two emperors: Yang Jian ---- Yang Guang

The construction of the capital Luoyang; the Zhaozhou Bridge ;

The digging of the Grand Canal; The Civil Service System (imperial examination)