ming and qing dynasties happy monday!!! word
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Ming and Qing Dynasties Happy Monday!!! Word. Last 3 Dynasties (Beijing). Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) Mongolian and Genghis Khan north of China proper Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Han Chinese Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Manchu northeast of China proper. Confucian Culture. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ming and Qing DynastiesHappy Wednesday!!! Word.
Last 3 Dynasties (Beijing)
• Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)– Mongolian and Genghis Khan– north of China proper
• Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)– Han Chinese
• Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)– Manchu– northeast of China proper
Confucian Culture
• modern concept of political nation state
• Chinese defined by Confucian culture
• civil service exam (605-1905)– social mobility– reward diligence, discipline, and willpower,
but not talent or innovation
• “law of avoidance”
• “sum of social relationships”
Social Hierarchy and Mobility
• scholar-officials, farmers, artisans, and merchants
• scholar-official-landlord– learning, political power, and economic wealth
• local elite (gentry) and lineage
• lack of work ethic– literati’s long gown– foot-binding for women
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
China’s Tributary System
• Traditional system for managing foreign relations
• The ``Central Kingdom” worldview
• Ming dynasty had the most extensive tributary system– tributes from East Asia, South Asia, Southeast
Asia, and even West Asia and Africa
Zheng He’s Fleet (1405 - 1433)
• Over 300 ships & 20,000 men
• trade and commerce
• Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, and East Africa
Zheng He’s Expeditions
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912)
• Ming dynasty fell in 1644 amid peasant uprisings, eunuch political squabbles and Manchu invasion
• Manchu and Han Chinese
Ming and Qing Emperors
Yongle Emperor KangxiQianlong
Mandate of Heaven
Emperor & Lord Macartney (1793)