• Two Golden Ages of China

• The Mongol and Ming

Empires

• Korea and Its Traditions

• The Emergence of Japan

• Japan’s Feudal Age

INTRODUCTION

Introduction: After 400 years of fragmentation, a united China expanded and prospered under the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties. During the 1200s and 1300s, the Mongols, conquered, destroyed and then united much of Asia. After this brief conquest and subsequent collapse of the Mongol Empire, the Ming dynasty restored Chinese culture. While Korea and Japan were heavily influenced by Chinese civilization, each maintained its own identity, though to differing degrees.

Connecting Previous Knowledge What significant facts do we remember from our previous lessons involving China and East Asia?

(Middle Kingdom)

– most isolated ancient civ

• Around and RVs

/ dynastic cycle

– (Xia), Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han

– (Qin Shi Huangdi) – –

– Civil Service Examination System / competent bureaucracy

& Pastoral Nomads

: paper, printing press, compass, machines, gunpowder, suspension bridges, acupuncture, etc…

COMPARING MAPS

COMPARING MAPS

COMPARING MAPS

Using the same

map, we can see

that the Japanese

were influenced

by China, just like

Vietnam, Korea

and Central Asia.

However, Japan

was never actually

conquered by the

Chinese. Make a

prediction as to

why.

Tang & Song Dynasties • 11. Compare Europe to China during the Tang and Song dynasties. How were their

governments most different?

• 12. What happened to China after the collapse of the Han dynasty in the 4rd Century

CE?

• 13. What Indian religion entered China after the fall of the Han? Why would this

religion begin challenging the previous ideology of Confucianism?

Tang & Song Dynasties • 14. What new territories came under the influence of China during the

Tang dynasty?

• 15. What impact did the construction of the Grand Canal have on China?

• 16. What is a “golden age?”

Tang & Song Dynasties • 14. What new territories came under the influence of China during the

Tang dynasty?

• 15. What impact did the construction of the Grand Canal have on China?

• 16. What is a “golden age?”

WARM-UP REVIEW • 1. Why did Buddhism become attractive to many Chinese after the 3rd

Century CE?

• 2. How did the Grand Canal affect China?

• 3. Describe the Chinese Tribute System: who gets what? Who has the

“power?”

Tang & Song Dynasties • 17. What / who are

?

– Wealthy landowners

(lords in Europe)

• 18. What is a bureaucracy

and who is a ?

– Member of government,

perform functions and

duties of central

government

Tang & Song Dynasties • 19. What were China’s two main social classes?

• 20. How did the Chinese civil service examination system function? How

was it a strength for China? How could it be a weakness?

• 21. Describe the life of Chinese peasants.

• 22. What was the traditional view of merchants in China? Why? How did

this view differ from say the Islamic society?

• 23. How patriarchal was Chinese society during the Tang and Song?

• 24. What is foot binding and why would such a tradition develop?

Tang & Song Dynasties • 25. Give some examples of the Golden Age of arts in Tang and Song China.

– Landscape paintings from the Daoist traditions

• “When you are planning to paint, you must always create a harmonious relationship between

heaven and earth.”

– Statuary and pagodas

– Porcelain

– Philosophy, religion and history works in literature

– Poetry – the shortness of life and the immensity of the universe

Tang & Song Dynasties Advice for Families in China

• 26. Yuan would agree that…

• 27. Yuan suggests that…

• 28. Li Bo: Devotion to Father: How do Li Bo’s feelings still relate to our life and times?

• 29. Applying Information: “Distant waters cannot put out nearby fire.” How does this

saying reflect the nature of village government under the Tang and Song dynasties?