opposed to trade and merchants (while, paradoxically, it made China rich for so many years),…
China used to have an economy based on bartering but now it has made its standard currency silver, this and the increase of global silver trade has caused devastating affects to their economy because of the lack of the silver coin that they actually had. Ye Chunji an official during the Ming dynasty was sent out to limit wedding expenses. This shows that people are spending their money on useless amenities that do not benefit the economy therefore we see a limit being place (1). Since this was a county official and most official were Confucian scholars that disliked people that portrayed themselves as extravagant, so Chunji would support this spending limit. Wang Xije a Ming dynasty court official said that the lack of the silver coin led to the fall of prices in grain. As the silver that China had became more scarce due to the fact that people spent their money on useless things we see the working class like farmers getting less profit from their crops because the lack of silver (3). Since court official in china were Confucian scholars and peasants were below them in the social hierarchy they wanted them to be prospering so they can prosper as well. China began depending solemnly on the trade with…
In the Taika and Nara, Japanese peaked in their selective borrowing from Chinese culture. In 646, the Japanese tried to introduce the Taika Reforms, to change the imperial administration to resemble the Chinese(thought it had little effect in Heian Period).Previously, Japanese scholars tried mastering Chinese characters and wrote dynastic histories like those used by emperors in China. In the Heian period, Japanese consciousness grew and Chinese influence was reduced to a minimum.…
today’s situation in the Mid East, because most conflict in this area is caused by many different…
China flourished as one of the world’s most cosmopolitan societies under the Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties. Officials governed effectively, economic development grew and farmers fed people, merchants and manufacturers prospered. Confucianism and Daoism was the government foundation, social structure and culture. Agriculture remained the foundation for the economy. Strong central government continued with powerful emperors and educated bureaucracy with the examination system. Landowners were at the top of the social class as well as the educated bureaucrats and military leaders. The merchants and artisans had a great deal of wealth but were…
Vast majority of population were cultivators 3. Iron metallurgy: farming tools, utensils, and weapons 4. Silk textiles; sericulture spread all over China during the Han 5. Paper production; replaced silk and bamboo as writing material 6. Population growth: twenty million to sixty million from 220 B.C.E. to 9 C.E. B. Economic and Social Difficulties 1.…
- Ancient people had to appease the gods by making human or animal sacrifices in order to prevent natural disasters from happening.…
Unlike European industrializing power, China industrialized while relatively remote from other industrial nations, allowing it to develop its own strand of industrialization. Before industrialization, the humiliating practice of foot binding was very popular. Girls were often victims of infanticide, as boys could grow up to become government officials whereas girls would be married and become subservient to another family. Population growth in China caused by industrialization led to social change, and social revolution came in the form of the Taiping program, which decreed that men and women were equal. Though quickly put down, this showed that on the small scale, Chinese women were gaining more rights and independence, and a many people believed that they should no longer be treated as subservient…
The growing economy during the Tang and Song areas contribute to many changes in China, with some changes that had global impact such as currency; however, perhaps one of the more significant change was the way of life. One particular example is the shift of way of life for peasants, from self-sufficiency to production for market, which inherently improved their life (McKay, 328). Additionally, with the growth of the population and the need for good and services led to the creation of currency, which replaced the need for trading goods. The high number and bulkiness the copper coins were replaced by the world’s first paper money, which were introduce in China (McKay, 328)..…
Tang Dynasty of China Empire and the Byzantine Empire existed on a similar large scale in the same period. (143 HSW) The territory of Tang Dynasty China expands even larger than the previous dynasty after Taizong Tang gaining territory from the Turks. (189 HSW) Tang China Empire stretched further based on the Han Dynasty’s territory which reaches Korea in the east, Taklamakan Desert in the west, Gobi in the north and Vietnam in the south. (177 HSW) The Byzantine Empire reached Mesopotamia in the east, Visigothic Kingdom (Spain) in the west, Danube River in the North, Egypt in the South. (HSW 204) How did the governments manage and control such immense territory and large population within their frontiers?…
China's economy has varied throughout its history, some of the ways it has varied are in the types of currencies that they employed, along with the ideas of what their economic values should consist of. Throughout that majority of the time of the warring…
To begin with, China’s economy is one of the best in the world now, these are all owing to the first wave of economic liberation in the late 1970s. From…
Even in modern day, many Chinese citizens still follow cultural and traditional expectations which emphasize the concepts of loyalty and responsibility for their nation and their family. Knowing this, China’s government promotes propaganda that morally enforces the people to consider their role in society by devoting themselves to being good citizens—they should follow what the government advises. Most of the propaganda the government makes encourage their citizens to have less children and at an older age to show dedication to their country. Examples of propaganda for the one-child policy include the slogans “Late, Long, and Few” and “Have Fewer, Better Children to Create Prosperity for the Next Generation” (Fitzpatrick and Rosenthal). Not only are the Chinese very loyal to their country, but they also have a strong tradition in preferring males over females. Based on their common beliefs, females tend to get married and move away with their spouse. Males are more valued in the aspects that they are the gender that abides filial piety; they are envisioned to carry on the family name and take care of their…
Yuping Zhang and Emily Hannum and Meiyan Wang. "Gender-Based Employment and Income Differences in Urban China: Considering the Contributions of Marriage and Parenthood." Social Forces 86.4 (2008): 156-159. Web. 2 April 2010. This article is based on the income differences and job opportunities of workers in urban China between men and women and why these differences exist. These authors argue that married women and parents receive the biggest disadvantage amongst female workers in China due to their lack of capital regarding education, energy and financially. These particular women are not able to make as many social connections as men do due to their role in the household and so they are at a great disadvantage. In China’s market it is essential to have these kinds of social connections. It is a capitalistic society where everyone is out for his or herself and so people must use other people to get what they want. If these connections are not present then these urban female workers will not be able to make nearly as much progress and therefore will be much less successful. It is these expectations that cheapen the women and set them at a great disadvantage if they ever plan on having a family and household to upkeep. This lack of opportunity in the article is summarized as a disadvantage of ‘time use’ due to being a wife and having children in comparison to those who do not. However, if a woman were to decide that she didn’t want a family and wanted to primarily focus on her work this would be frowned upon in society, due to how valued the dynamic of family is in China.…
Young men had little say in their marriages as well as women. The wife would move into her in-laws and would possibly be subjected to the demands and criticisms of the mother in-law. Widowed women could remarry and all women participated in family ceremonies. However, women were tutored in writing, arts and music. Stearns states that "Despite these promising trends, women at all social levels remained subordinated to men".3 Family households were run by men and male children inherited more property than females.4In the lower classes of China, women didn 't live in extended households commonly. They usually cooked, cleaned the houses and worked long hours in the fields. They had more social outlets and financial freedom but still were under their male relatives in the households such as their fathers or husbands.5Upper and lower class level women in China were subjected to one thing in common. This was that their vital function in society was to preferably bear male…