REASERCH PAPER The Sung/Tang dynasty was a prosperous civilization. To better understand this civilization we touch on the subjects of the history‚ society‚ economy‚ culture‚ technology‚ architecture‚ and political characteristics. The first thing we will be touching on is history The Tang Dynasty: Was largely a period of progress and stability‚ except during the An Lushan Rebellion and the decline of central authority in the later half of the dynasty. The Li family belonged to the northwest military
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Brief Introduction to East Asia - To have an idea of the different periods in China and Japan - CE (Common Era) China: Overview Zhou 1045 BCE - 256 BCE Qin 221 BCE - 206 BCE Han 206 BCE - 220 CE Six Dynasties 220 - 589 Sui 581 - 618 Tang 618 - 907 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 907 - 960 Song (Northern Southern) 960 - 1279 Yuan 1271 - 1368 Ming 1368 - 1644 Qing 1644 - 1911 Republic 1912 - 1949 - present (Taiwan) People’s Republic 1949 – present Zhou Dynasty 1045 BCE - 256 BCE
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attempt to get rid of Confucsism. Tang Dynasty: The Tang Dynasty was one of the most brilliant periods of Chinese history. The Tang took over after the Sui Dynasty that left China in a terrible place. That was the first problem the Tang had to address‚ the reconstruction of China. The Tangs first concern was to help out the peasant tenants because the landowners were making them pay way too much. A thing the Sui Dynasty had was the well field system and the Tang adopted that. This really helped the
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all at once. Sui Wudi assumed the Mandate and declared a new Sui dynasty in 581 (after the Northern and Southern Dynasties period). However‚ this dynasty was established before unification of China‚ and it overlook the fact that someone else had declared a Chen dynasty in South China as early as year 5575 (Cotterell‚ 2008). Thus‚ if the Sui dynasty declared in 581 only have authority and rule over North China‚ does the model of “Mandate of Heaven” still applies? Or does Sui only gained the Mandate
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Chapter 12 Notes Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era p 267 * Splinter states fought for the control of China in the centuries after the fall of the Han * Yang Jian was a member of a prominent northern Chinese noble family that had been active in these contests * Yang Jian struck a marriage alliance with his daughter and the ruler of the northern Zhou empire * The Zhou monarch had recently defeated several rivals‚ which united much of northern China * Yang Jian
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C.E.‚ China underwent a lot of significant changes and continuities‚ especially in political and economical aspects. A specific change that happened to China’s economic system was the shift from agriculture in the Han Dynasty to trading in the Sui and Tang dynasties. Although there were changes in power and rule‚ China’s political administration continued to hold the same basic ideals‚ and was grounded in Confucian thought. During the late Han Dynasty‚ agriculture was the main source of income
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State in your own words what each of the following terms means and why it is significant to a study of world history. Those terms with an asterisk may be defined in the glossary. Xuanzang Yang Jian Sui Yangdi Tang Taizong An Lushan Huange Chao Du Fu Song Taizu Li Bo Zhu Xi Murasaki Shikibu Sui Grand Canal Tang Chang’an Equal-field System Bureaucracy of merit Middle Kingdom Uighurs Song Khitan Jurchen Foot Binding Dunhuang Chan Buddhism Neo-Confucianism* Silla Vietnam Nara Japan Heian period Tale of
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14 What are the defining features of intellectual life in the Tang dynasty? How did intellectual life change as the dynasty progressed? Period of Brilliance Tang dynasty ruled 618 to 907; Chinese influence spread China experienced period of brilliance‚ prosperity‚ cultural achievement Government‚ other institutions served as models across East Asia Civil Service To obtain talented officials‚ Tang expanded civil service examination system People had to pass written exams to work
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began to spread Islamic around the Middle East. Meanwhile in Eastern Asia‚ Chinese civilizations (Sui‚ Tang‚ and Song) would begin to influence other Asian cultures such as Japan‚ Korea‚ and Vietnam. Most specifically Korea‚ during the spread of Chinese during 600-1573 Korea would try to continue Chinese elite culture‚ like Silla rulers rebuilding their capital at Kumgong on Kyongyu plain to look like Tang counterpart. Also they changed up Chinese culture to fit their own‚ for example having Buddhism
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Chapter 12 I. Reunification and Renissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties Though it was not the biggest city‚ Hangzhou‚ the capital of the song rulers‚ was renowned for its beauty and sophistication a) Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era The emergence of the Sui dynasty at the end of the 6th century C.E. signaled a return to strong dynastic control in China. In the Tang era that followed‚ a Confucian revival enhanced the position of the scholar-gentry
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