HISTORY 3EC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang, Junzi
19 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
SeungJoon SUNG
East Asian Cultures (Chin)
TuTh 12:30-1:45pm
Sept/25/2012
#7 Reading & Class Notes for Sept 25
Qin Dynasty
221-207 BCE
Was one of seven major states under Zhou, but not the largest (strongest militarily)
Founded by Qin Shihuangdi
Legalism (or Realism) not philosophy but actual laws
*see paper notes for page numbers
Priorities of State
Maintain control at all costs*
State comes before individual*
Union of 7 States
Rid feudalism and centralized govt.
Disarmament of the conquered
Laws & Education
Education is bad (weak people = strong state)
Scholars do nothing but soak up taxes
Burning books & execution of scholars (except Classic of Changes, medicine, agriculture, etc.)
“Began” the Great Wall (connected individual state walls together)
Punishment
No degree of punishment (punish heavily for light offense large ones won’t be dared)
3 generations of punishment
Status doesn’t matter
Art of War
Way of deception (dao)
Knowledge & strategy (orthodox vs. extraordinary)
Better to win w/o battle
Confucius
551-479 BCE
Born in Lu (eastern China)
Kong Qiu Kong Fuzi (our master kong) Confucius
Ru = Confucianism (soft, gentle, enduring, weak … followers were identified as ru)
Travelled across many states, looking for someone who shared his vision (ru)
Eventually failed became a teacher (after his death, his ideas survived)
Confucius’s ideas were too abstract for politicians to use Mencius (later) was more practical
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#7 reading & class notes for sept 25. Was one of seven major states under zhou, but not the largest (strongest militarily) Legalism (or realism) not philosophy but actual laws. Education is bad (weak people = strong state) Burning books & execution of scholars (except classic of changes, medicine, agriculture, etc. ) Began the great wall (connected individual state walls together) No degree of punishment (punish heavily for light offense large ones won"t be dared) Was written before confucius, but confucius compiled them: book of rites, book of poetry (those who studied the first two books were superior men, book of history (past, spring/autumn annals (current, book of changes (future) Kong qiu kong fuzi (our master kong) confucius. Ru = confucianism (soft, gentle, enduring, weak followers were identified as ru) Travelled across many states, looking for someone who shared his vision (ru) Eventually failed became a teacher (after his death, his ideas survived)
