HIST 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Guanyin, Qin Dynasty, Yangtze
15 Nov 2016
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China currently ranks #1 globally in labor force, exports, surplus, active troops, etc. Esti(cid:373)ates sa(cid:455) that chi(cid:374)a"s gdp (cid:449)ill pass u (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1007)(cid:1004) a(cid:374)d (cid:271)e double us output by 2050. China was a major player among 3rd (cid:449)a(cid:448)e (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizatio(cid:374)s. chi(cid:374)a (cid:449)as the (cid:272)e(cid:374)te(cid:396) pf easte(cid:396)(cid:374) asia. Its (cid:449)ealth(cid:455) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e att(cid:396)a(cid:272)ted fo(cid:396)eig(cid:374) (cid:448)isito(cid:396)s. chi(cid:374)a"s economy and tech innovation effected eurasia. Interactions with non-chinese peoples: nomadic military threat not trade. Major schools of thought: legalism, confucianism, and daoism. Major rulers: golden age of kings, warring states period, unified under qin dynasty (legalism, burned books and kills scholars), han (confucianism) Han: collapsed 220; followed by 300 years of political; fragmentation; nomadic invasion. Conditions discredited confucianism; migration toward yangzi river valley. Sui: 589-618; extended canal system; exhaust resources trying to conquer korea; o(cid:448)e(cid:396)th(cid:396)o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:271)ut sta(cid:396)t did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ollapse(cid:895). Tang: 618-907 and song: 960-1279: established lasting patterns; golden age os arts and literature; neo-confucianism (added elements of buddhism and daoism).
