CHIN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Taoism, Huang Tingjian, The Techniques
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After tang: power fall into neighboring states; they are no long in control; officially ended in 907. Followed by a period of fragmentation and decentralization. Good people are put together: negative sides: different factions: officials compete for favor of emperor; beaurcracy; constantly under the threat of kiton (liao) of northern song; west: xi xia; liao (in. North); jin dynasty; song built alliance with jin to conquer liao; after that, their relationship broke apart and gerchen attacked the capital of song and capture and his son and imperial family. Song moved to the song, regrouped in hangzhou-southern song. Shi, landholding, education and examinations (with the hope to contribute their talents to the state), come from land-owning families which have wealth to gain education. Literati: men of learning, whose life focus on learning, center their life on education, passing the exam and hold the office, develop calligraphy and painting.
