MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Karluks, Xenophobia, Misogyny

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Alexander B Stewart

Document Summary

Instead of blaming internal corruption, people turn to making foreigners their scapegoats foreigners were causing tang dynasty decline. At first, tang dynasty welcomed foreigners became xenophobic after tang defeat by abassid and qarluq turks at talas: after this, many foreigners came into conflict with tang ie. arabs and persians plunder. Guangzhou: emperor wuzong bans foreign religions in 845. Before she (cid:449)as gaozo(cid:374)g"s (cid:449)ife, she (cid:449)as a buddhist (cid:374)u(cid:374: shows position of buddhist monasteries in tang dynasty. Widows, including those in high position, would become nuns to pray for their husbands: showed her bias towards buddhism. Faced confucian opposition for being a woman, minor aristocrat, and buddhism patron. Known for smothering an infant and killing her own two sons despised by confucians back then. Increased number of officials and number chosen by exams: bureaucracy still dominated by aristocrats. Legitimizes rule through saying that her being in power emphasizes ideas of yin and yang.