HIST 106g Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Zhou Dynasty, Longshan Culture, King Wen Of Zhou
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Our(cid:272)es: bro(cid:374)zes; walled (cid:272)apitals; to(cid:373)(cid:271)s a(cid:374)d oracle bones! Shang: 1766-1045 bce (more on this later today) Timeline (where we are headed over the next few weeks) From shang di to tian . New forms of warfare: infantry (7th c. bce) Story of double ears as example (6th c. ) cavalry (4rd c. bce) Book of changes (yi jing, as early as 9th c. bce) Book of songs, odes or poems (shi jing) Confucius: an able minister in search of a state. A hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. Week 3 philosophies of warring states (480-222 bce) Building stronger states, reorganizing militaries and society, searching for talent. The dao de jing (classic of the way and its power) Place in the social hierarchy of his day. Debates/attitudes regarding utility, value, social status and political power. His (cid:862)dao(cid:863) a(cid:374)d attitude toward la(cid:374)guage a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ature. Human nature is evil; role of ritual the past is no better than the present.
