HONR 392 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Lenin
HONR 392
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
HONR China Day 1
Thursday, September 20, 2018
3:54 PM
14% of china is desert and not livable
Xia Dynasty (470 years)
(2070-1600 BCE)
They would write their history on bones because bones would last and not decay and they
didn't have paper
Jade and Bronze
Shang Dynasty (over 600 years)
(1760 - 1030 B.C.E.)
Qin Dynasty (15 years) pronounced chin
(221-206 B.C.E.)
-united the kingdoms into one empire
-where the word China comes from
-wanted an elixir for immortality, so he drank mercury
-bad move
Religions:
Taoism
Lao Tzu (604-531 B.C.E.)
-about following "the way"
-looking to nature for balance
-yin and yang
-white represents female
-black represents male
Confucius
(551-479 B.C.E)
-son of a 16 year old prostitute
-had a very hard life
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-approach of morality to guide people through life
-things are based on merit
-everyone fulfilling obligations in the social order
5 principles of Confucianism
-humaneness
-justice
-proper in following rules
-knowledge
-integrity
Buddha--siddhartha gautama
(sometime between 6th and 4th centuries B.C.E.)
-comes from India
-he was a prince
-he grew up thinking everyone was happy and healthy
-he snuck out once he grew up and saw suffering
"to live is to suffer"
-if you accept this, you give up attachment (the source of suffering)
-then you will be free and reach nirvana
*china's religions does not have an all-powerful god
Han Dynasty
(206 B.C.E - 220 A.D.)
-created paper
Tang Dynasty
(618-907)
-had a female emperor
-Wu Zetian??
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Document Summary
14% of china is desert and not livable. They would write their history on bones because bones would last and not decay and they didn"t have paper. Shang dynasty (over 600 years) (1760 - 1030 b. c. e. ) Qin dynasty (15 years) pronounced chin (221-206 b. c. e. ) Wanted an elixir for immortality, so he drank mercury. Approach of morality to guide people through life. Buddha--siddhartha gautama (sometime between 6th and 4th centuries b. c. e. ) He grew up thinking everyone was happy and healthy. He snuck out once he grew up and saw suffering. If you accept this, you give up attachment (the source of suffering) Then you will be free and reach nirvana. *china"s religions does not have an all-powerful god. The merchant class doing the trade got superrrrr wealthy. But china had everything and they didn"t want anything from the west. The only thing they would receive in trade is silver. Emperor died and his wife didn"t know how to lead.
