MMW 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ath, Yu The Great, Oracle Bone
3 Nov 2016
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Outline lecture nine the early formation of chinese culture. Neolithic culture: shang (18th to 11th) anyang. Anyang: capital or religious center: western zhou (chou) (11th to 8th) haojing (xi"an) Hans overran capital shift capital east: eastern zhou (8th to 3rd) luoyang (1) spring and autumn (8th to 5th) Period of confuscius (2) warring states (5th to 3rd: trend towards cultural consolidation and political centralization, problem with the term dynasties . Ii) the importance of geography: the formation of a cultural identity. Not like nomadic israelites rooted in their land: geographical determinism, china as a relatively insulated, distinct region, the isohyet line. Hyet: rain (1) division of nomads and agriculturalists. Great wall parallels isohyet line (2) need for coordinated defense favored centralization. A wise ruler does not pass master to son: merit > birth, not commonly followed but background ideal (a) mythical sage-kings yao, shun, and yu (3) mandate of heaven idea.
