ASIAN 260 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Yue Fei, Mongolian Plateau, Zhu Xi
Document Summary
Zhu xi (slide 38-39 wk 7 lecture 12) Mid ming: challenged by wang yang ming. Moral principles discovered through yrs of careful study of classics. True knowledge is not abstract intellectualisation but acquired through experience. Potential of sagehood to ordinary people, threatened to upend confucian social hierarchy. Fluid, unstable alliances (slide 45 wk 8 lecture 14) National hero, revered in ming as loyal warrior. Celebrated in 20th c as symbol of anti-manchu movement. Distinction between cultural loyalty and racial loyalty effects in revolution (anti-qing) Supreme leader of mongolian plateau (1206), names ethnically diverse group - mongols. Leading nomadic tribe gives ethnonym to the whole, regardless of actual descent. Ruler of mongol empire after genghis khan and before mongke. Preceding khubilai khan and succeeding mongke khan. Founder of yuan dynasty, succeeding rule of mongke. Ethnic policy of classification; determined access to wealth, office etc. Marco polo wrote about this city under mongol occupation.
