UGC 112 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Current Lecture I China s Cultural Shadow II China and the Inside World III China and the Outside World IV China as the Regional Superpower V Causes of Ming Decline VI Timeline Important Points Current Lecture China s Cultural Shadow Japan Korea and Vietnam Imperial Model East Asian values Economics politics link China is successful economically and will thus exert political influence Military Mobilization there is a lot of importance in security for China Police and other forces help to ensure cooperation o Symbol on flag of Korea Yin Yang rep distinct parts like male female day night These are complementary parts Ohayoo Gozaimasu Japanese Or Simply Ohio Most important literary figure Lady Murasaki She wrote the Tale of Genji in the year 1000 It gave a vivid portrayal of what life was like in the court at that time This name was a pseudonym Major points taken away from map of East Asia in 1200 Japan is unified An important factor in Japans history In land Sea makes communication easy Korea is unified with no clear dividing line China is ruled by the southern group Notice what was not in China that is in contemporary China at that point These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute China and inside world Song political successes Economic growth China was the economic center Take the year 1078 more than 1000 years ago China produced as much steel as did all of Europe in the year 1700 Fine porcelain was being produced Gold and paper gold came from East Africa Get gold from Africa to West China how Sung dynasty was using paper It was easier to transport Paper money can be a sign of inflation Silver stands in between gold and paper Once Spanish had come to control parts of western hem silver and gold disappeared vanilla became one of the world s greatest ports All of this influx from overseas destabilized the currency This was issue Ming dynasty had to deal with Mandate of Heaven must rule justly had to be seen as legitimate China and Outside World Chinese and Barbarian picture barbarian is on his knees He is doing kow tow 1838 Keep this in mind when we come to British invasion of China o Neighbors on the seaside were Japan and Korea Japan and china are engaged in a huge struggle right now over who controls islands uninhabited and over rocks The US said we would defend junctions with the Japanese Important current event Neighbors to the north and to the west nomads people who could move quickly Manchus Neighbors to the southwest Tibetans o Identity sometimes was by means of conquest or emulation assimilation outside dynasty would come in and be absorbed these were used to Cynify o Japan and Korea Japan looked like it was unified Wasn t actually unified until 1603 Touogowa will be talked about later Japan had and still has an emperor The myth in Japan is that the line of descent has been broken since BCE Korea was not nearly as significant at this point before year 1000 o Southeast Asia at the crossroads of all sorts of influences Notion of emperor imperial system and examinations this was strongest in Vietnam War of 1968 o Singapore is 75 percent Chinese Malaysia Muslim state Diversity in Philippines Thailand and Cambodia Burma Buddhist China as the Regional Super Power Ship 440 feet long Columbus vessels 100 feet long these ships had 8 masks o o o The central kingdom China o Leading civilization recall it is the world s most successful o Go to the imperial city See line in middle of it Cultural penumbra spread widely Tribute system Very interesting notion of trade and diplomacy In order to trade in china another society had to pay china for the privilege The barbarian in the picture was presenting some form of tribute This was a very important system o Yongle Emperor and Zheng He emperor 1402 to 1424 o He moved the capital of Beijing WE can date the start of the capital of Beijing He was Muslim he was a unit He was admiral in command of those huge ships China had money and might Reason to protect itself internally and externally Regional superpower China was its equivalent in East Asia as us is to Canada and Mexico As US is indeed to Central America as Germany is to the European union Looking at voyages major ports Arabian Peninsula up to Mecca Over 25 plus years Causes of Ming Decline External Pressures nibbling away at frontiers Great wall falls into disrepair corruption creeps in 1 Nomads in the north 2 Internal decay Huang He yellow river so much dirt comes down it raising levies 3 Destabilization of Currency inflation Porcelain production along the coast was very important Where are the agricultural areas Most of china cannot be farmed very well Need water and rivers for that adequate rainfall Sitchwan sp north china plain can find these conditions Time Line Important Points o o o o o o Thomas Edison filed his first patent for an automatic vote recording machine 1868 Thomas Edison filed patent for the incandescent light bulb 1879 An AC induction motor is featured in a paper published by Galileo Ferraris and is patented in the US by Nikola Tesla 1888 Ferdinand Porsche creates the first hybrid vehicle 1899 Karoly Ereky a Hungarian agricultural engineer first uses the word biotechnology 1919 John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal 1925