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Ghist 101 1st Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I. Confucius II. Daoism a. Laozib. The Wayc. Critique of Moralityd. Non-Actione. Use of spacef. Ideal society g. Zhuangzih. Critique of Confucianism i. Politics j. Virtue of Uselessness Outline of Current Lecture III. Legalism IV. Qin Unificationa. First Chinese empire b. Terra Cotta Army c. Tomb of Qin Shihuang d. Fall of Qin V. Han Empire a. Lui Bang b. Wars with Xiognu VI. Daoist Religion Current Lecture- Legalism o Most radical philosophical school  Han Feizi o Distrust of morality  When a sage governs a state, he does not wait for people to be good in deference to him. Instead, he creates a situation in which people find it impossible to do wrong  Law became the only effective way – no moral virtues - Only way of changing human behavior 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.- Qin unification , 221 BC o 221 first empire of china o King Ying Zheng Follow legalism approach  First emperor of China o Major conquest o Consolidation of the empire  Moved the thousands of autocratic families so he could control those peopleo Standardizations  Currency system - Qin coins can be threaded together in transactions  Weights and measures  Unification of Chinese script - Changed previous, difficult script into a much easier one o Public Works  Roads - Five tours of east China by Shihuangdi - Traveled extensively in eastern china  “The great wall of China” o Terra Cotta Army  By studying soldiers, we can find out a lot about the life of Qin o Tomb of Qin Shihuang  One square mile  700,000 workers employed for years  Legends of tomb- The tomb is difficult to open  No excavation plan o Fall of Qin  Death of first emperor - Died on one of his tours in China  Second Emperor of Qin  Revolts - Independence of pre-Qin states - Han Empire (202 BC – AD 220)o Founder : Liu Bang Not educated  No moral values (beating people, drinking every day) o First great empire of East Asia, Pax Sinica o Periodization  Western Han  Eastern Hano Significance  It defines to identity of Chinese people  Chinese language is called Han and the writing is called Hanz- Han emperors o Early Daoist approach, wuwei o Emperor Wu  Most brilliant period  Economy, education, recruitment- Established university as capital  State Confucianism - Dong Zhongshu o Wars with Xiognu  Emperor Wu’s military actions - A series of victories - Issue of provision  Zhang Qian and the Silk Road o Birth of Daoist religion  Zhang Daoling, in Sichuan in 142- “five pecks of rice”o No cash, just riceo Heal people through sorcery  Early Daoist religion o End of Han and period of Disunity  Period of three kingdoms - Cao Cao (Wei), Liu Bei (Shu); Shu (Wu) - Battle of Red Cliff - Cultural


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