Section 3: China

Classical China-Huang He River (geographically isolated)

Invaders-north The Great Wall-built for protection.Ethical systems-Confucianism and Taoism Chinese forms of Buddhism spread throughout

Asia

INTRODUCTION

CONFUCIANISM

Confucius Chinese scholar

Urges harmonyethical system

1. ruler & subject2. father & son3. husband & wife4. older & younger brother5. friend & friend

5 BASIC RELATIONSHIPS

Children should practice respect for parents & ancestors

Filial piety

Belief that humans are good, not badRespect for eldersCode of politenessEmphasis on educationAncestor worship

SOCIAL ORDER

GOVERNMENT

Laid groundwork for creation of bureaucracyCivil service – those who run governmentRequired testing

Confucian government

advancement – must be educated to advancegoverned by dynasties Mandate of Heaven

Government

DAOISM (TAOISM)

LaoziDao – universal force that guided all things (the way)Natural Orderhuman failure – argue about wrong or right instead of

following the way

live humblyseek simple life and inner peace live in harmony with nature

Basic Concepts

HumilitySimple life and inner peaceHarmony with nature

IMPACT ON CHINESE CULTURE AND VALUES

OTHER

2 powersYin – all that is cold, dark, soft, mysteriousYang – warm, bright , hard, clearbalance forces opposites for Confucianism and Taoism

Yin and Yang

Qin Shi Huangdi built the Great Wall as a line of defense against invasions.

Migratory invaders raided Chinese settlements from the north.

Great wall

PaperCollar harnessWindmillsMovable typeGun powderMagnetic compass

INVENTIONS

The Silk Road-trade and contact between China and other cultures as far away as Rome.

TRADE

Civil service systemPaperPorcelainSilk

CONTRIBUTIONS