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Chapter 8
The Unification of China
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Unification of China
Period of Warring States 403 – 221 B.C.E. Legalist doctrines implemented in Qin state and they end up
dominating neighbors.
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Unification of China
Qin dynasty develops, fourth to third centuries B.C.E.
Generous land grants under Shang Yang Private farmers decrease power of large landholders Increasing centralization of power
Improved military technology
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The First Emperor
Qin Shihuangdi (r. 221-210 B.C.E.) founds new dynasty as “First Emperor”
Dynasty ends in 207, but sets dramatic precedent Basis of rule: centralized bureaucracy Divided China into administrative districts Massive public works begun
Built roads, bridges, & communication networks Precursor to Great Wall
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China Under the Qin Dynasty, 221-207 B.C.E.
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Resistance to Qin Policies
Emperor orders execution of all critics Orders burning of all ideological works Some 460 scholars buried alive Others exiled Massive cultural losses
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Qin Centralization
Standardized: Laws Currencies Weights and measures Script
Previously: single language written in distinct scripts Ensured uniform implementation of policies
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Massive Tomb Projects
Built by 700,000 workers Slaves, concubines, and craftsmen sacrificed and
buried Excavated in 1974, 15,000 terra-cotta sculptures
of soldiers, horses, and weapons unearthed
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Tomb of the First Emperor
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The Han Dynasty
Civil disorder brings down Qin dynasty in 207 B.C.E.
Liu Bang forms new dynasty: the Han
(206 B.C.E.-220 C.E. one of longest) Former Han (206 B.C.E.-9 C.E.) Interruption 9-23 C.E. Later Han (25-220 C.E.)
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Early Han Policies
Relaxed Qin tyranny without returning to Zhou anarchy
Created large landholdings But maintained control over administrative
regions After failed rebellion, took more central control
with legalist principles.
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Han Centralization
The “Martial Emperor”: Han Wudi – greatest and most energetic ruler (141-87 B.C.E.)
Used legalist principles Two keys: administrative centralization and
imperial expansion. Increased taxes to fund more public works Huge demand for government officials, decline
since Qin persecution
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Confucian Educational System
Not a lover of scholarship, but demanded educated class for bureaucracy, so …
Han Wudi adopted Confucianism as official course of study
Established an imperial university in 124 B.C.E. 3000 students by end of Former Han, 30,000 by
end of Later Han
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Han Imperial Expansion
Invasions of Vietnam, Korea Constant attacks from Xiongnu
Nomads from central Asia Horsemen Brutal: Maodun (210-174 B.C.E.), had soldiers murder
his wife, father Han Wudi briefly dominates Xiongnu
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East Asia and Central Asia at the Time of Han Wudi, ca. 87 B.C.E.
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Patriarchal Social Order
Classic of Filial Piety Subordination to elder males
Lessons for Women Ban Zhao (45-120 C.E.) Education should be available to all children
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Iron Metallurgy
Expansion of iron manufacture Iron tips on tools abandoned as tools entirely made
from iron Increased food production Superior weaponry
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Other Technological Developments
Cultivation of silkworms Breeding Diet control
Other silk-producing lands relied on wild worms
Development of paper Bamboo, fabric abandoned in favor of wood and
textile-based paper Crossbow trigger, horse collar, ship rudder
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Economic and Social Difficulties
Expenses of military expeditions, especially against Xiongnu
Taxes increasing Arbitrary property confiscations rise Increasing gap between rich and poor
Slavery, tenant farming increase Banditry, rebellion
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Reign of Wang Mang (9-23 C.E.)
Wang Mang regent for two-year old emperor, 6 C.E.
9 C.E. he announced Mandate of Heaven passed to him
Introduces massive reforms The “socialist emperor” Land redistribution, but poorly handled
Social chaos ends in his assassination, 23 C.E.
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Later Han Dynasty
Han dynasty emperors manage, with difficulty, to reassert control
Yellow Turban uprising, land distribution problems
Internal court intrigue Weakened Han dynasty collapses by 220 C.E.