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HSA-13
ORIGIN STORIES
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September 19 , 2007 Historical Study A-13/History e-1825Origin Stories
The meaning of “China” and the use of history to create meaning “China: an artwork whose medium is history”Locating origins in space
the north China plain, the Yellow River, the “loess” region A. The story according to the Confucian texts of 500 BC: the “Former Kings”
The culture heroesThe sage-kings and their big ideas
Yao Shun Yu/Yü The “Three Dynasties” of Antiquity
Xia/Hsia (2200?-1700? BC)Shang (c. 1700-1046 BC)Zhou/Chou (1045-256 BC)
The meaning of “China” according to the texts: universal kingship, linear continuity, and a single originB. The story according to late 20th century archaeologists
Traditions of archaeology in ChinaHomo erectus (Peking Man) 1 million-200,000 years agoHomo sapiens and the Holocene age (beginning 11,000 years ago)
China’s origins and the “Near East Diffusion” theoryNeolithic cultures
Early Neolithic the Yangshao/Yang-shao and contemporary cultures (5000 BC)
Map 1the Longshan/Lung-shan cultural period (3000-2000 BC) and government
Map 2The meaning of “China” according to the artifacts: multiple origins and competing centers
* When the romanization of Chinese terms in the Pinyin and Wade-Giles systems differs both spellings are given: first Pinyin/then Wade-Giles. (However “Peking” 北京 comes from neither Wade-Giles, which romanizes the city name as "Pei-ching," nor Pinyin, which spells it “Beijing.”)
Sage Kings
• Yao• Shun• Yu
– Xia dynasty (“2200-1700” BC)– Shang dynasty (1700?-1046 BC)– Zhou dynasty (1045-256 BC)
Yangshao culture
Map 1 – Early
Neolithic
cultures
Map 2 Late
Neolithic Cultures