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Post-Han Chinese Dynasties
Unit Two: 600-1450
Chinese
Dynasties
Sui
Tang
Song
Post-Han China
 Period of the Six Dynasties (220-589CE)
 Bureaucracy collapsed
 Buddhism gained strength, replacing Confucianism
 Non-Chinese nomads rule much Chinese territory
Sui Dynasty (589-618CE)
 Established by Wendi
 Followed
by Yangdi
Tang Dynasty (618-907CE)
 Li Yuan
 Tang armies extend to
Afghanistan, parts of
Tibet, Red River Valley
in present-day Vietnam,
and Manchuria
dominating nomads on
borders
Xuanzang returning to Chang'an
Xuanzang returning to Chang'an
Buddhism in Tang
Chang’an
Tang Dynasty (618-907CE)
 Rebuilt Bureaucracy
 Confucian
 Political authority shared
 Examination System—Ministry of Rites
 Training
 Some commoners
 Granted them special social status
Exam Cells
Tang Dynasty (618-907CE)—
Decline
Tang Dynasty Gossip…
 Empress Wu
 Empress Wei
 Females in general
East Asia in 1000
East Asia in 1000
Industrial Revolution
Cities during the Song
Song Dynasty (969-1279CE)
 Decline
 Nomads on the borders
 Neo-Confucianism weakens the military
 Poor leadership—Wang Anshi’s reforms
of the 11th Century
 Mongols – eventually invade Song
China
Legacies – Tang and Song
 Grand Canal
 Commercial Expansion
 Agricultural Production
 Family
 Technology
 Art
 Bureaucracy was re-established
Flaming Arrows
Women vs. Men:
Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism
 Roles of women and men
(Neo-Confucians)
 Advocated confining
women
 Men—permitted far more
sexual freedom
 Laws
 Education
Foot-binding
 Counterpart to veiling in Islam?
 Small feet preferred
 At the age of 5-6, a girl’s toes were turned under and bound
with silk. It was wound more tightly as she grew. Greatly
impaired a woman’s ability to walk. Easier to confine.
Question
 As part of the Tang ___________ system,
participating countries sent embassies to
the Tang capital to acknowledge the
Chinese emperor’s supremacy.
A. examination
B. exchange
C. tributary
D. colonization
Answer

As part of the Tang ___________ system,
participating countries sent embassies to the
Tang capital to acknowledge the Chinese
emperor’s supremacy.
A.
B.
C.
D.
examination
exchange
tributary (correct)
colonization
Hint: See page 314.
Question
 The most dramatic change in the status of
Chinese women during the Song dynasty
was manifested by
A. footbinding.
B. admittance of women into the military.
C. veiling.
D. the introduction of education for women.
Answer
The most dramatic change in the status of
Chinese women during the Song dynasty
was manifested by
A. footbinding. (correct)
B. admittance of women into the military.
C. veiling.
D. the introduction of education for women.
Hint: See page 327.
Question
 The hostility of Tang elites to ___________
resulted in an incalculable cultural loss to
China.
A. Confucianism
B. educated women
C. Buddhism
D. Islam
Answer
 The hostility of Tang elites to ___________
resulted in an incalculable cultural loss to
China.
A. Confucianism
B. educated women
C. Buddhism (correct)
D. Islam
Hint: See page 319.