Transcript China - The Ancient World

China
Chapter 13.1
Tang Taizong
Golden Ages of China
• Tang Dynasty
– Han Dynasty collapsed in 220
– Tang emerged in 618
• Li Yuan
– First Emperor
• Li Shimin
– Son of Yuan
– 2nd Emperor
– Tang Taizong
Confucius
• Tang Taizong
– China’s most admired Emperor
• China under the Tang
– Expanded Chinese territory
– Increased government power
– Education grew (Confucianism)
– Trade multiplied
• Tang collapsed in 907
– Rebellion
Gold Chalice
• Song Dynasty
– Founded in 960
– 300 Years
– China prospered
• Increased Trade, food production, education
• Chinese Society
– Well-ordered
– Two social classes
• Gentry
– Wealthy landowners, educated
– Government service
• Peasantry
– Laborers
– Self-Sufficient
– Merchants
• Very Wealthy
• Lower social standing than peasants
– Riches from the labor of others
• Women
– Subordinate to men
– Remain in the home
– Footbinding
• Large feet = ugly
• Arts and Literature
– Landscape painting
• Capture the essence of the natural world
– Pagodas
• Multistoried temples
– Porcelain
• Pottery
– Literature
• Poetry
• All developed by the Gentry