Transcript Ming and Qing Dynasties - HISTORY WITH CIRILLO

Ming and Qing Dynasties
Last 2 Dynasties (Beijing)
• Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
• Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
– Manchu
– (people living in Manchuria)
– northeast of China proper
Confucian culture
• modern concept of political nation state
• Chinese defined by Confucian culture
• civil service exam (605-1905)
– social mobility
– reward diligence, discipline, and willpower,
but not talent or innovation
Social hierarchy and mobility
• scholar-officials, farmers, artisans, and
merchants
• scholar-official-landlord
– learning, political power, and economic wealth
• local elite (gentry) and lineage
• lack of work ethic
– literati’s long gown
– foot-binding for women
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Policy of Isolationism
• Isolationism: policy of remaining apart
from the affairs or interests of other groups.
• Europeans had to accept Chinese trade
restrictions. Trade at specific ports.
Zheng He’s fleet (1405 - 1433)
• Over 300 ships & 20,000 men
• trade and commerce
• Southeast Asia, South Asia,
West Asia, and East Africa
Zheng He’s expeditions
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912)
• Ming dynasty fell in 1644 amid peasant
uprisings and Manchu invasion
• Manchu and Han Chinese
Ming and Qing Emperors
Mandate of Heaven
Work with a partner to answer the
following questions.
1. What were some of the cultural
developments during the Qing
dynasty?
2. How were women treated under
the Qing dynasty?