Transcript The Tang & Song Dynasties

Tang & Song
Dynasties
Golden Ages of China
Chapter 12: Tang &
Song Dynasties
 2100-1600 BCE –Xia
 1046-256 BCE Zhou Dynasty
 256 – 221 BCE Warring Period
 221-206 BCE Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty
(legalism)
 220 CE.—Han dynasty ends
 220-589—Era of Division (Feudalism)
 589-618—Sui dynasty (Legalism)
 618-907—Tang dynasty (Buddhism)
 960-1279—Song dynasty
(Confucianism)
 1279-1368—Mongol (Yuan) dynasty
Sui Dynasty - Restoring order
 After 300 Years of disorder. No
unified empire. 6th century—Sui
dynasty comes to power under
the rule of Wendi
 Rules with “Legalism”
brutal rule. (same as Shi Huangdi
of Qin Dynasty
 Reunites China after the fall of
the Han Dynasty. (long period of
Disorder) Feudalism Middle Age
stuff
 Wins widespread support by
 Lowering taxes
 Establishing granaries (wards
off famine)
 Major Building projects
Grand Canal
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One of the world's
largest waterworks
before modern times
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Purpose: bring
abundant food
supplies of the south
to the north
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Linked the Yangtze
and the Huang-Hi
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The canal integrated
the economies of the
south and north
Downfall Loss of Mandate of
Heaven
Excess, waste and wars
lead to collapse
Grand Canal “Tour” Leads
to Peasant Revolt lets
watch a video!!!!
Yangdi assassinated in
618 by his own ministers
Two Great Dynasties in China
 During the Tang (618907) and Song (960-1279)
dynasties, China
becomes the richest,
powerful, and most
advanced country in the
world.
 Key Point:
Tang and Song
China
experienced an
era of prosperity
and
technological
innovation.
Chinese inventions
from this period, such
as printing, the
mechanical clock,
gunpowder, and the
compass, changed
history.
 The Tang Dynasty World
View:
 west
along the Silk Road
 Silk Road – trading network
with the west.
 The
Song Dynasty World
View:
 looks
east towards the sea
Trade/Foreign Contacts
 Silk Road linked trading
Routes, to the middle
East
 Tang Dynasty was
Westward looking
Trade/Foreign Contacts
 Song Dynasty Looks Eastward
Junks ocean ships
 east,
 Korea
 Japan
 India
 Persian Gulf
 East Africa
Vietnam Land based
Signification Chinese influence on Korea,
Vietnam and Japan
Flying Money
Tang/Song begin using
paper “flying money”
money in trade
The Qin Dynasty used
Coin money
Agriculture
 imported fastripening rice from
Vietnam
Agriculture
 imported fastripening rice from
Vietnam
 allowed two crops
each season
instead of one
Agriculture
 imported fastripening rice from
Vietnam
 allowed two crops
each season
instead of one
 fueled population
increase
Tang Dynasty
Empress Wu
only
Empress of China
 Adopts Buddhism from
missionaries from India
 Establishes monasteries
China Buddhism begins
to reflect China Temples
become Pagoda style.
The Buddha become
Budi, (fat happy Buddha)
Tang Dynasty and Empress Wu
Uses Confucius Civil Service Exam
 Confucius promoted the
Scholarly Gentry. Learned
class
 Thus “anyone” could take the
grueling test to become a
public official
 This promoted competence in
the bureaucracy
 Many degrees
 The better you did the higher
your rank
Science and Technology
 mathematics flourished
 adopted the use of
algebra and the concept
of zero
Science and Technology
 mathematics flourished
 adopted the use of
algebra and the concept
of zero
 invented movable type
Science and Technology
 mathematics flourished
 adopted the use of
algebra and the concept
of zero
 invented movable type
 developed gunpowder
Inventions of Tang and Song China
Golden Age of Art
 wealth, education, and
urban culture = artistic
achievement Much
based on Dao principles
 Harmony, Nature,
Balance, self discovery
Notice soft colors along with poetry with
paintings
Golden Age of Art
 wealth, education, and
urban culture = artistic
achievement
 great poetry
 Li Bo and Du Fu
Golden Age of Art
 wealth, education, and
urban culture = artistic
achievement
 great poetry
 Li Bo and Du Fu
 Three-color ware was
one of the greatest
contributions of the Tang
Dynasty
Golden Age of Art
 wealth, education, and
urban culture = artistic
achievement
 great poetry
 Li Bo and Du Fu
 Three-color ware was
one of the greatest
contributions of the Tang
Dynasty.
 Many figurines,
predominantly horses
and camels, were
produced.
 Most of these pieces have been found in the more
affluent tombs of the Tang period
The Tang and Song
Dynasties Compared
Tang Only
Expanded the
empire,
had the only
female ruler,
adopted
Buddhism
Both
Prospered
through trade,
improved
agriculture,
created great
art and
literature
Song Only
Ruled smaller
empire,
developed into
great sea power,
created paper
money and
movable type