Slide 1

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 2

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 3

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 4

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 5

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 6

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 7

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 8

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 9

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 10

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China


Slide 11

3.3 EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
Big Idea: China developed unique
philosophies, political theories,
and products

Geography of China
• Rivers and Mountains
– a. Huange He (yellow) River
• Loess (yellow soil deposits)
• Flooding
– b. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) river .
• d. mountains
– Himalaya Mountains
• Desert
– Gobi Desert
– Plateau of Tibet
• Climate
– Varies from region to region

Shang Dynasty 1750 B.C.- 1045B.C
• Xia (SHYAh) dynasty- beginning of Chinese
civilization
• Religion
• Replaced by Shang.
– Polytheistic (many Gods)
– Farming society
– God’s helped ruler
– ruled by aristocracy.
• Oracle bones
– Aristocracy- upper class based on land
– Human sacrifice
• Landowners
• Servants buried with ruler
• Warlords-governed provinces
– After life
– Anyang was capital.
• Objects from this life for
– Alcoholism – last ruler = Shang Dynasty
next.
falls
– Veneration (respect) ancestors
• Advancements
– Bronze
– Writing
– Calligraphy, Ideographs

Zhou Dynasty 1045B.C-256B.C
• Social Structure
– Lords own land / control
merchants/ peasants work land
– Zhou king-head of gov.
– Filial Piety- everyone in family
– Aristocracy controlled
has their own place.
providences
subordinate to male head of
household
• Capital Xi’an
• Advancements
• Mandate of Heaven
– Irrigation /iron plow
– King linked Btw heaven
– Pictographs &Ideographs
& earth ( rule according
to proper way “Dao”
• 3 schools of thought
– Dynastic cycles
– Confucianism
– Daoism
• Zhou replaced by Qin
– Legalism
dynasty

• Kept Shang political
system

Confucianism
• Founder Confucius
• Duty and humanity
• Governed by 5 Relationships
– Ruler - subject
– Father -son- filial piety
– Husband - wife
– Elder -younger
– Friend - friend
• Analects – books of Confucian teachings
• Moral Example
– King followed path of goodness
• Believed that government service should be based on merit
and talent-not birth right.

Daoism/Taoism
• Founded by Laozi
• The Way of the Dao-book of Daoism
• Live in harmony with nature
– Inaction vs. Action-don’t change
universe
– Yin Yang –female balanced with male
• Best government is one that governs
least .

Legalism
• Founder- Hanfeizi
• School of Law-teachings of legalism
• Social order- Harsh rule
– Strict punishment
– Impersonal Laws
• Evil By nature
– People not capable of being good
– Ruler-no compassion

Section 3-3 Review
• What was the ancient Chinese dynasty in from
1750 to 1045 B.C.?
• Shang
• Chinese script used pictographs, which were?
• Symbols or characters representing an object
• Zhou dynasty claim to rulership?
• Mandate of Heaven

Section 3-3 Review
• The Legalists believed that a strong ruler was
needed to what?
• Keep order
• What was the duty of family members to male
head?
• Filial piety
• Confucianism encouraged the idea of what?
• Duty and humanity

Section 3-3 Review
• Who was the “Master Kung” or First Teacher?
• Confucius
• Harmony with nature and the universal order
are beliefs of what?
• Daoism
• What is the system of ideas based on Laozi’s
teachings?
• Daoism

Section 3-3 Review
• The crossbow, silk cloth, and iron plows were
used where?
• Ancient China