Through thousands of years of Chinese history, numerous numbers of countries repeated to rise and fall, especially during 1200BCE and 220CE due to two periods of warring nations. In this period, there were long lasting nations such as Han, which controlled the eastern China for 400 years, to nations that collapsed all of a sudden, like Qin. Even though there were countless numbers of nations existed in this period, there were some unchanging factors: strong centralized government and existence of shi. However, they also had various change in politics over time, which is the variation of fundamental idea.…
China was in a state of fear in, 206 BC, only to be pulled out by a great new dynasty, the Han dynasty emerged, and so did the people's hope for their country. The Han were so amazing they lead China into a golden age using two philosophies as their base rules, legalism and confucianism. Using the two as a yin (dark side of the hill) and yang (light side of the hill), they made balance. The Han accomplished many great things in their time, they had made the biggest trade route of their time.…
From 100 to 600 CE, the Chinese empire experienced a number of political and cultural changes and continuities. While China experienced political changes in terms of the fall of the Han Empire, the centralized government continued politically as remaining under and holding a heavily Confucian influence.…
In the Dynastic cycle, the Song and the Ming Dynasties of Ancient China showed similar periods of decline. Both Dynasties experienced good time periods throughout their dynasty, but also bad time periods. To start off, the Song Dynasty started to become more concerned about wealth rather than supporting their army. Once this happened the army weakened and invaders started to attack China in 1279. The Ming Dynasty had tons of issues with taxes and so did the Song Dynasty.…
In the resulting chaos, an ambitious leader might seize power and set up a new dynasty. His success and strong government showed the people that the new dynasty had won the Mandate of Heaven. The dynastic cycle was the cycle in which dynasties rose and fell in china. The ruler clearly has the mandate of heaven and the dynasty is prosperous and stabile. The Dynastic cycle had four main phases. First, a strong leader conquered all of China, creating a powerful, effective regime. Then he passed on power to his heirs, after continuing the dynasty and its era of stability and prosperity. But eventually the rulers grew corrupt. They would increase taxes, and prosperity declined, as natural and military disasters started to happen and this is what signified the loss of Heaven's Mandate. In the cycle's final phase, a new hero arose to claim the mandate and challenge the old dynasty. If he failed to gain power, he was seen as lacking Heaven's favor; if he succeeded, he started a new dynasty. The rise and fall of ruling families was not unique to China; Egypt, for example, also had a long chain of dynasties. But the Mandate of Heaven and the dynastic cycle set up…
Before the Han, there was the Zhou and Qin dynasties, the Zhou was the first to implement the basis of any widespread government, and it is also the first example of continuity during the classical period in China, language. The basis for any governed civilization is a uniform written language and spoken language. Due to China having multiple indigenous dialects, the Zhou dynasty sought to create a language so that every single person who knows how to read would understand what they needed to do. This language became known as Mandarin Chinese and is still used today as the official dialect of China, it has remained unchanged since the Hans. Another example of continuity in the politics of Classical China is the way that people were punished for crimes. Even if a person was convicted and had to go to jail, they would really be doing some mental or physical work, which would be used to advance the state, or help the Emperor himself. In other words, unlike in America, where the majority of people convicted and sentenced spend their time in jail, just wasting away, without really doing anything, in China it would be the opposite. In China, you would be convicted and then you would be forced to work for the country to help it, or you would be subject to some other punishment that the Emperor saw fit.…
After the fall of the Han Dynasty in the early second century, China had fallen into an era of civil unrest that would last for nearly four centuries. It was not until the Sui Dynasty that China would be restored to a unified state that could be productive and expansive once again. Although the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasty would all follow similar footsteps of the successful Han Dynasty, they each made small innovations to the political systems, religious foundations, and social lives that allowed them to prosper and rebound from civil unrest. With these changes from the Han Dynasty, they were able to prove that any empire can rebound with proper policies in place.…
The Qin dynasties powerful centralized government unified China by building a highway network that extended for 4,000 miles, and by setting a universal standard throughout China for writing, law, currency, weights, and measures. These two very important advancements were a lethal part of the unification process of the Qin dynasty. While the Han dynasty, also maintained the centralized bureaucracy of the Qin dynasty, and furthermore enhanced the ideals of it’s dynasty due to their Confucian philosophies. The Han dynasty also utilized a part of the feudal system, but their previously established centralized government was all that was needed to maintain the unification of China throughout their reign. On the other hand, the feudalistic government system of the Zhou dynasty did not consist of a strong centralized government.…
China experienced the fall, absence, and eventually the re-establishment of imperial authority while Confucianism prevailed through all levels of society from the period of 100-600 C.E. The history of China has often been a history of periods of political unity interrupted by periods of political division. During the classical period from 100 C.E. to 600 C.E., the Chinese experienced the Han dynasty which was an initially strong and efficient dynasty, until it had a gradual decline and eventually collapsed. This led to a long period of chaos and finally reunification again. During this time of unification, division, and reunification, many cultural and political changes occurred while other cultural patterns and ideas persisted.…
In my discussion board I stated the same thing that China dynastic cycle was not unique and it could be connected to Egypt. Do you think that dynastic cycle should be continue still? Personally, I don't think that a dynastic cycle should be continued still because most of the leaders would first give the people of their empire what they want. But during the other half of the cycle they would take back everything that they promise to give their people. Also, with a dynasty I feel like you are not able to express what you want for the country or heat other statement from other people.…
China was mostly ruled by dynasties. A dynasty is a line of hereditary rulers of a country. A dynasty can last from a couple years to hundreds of years. The first dynasty of China was the Xia Dynasty. It was from 2070 BCE till 1600 BCE. Another dynasty of ancient China is the Shang Dynasty. It is also known as the Yin Dynasty. It was from 1600 BCE till 1046 BCE.…
I. The restoration of centralized imperial rule in China A. The Sui dynasty (589-618 C.E.) 1. After the Han dynasty, turmoil lasted for more than 350 years 2. Reunification by Yang Jian in 589 3. The rule of the Sui a. Construction of palaces and granaries; repairing the Great Wall b. Military expeditions in central Asia and Korea c. High taxes and compulsory labor services 4. The Grand Canal integrated economies of north and south 5. The fall of the Sui d. High taxes and forced labor generated hostility among the people e. Military reverses in Korea f. Rebellions broke out in north China beginning in 610 g. Sui Yangdi was assassinated in 618, the end of the dynasty B. The Tang dynasty (618-907 C.E.) 6. Tang Taizong (627-649) h. A rebel leader seized Chang'an and proclaimed a new dynasty, the Tang i. Tang Taizong, the second Tang emperor; ruthless but extremely competent j. era of unusual stability and prosperity 7. Extensive networks of transportation and communications 8. Equal-field system--land allotted according to needs 9. Bureaucracy of merit through civil service exams 10. Foreign relations k. Political theory: China was the Middle Kingdom, or the center of civilization l. Tributary system became diplomatic policy 11. Tang decline m. Casual and careless leadership led to dynastic crisis n. Rebellion of An Lushan in 755 weakened the dynasty o. The Uighurs became de facto rulers p. The equal-field system deteriorated q. A large-scale peasant rebellion led by Huang Chao lasted from 875 to 884 r. Regional military commanders gained power and were beyond control of the emperor s. The last Tang emperor abdicated his throne in 907 C.…
China had a large population. A strong centralized government was needed to keep order. With a strong government China was able to expand its population. The dynastic cycle was a critical component of Chinese society because once one dynasty grew weak; a new dynasty could come in and start fresh to fix the issues. The new dynasty would start out strong and develop communities with a strong economy. Then, that dynasty would grow weaker and fall victim to internal rebellions or invasions. The cycle would start over.…
B: The development the Chinese state and political institutions are classical Chinese government that is based on the dynastic cycle. Which means that a family would start their rule with strength. Then when it grows…
Qin: The Qin dynasty was right in the middle of the Era of Warring States, a time where China was trying to find their identity. The Qin Dynasty adopted Legalist thinking’s. Legalism was based off the idea that everything needs to run through the government and anyone that believed otherwise or didn’t follow the rules was badly punished. The king of Qin, who was latter named The First Emperor, was Shih Huang-Di. A huge accomplishment of the First Emperor was that in only nine years he captured the six largest states in China. Once he did this that was when centralization got under way. He divided the country into administrative units the remained the same well after his time. He also invented the first standard units of money. The writing system was standardized so effectively that it is almost the same now as it was back then. This was all constructed to make China unified. A problem that kept coming up was that from the north the Mongols were invading. This caused the Qin Dynasty to construct the first parts of the Great Wall of China. Shih Huang-Di also had his bad side, in Legalism if you didn’t follow what the government wanted you got in serious trouble. He got into doing a lot of torture and harsh treatment to people. He could not stand the people who supported Confucsism and because of that he ordered a Burning of the Books in attempt to get rid of Confucsism. Tang Dynasty: The Tang Dynasty was one of the most brilliant periods of Chinese history. The Tang took over after the Sui Dynasty that left China in a terrible place. That was the first problem the Tang had to address, the reconstruction of China. The Tangs first concern was to help out the peasant tenants because the landowners were making them pay way too much. A thing the Sui Dynasty had was the well field system and the Tang adopted that. This really helped the economy get back to where it needed to be. The Tang also recreated a bureaucracy on Confucianerit system. The wealthy people could…
