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Chapter 12 - Reunification & Renaissance in Chinese Civilization

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Fall of Han   220 C.E.  
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Sui dynasty rises   580 C.E.  
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Wendi rises to power by having daughter marry   ruler of Zhou empire and seizes the throne for himself.  
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Yangdi, son killed   Dad through throne.  
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Wendi use support of military   to conquer and reunite Chen China, 589 CE  
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How did Wendi gain support?   Food banks built (granaries) and lowered taxes (equal ratio taxes)  
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Who did Yangdi have driven back in the North?   The Huns  
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Yangdi, of Sui dynasty, endorsed   confucionism.  
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Who was Yangi assasinated by?   His ministers  
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Li Yuan was a loyal noble, minister (before becoming Duke of Tang) who   helped kept military order under Yangdi.  
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What did Li Yuan recognize, that was wrong, under Yangdi?   He recognized the corruption.  
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Li Yuan took power after Yangdi   Became 1st emperor of Tang dynasty in 626  
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Who di Li Yuan give his power to?   His son  
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9th century Tang had   great armies.  
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Why did the Tang take sons of foreign nobes?   To teach them Chinese ways.  
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Where did the Tang extend their empire to?   Vietnam  
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The Tang united the Yangtze   River civilization.  
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The Tang expanded larger than   the Han.  
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Did the Tang bureaucracy shrink or grow?   Grow  
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Why were gentries emphasized in the Tang dynasty?   To organize China  
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What offset nobility?   Bureaucracy  
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The Tang re-worked   confucionism.  
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What did they call people that passed a civil service like test?   Jinshi  
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How did society see those who had passed the civil service test?   They were honored and revered  
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What did passing the test mean to the family?   Office was secured for the family  
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Who was the founder of the Song dynasty?   Zhao Kuangyin  
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What was the emporor's title of the Song dynasty?   Taizu  
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What type of man was Zhao Kuangyin?   An honest, fearless, warrior who was very scholarly.  
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The Song never controlled the   Northern frontier (weaker than the Tang).  
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There was a push pull of immigration, in order to migrate what did you need?   A reason.  
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What is warlordism?   When generals try to take command and go to war.  
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In the Song Dynasty, the bureaucracy   became too powerful.  
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What is Pure Land Buddhism?   It emphasized salvetations aspects to Chinese buddhism and was popular among people of China  
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Why did many convert to Mahayana Buddhism?   It provided refuge from war and unrest.  
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What did Empress Wei do?   Poisoned her husband and put her son on the throne (@ 700 CE); palace revolt won by another prince  
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What Chinese emperor, of the Tang dynasty, persecuted Buddhists?   Wuzong  
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Where did Yang Guifei come from?   A harem of a Tang prince.  
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Who was infactuated with Yang Guifei?   Xuanzong after his 2nd wife died.  
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Yang Guifei family made there way into   court politics.  
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What did the military do to Yang Guifei after a revolt?   Had her and many family member executed.  
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What dynasty started after the fall of the Tang dynasty?   The Song.  
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What was Zhao Kuangyin title?   Taizu  
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What type of person was Zhao Kuangyin?   An honest, fearless warrior who was scholarly.  
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Who was Zhu Xi?   The most dominate and neo confucian scholar during the Song dynasty.  
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Zhu Xi stressed importance of   applying philosophical principles to everyday life and action.  
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Who was Wang Anshi?   A Confucian scholar and chief minister of a Song emperor in the 1070's.  
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Wang Anshi introduced reforms based on   legalists.  
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Wang Anshi advocated greater   state intervention in society.  
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Wang Anshi introduced cheap loans to   encourage agriculture.  
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Wang Anshi could tell the dynasty would   collapse.  
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Describe Junks.   Chinese ships equipped with watertight bulkheads, sternpost, rudders, compasses, and bamboo fenders.  
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Junks were a dominant force in   trading in Asian seas east of the Malayan peninsula.  
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What did Junks have for self defense?   Gunpowder propelled rockets  
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What is "flying money"?   Money credit instruments that provided merchants credit vouchers to be redeemed at the end of the voyage.  
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What is "flying money" reduce?   Danger of robbery  
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What would footbinding do to womens feet?   Feet wrapped tightly in silk from an early age would make womens feet smaller and produced a lot of pain.  
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Footbinding made it easier to   confine women to the household.  
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Why did women participate in footbinding?   It made women more marriageable since upper class (all statuses) men preferered women with small feet.  
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What 2 main things was gunpowder used for?   Fireworks and war.  
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In the Tang era, gunpowder was one of the   most important technological advances.  
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Gunpowder was first   used in fireworks.  
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Gunpowder was later used by armies in   grenades and bombs.  
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Who was Li Bo?   The most famous poet in the Tang era.  
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Li Bo blended images of   the mundane world with philosophical musings.  
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Li Bo celebrated   the natural world.  
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