Chapter 8

  • Chinas seminal thinker was Confucius, Was also Buddha 
  • Some people say that this was the rebirth of Confucius 
  • Chinese people considered this time to be there golden age 
Consequences of Confucism
  1.  Benefitted people in power, really no one else 
  2. Examination System 
  • Key to acquiring a government position, career were more based on talent not social class or how you viewed. 
  • Possible for everyone to have chance at getting jobs and not just those who were born well off receiving jobs. people were actually interviewed of some sort. 
  • This made it possible for the civilizations to actually prosper with everyone working at what they are good at. 
Women did not benefit from Confucism 
  • They were looked at as distractions 
  • Footbinding was common, this made it so they count leave the house it was so uncomfortable for them to walk. 
  • The poor people couldn't have the chance to foot bind, it was looked at as a sign of extreme beauty and they couldn't waste a person like, They needed them for work. 
Chinas concept of empire was different then everywhere else in the world 
  • This made it so people wanted to become Chinese because of the way the ran things, as in they way they ran their government. 
  • Aslo China didn't have to conquer other groups/civilizations because they just waned to join them. 
  • this made China grow and spread their culture. 
  • what it meant to be Chinese evolved 
  • They built a wall to keep Mongolians out, The Great Wall of China
  • their concept of empire was to allow their boarders to grow. 
  • they wanted different bloodlines to mix 
  • China became strong agricultural base what led to this. 
  1. Canal network set up by Xinchen 
  2. New rice that was drought resistant also grew 2 times as fast. it was low quality but was used as an emergency food so they always had something to eat. 

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