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Lecture 3 – Establishing an orthodoxy: the advent of Confucianism
History
How was the Han different from the Qin (Ch’in)? (221 BCE, Legalism, Shi huangdi (Shih
Huang-ti), standardisation, centralisation, Han dynasty 202 BCE-220 CE, synthesis:
Confucianism, Daoism (Taoism), Mohism)
Hierarchy
What were the key approaches in Warring States and Han thought? (5 Relationships, 3 Bonds,
li 禮)
 What’s the most important question you have so far?
Families
What were the basic orientations of families as we see them in the Han texts?
(patrilineal,
ancestors, filial piety (xiao 孝 (hsiao)), patriarchy)
How did this system work for men?
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(roles, partible inheritance, concubines)
Men and Women in Late Imperial China
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How did this system work for women?
(dowry, matriarchs)
 What’s the most important question you have about this section?
Attitudes
What do we see of relationships between men and women in this system?
When historians discuss Han society, what attitudes do they display towards men and
women and the relations between them?
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Men and Women in Late Imperial China
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