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Traditions and
Change in East Asia
Ch.27 objectives:
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Describe the changes and continuities in
Chinese government
Explain the changes in Confucianism
Analyze changes within the Chinese
economy
Explain the process of unification in Japan
during the Tokugawa Era
Directions: Use the terms, names, and
concepts provided to create a mind map of
Early Modern China.
What is a mind map?
A mind map is a collection of
ideas, terms, names, and
concepts that are arranged in an
orderly fashion to convey
meaning.
Directions: Use the terms/names provided to
create a mind map based on Ch.27.
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Each term/name should be connected to at
least one other term/name.
An explanation of at least two sentences
should be included between each connection.
There should be an order to the arrangement
of your mind map.
Step #1
Your first task is to figure our where the story
of Early Modern China begins.
The Analects
As teachings attributed to
Confucius, the Analects were the
basis of knowledge assessed
during the civil service exams in
China. These exams were used to
find candidates to fill the larger
centralized bureaucracies of the
Ming and Qing governments.
Civil Service
Exams
As a collection of Confucius’
teachings , the Analects include
lessons pertaining to the ethic of
xiao or filial piety. This concept was
significant because in encouraged
individuals to have respect for
family members and leadership, thus
creating social order in Chinese
society.
xiao
The Analects
As teachings attributed to
Confucius, the Analects were the
basis of knowledge assessed
during the civil service exams in
China. These exams were used to
find candidates to fill the larger
centralized bureaucracies of the
Ming and Qing governments.
Civil Service
Exams
As a collection of Confucius’
teachings , the Analects include
lessons pertaining to the ethic of
xiao or filial piety. This concept was
significant because in encouraged
individuals to have respect for
family members and leadership, thus
creating social order in Chinese
society.
xiao
Ming Dynasty
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After collapse of the Yuan Dynasty
Hongwu erased Mongol influence
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Study of Chinese cultural traditions
Confucian Traditions
Imperial academies and colleges
Tightly Centralized state
Great Wall project (Revived by the Ming
Dynasty) 1550 miles long, 33-49 feet high
Ming Decline & Collapse
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Chinese pirates are active
Corruption, indulgence,
and inefficiency led to
their demise
Powerful famines strike
the Ming
-Peasants suffer & rebel
-Manchus from North
take over the Forbidden
City - Beijing
Qing Dynasty (Manchu Rule)
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Pastoral Nomads
Qing Dynasty (“Pure”)
1644-1911
Centralized State
(Consolidate Tibet,
Mongolia, China etc.)
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Kangxi
Qianlong
Conquest
Outlawed intermarriage
Qianlong on Chinese Trade with
England
Based on the reading on pg.736, respond to the
following on your Ch.27 Critical Thinking questions
and connections:
1. Use the letter to King George III as evidence to
contradict the 2nd theme of the Early Modern Era?
2. What was the strongest factor motivating China
to take this approach with Europe?
“Son of Heaven” & Bureaucrats
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“Son of Heaven”:
Heavenly powers to
maintain order on earth
(similar to divine right
in Europe)
Preparation for civil
service exams
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Rigorous, competitive
Result=wealth & status
Christianity in China
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Matteo Ricci: Jesuit
from Rome
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Spoke Chinese
Introduced science,
literature, math etc….
Chinese convert for a
short time
Strong European interest
Economic and Social Changes
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Filial Piety: Respect
towards parents (Strong)
Boys preferred over girls
(female infanticide)
Footbinding extremely
popular
Arranged marriages
(Women could not
divorce)
Economic and Social Changes cont…
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Spanish introduced maize,
sweet potatoes and
peanuts population
Technology slow down
Silk, lacquerware
etc…being traded
Chinese trading in SE
Asia (Silver)
Gentry
Working Class
Peasants
Artisans
Merchants
Mean People
Slaves
Indentured Servants
Entertainers
Prostitutes
Beggars
Boat People
Making Christianity Chinese
The wise take pleasure in rivers and lakes,
the virtuous in mountains. - Confucius
Unification of Japan
The Tokugawa Dynasty
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1500s - “Sengoku”:
Country at war
1600 - Tokugawa Ieyasu
unifies Japan (Bakufu)
Strict rules for Daimyo
(territorial lords)
Holds daimyo’s families
at Edo every other year
Japan becomes
isolationist (restrictive
trading)
Economic & Social Change
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With Peace came
prosperity
Cotton, silk, indigo &
sake
Population
-Practiced population
control
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Neo-Confucianism:
Filial Piety, Native
learning
Shogun
Daimyo
Samurai
Peasants
Artisans
Merchants
Christianity & Dutch Learning
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Anti-Christian Campaign
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Death by crucifixion to European missionaries
Japanese Isolationism
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Traded with Dutch
Received ideas of the outside world
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Maritime technology, science, medicine,
astronomy, literature
Politics in Japan
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Tokugawa Shogun
Entertainment & Pleasure Quarters
Floating Worlds (Ukiyo)
Arts in Japan (Japanese Renaissance)
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Part of urban culture
Entertainment & Pleasure Quarters
Floating Worlds (Ukiyo)