Dynastic Rule in China Sui to Ming Sui

Dynastic Rule in China Sui to Ming

Sui Dynasty (589 -618) How did the Dynasty rise to Power? • Yang Jiang (Wen Di) unified China through Military Conquest

How did this Dynasty govern China? What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage? • Wen Di and Yang Di were harsh rulers • Forced peasants to • Wen Di was a Buddhist • Encouraged Confucianism and Daoism 1. Public works 2. Fight in Army

How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China? Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China • Grand Canal improved trade • Great Wall provided security • Public works projects • Reunified through military control

Tang Dynasty (618 -907) How did the Dynasty rise to Power? • Li Shi Min captured Changan & Luoyang (cities) • Became known as Dai Zong

How did this Dynasty govern China? What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage? • Wu Zhao (female empress) ruled extensive amount of land • Government was bureaucracy • Bureaucrats upheld Confucian ideas • Encouraged Confucianism and Daoism • Buddhism repressed by Wu Zong

How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China? Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China • Equal-Field System limited power or aristocracy • Scholar class of ruling elite • Land reform • Emperors controlled army • Equal field system

Song Dynasty (960 -1279) How did the Dynasty rise to Power? • Tai Zu emerged as leader after 50 years of fighting • Moved capital to Kaifeng

How did this Dynasty govern China? What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage? • Bureaucrats selected based • Chan (Zen) Buddhism • Confucianism on examine scores • Government officials from S. China

How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China? Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China • Power of merchant class increased • Cambodian strain of rice doubled output • Technological advance • Center of culture south to Kaifeng • Meritocracy for government official

Yuan Dynasty (1260 -1368) How did the Dynasty rise to Power? • Founded by Kublai Khan • He fought the Song for 40 years

The Supreme Ruler of All Beneath Heaven Temujin = Genghis Khan • It is not enough that I should succeed, all others must fail. • -Genghis Khan • Man's greatest joy is to slay his enemy, plunder his riches, ride his steeds, see the tears of his loved ones and embrace his women. -Genghis Khan

How did this Dynasty govern China? What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage? • Civil Service by Turks and Persia • Hierarchy • Kublai Khan- Shamanism • Chinese belief system unaffected 1. 2. 3. 4. Mongols Non-Chinese Northern Chinese Southern Chinese

How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China? Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China • Destruction of farmland • built roads and canals • Retained civil service examination • Allowed the Chinese belief systems to exist

Ming Dynasty (1368 -1644) How did the Dynasty rise to Power? • Rebellion vs. Mongols • Leader and founder Hong Wu

How did this Dynasty govern China? What belief system did the Dynasty encourage? Discourage? • Re-introduced exams • Overseas explanations– stopped later in dynasty • Rebirth of Confucian philosophy • Combined beliefs of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism

How did the Dynasty Affect Daily Life in China? Two ways the Dynasty helped to unite China • Rebuilt temples, shrines, bridges, canals, walls • Heavy taxation led to civil war • Secured the Border • Rebuilding projects