Zhou Enlai

The Shang and Zhou dynasty coexisted and originated in China, around the Yellow / Huang He river in the Bronze era ( 1,700 bce ) and went on to exist for nearly 2,000 more years. Though these Dynasties weren’t in perfect peace and harmony with one another, they shared similar values and working methods in which made the two opposing dynasties very similar. Each pillar (social, political, interaction with the environment, cultural, and economics) had it’s own way of showing through in it’s time…

Zhou China developed a new pathway for ideas in leadership, warfare, and culture. They appeared to the rest of the world as “radical thinkers”, but it was just the beginning of deconstruction of the old political order. (164) This time period was called “the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 BCE)” in Chinese history and was the result of the Warring States period of 403-221 BCE. (164) Warfare was the make up of the beginning of Zhou China with over 500 battles and over 100 civil wars all taking…

China 's Military History and Culture Introduction The history of China was shaped by armed conflicts and wars. Especially, China’s military history can be dated back to 2200 BC and divided into the following periods that are before 1911, the period of the Republic of China and the People 's Liberation Army (PLA) (Graff & Higham, 2012). Noteworthy, most of the imperial dynasties in China were established from successful battles. However, the great peasant rebellion and the collapse of the…

We Are All One From as primitive a time as 1.7 billion years ago- the twenty-first century B.C.- humans inhabited the regions around the Yellow River and the Yangtze River in central China. As the time advanced, the Chinese population, culture, and beliefs evolved into a society. Then, in 1949- merely sixty-nine years ago- the country of China was officially established. However, the culture developed by the Chinese people had long been created; the beliefs of their culture had been…

Taoism and War Tao Te Ching was written around 600BCE and is the first written document about Taoism that exists. Tao Te Ching was written by Lao Tzu, who was a contemporary of Confucius. They lived in the period known in China as the Spring and Autumn period. A period full of conflict and war, where China was struggling to hold all states together due to a weak central government. In this period many philosophers emerged coming up with ideas on how to keep China strong and undivided. According…

In the beginning of time, there is a central idea that religion shaped all areas of life. Literature and art shaped life in China as the rise of many emperors began to occur. An accurate view of the past provides a clear explanation as to how countries from centuries ago still thrive today. Early Chinese history is shaped by major events that occurred amongst four dynasties. Invaders changed life in India and affected their cultures and values. Different religions began to rise from invaders…

Virtue; kindness, wisdom, and reverence. This Virtue was said to be passed down to descendants but would be revoked by viciousness and bestowed to someone more worthy and virtuous. However, by the time Confucius was born in the period of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, kings were merely figure heads. The land was broken up into states where the real power was held by the dukes and nobles of each territory. During this lack of unity, rulers were struggling to hold control over their territories…

Unification required institutions and values that could transcend regional ties, and the ultimate authority for these institutions and values would be a semi-divinized monarch who ruled as the agent of celestial powers” (Lewis 51-52). This goes back to the Zhou idea that a good ruler would have the Mandate of Heaven, meaning he was more or less endorsed by Heaven, and that a bad ruler would lose the Mandate of Heaven and have to be replaced by a better ruler. The First Emperor took care to…

The Qin Dynasty, which is considered the first dynasty of Imperial China, comes about not long after Li Si has the corrupt emperor Han Fei beheaded. The Qin Dynasty itself lasts only fifteen years, but it sets the stage for what will eventually lead to the formation of the Celestial Masters, the first recorded group of organized Daoists. Zhang Daoling, the founder of the Celestial Masters, makes two major adjustments to the Qin system which is still in use at this time; namely, he extends the…

Han Dynasty Han dynasty was founded by a government official named Liu Bang in 206 B.C. Over 400 years Han kingdom expanded China’s boundary and it brought peace and prosperity to other people in the kingdom. Some achievements were Silk Road, Papermaking, Iron technology (cast iron) plowshares;Moldboard plow (kuan), Glazed pottery, Wheelbarrow, Seismograph (Chang Heng), Compass, Ship's rudder, Stirrups, Drawloom weaving, Embroidery for decorating garments, Hot Air Balloon, Chinese Examination…