Scholars ran the bureaucracy. There was even a civil service exam that had to be taken to make sure that people got jobs based on merit, rather than status. They were also used for making sure that Confucian scholars were in an important position. Any man could take these tests, which shows an equitable system in place. The Han expanded the powers of bureaucracy because that was what was deemed necessary to rule over such a large amount of land.…
Pharaoh Cleopatra and Tang Empress Wu Zetian were one of the few women rulers. Both of them became strong rulers, during a time of mainly strong male rulers. Although their style of ruling was different both of them were successful rulers. Each one of them used different tactics to become rulers. They were both ruthless in their desire to gain and keep power.…
Unit 3C Review Questions - East Asia and the Mongols On attached map b.) The Tang Dynasty took over after the fall of the Sui from 618-907 and during their reign, the second Golden Age of China occurred (the first occurred during the Han Dynasty). They achieved prosperity and stability by selecting bureaucrats based off of their merit rather than your birth. In order to join the bureaucracy, you had to pass the highest level of the examination system.…
Bureaucracy is an organization that focuses on a system of government in which the authority within the bureaucracy is a hierarchy which shows who clearly is in change. . “First, authority is hierarchically structured, making a clear chain of command. Second, selection of personal is competitive and based on demonstrated merit. Third, a specialized division of labor allows for the more efficient completion of assigned tasks. Fourth, bureaucracies are governed by formal, impersonal rules that regulate all facets of the organization.”…
Philip A. Kuhn presents the socio-psychological aspects of the sorcery scare, which occurred during the last imperial dynasty in China. Kuhn, a Harvard Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, examines the “Prosperous period” and how the effects created a state of uneasiness in both the conscious psychology and economic _***_. In Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 Kuhn focuses on the social and economic setting of the mid-eighteenth century. Drawing on a precious reposition of documents found in the royal archives, he presents in detail the traumatic interrogations of the accused—a tattered assortment of vagabonds, nomads and Buddhist monks—generalship under torture by rude magistrates. He goes to prove how the “scare” was simply a creation of folktales and concocted imaginations connected to the result of the queue clipping.…
The development of bureaucracy in Han China was meant to solve feudalism. Feudalism is a weak government without central rule that lacks authority. Prior to the Han Dynasty, the Zhou was ruled through regional leaders, and the Qin was ruled through one unpopular, brutal emperor. The bureaucracy created during the Han retained central rule and acknowledged that royal relatives are not reliable. It sought the middle way between the Zhou and Qin, by keeping things that worked and getting rid of things that did not work.…
Thesis: Confucius as one of the most influential thinkers in Chinese history and his teaching of Confucianism have being the mainstream thinking of Chinese traditional culture for thousands of years. Most importantly, Confucius’s teachings have a profound influence on the Chinese political system. This statement, with supporting evidence that will be presented in this essay will show that Confucius’ teaching of Confucianism has being used in the Chinese government for thousands of years and it still affects the Chinese political system to this day. Short overview for the paper:…
During the Period of the Warring States, from 403 B.C.E. - 221 B.C.E., political confusion aroused in China. During this time, many thoughtful people sought to restore political and social order by reflecting on the proper roles of human beings in society. As a result, three philosophical schools of thought emerged: Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. Although all three of these philosophies were formed to restore order to China, each one had very different ideals about how to cure the ills of society. Whereas these three philosophies agreed on forming a cure for society, they had very different ideals on the way of human nature.…
Confucianism is the most effective of the other three types of philosophy (Daoism and Legalism) in order to guide Sharon High School’s administration policies, as a result of it having strong, productive values. One philosophy that Confucius writes is, “Guide them by edicts . . . and the common people will stay out of trouble”(17.14). This philosophy would be crucial to the administration’s policies, in order to have a school where there is order, harmony, and where students are being taught good morals. If there are no laws that are being enforced by administration, it will result in less productivity and chaos.…
The civil service exam system is a system where government officials were hired by how well they did on the exam instead of family connections. The Tang Dynasty created the civil service exam system. There were different levels of the exam.…
Before Charlemagne, education was not much encouraged. It was sparse in the Kingdom of the Franks, the kingdom in which Charlemagne would rule. The reduced education caused the kingdom to progress slowly. Charlemagne would eventually rule during the medieval times, a time of progression and improvements. The unique government of the kingdom allowed a king to rule.…
The Warring States lasted from 481 to 221 BC. These states became a part of the Zhao dynasty within the Yellow River Valley. In 223-221 BC that the forces of the of Qin under Qin Shi-Huangdi won over the states created the Qin Empire which become know as modern day China which encompassed the former seven warring states and the northern part of Korea. It was at this point also that the nation-state of China was born. The Chinese cultural core consists of two key component parts: the Mandate of Heaven governing principle and the tripartite ideological/cosmological core and both were developed during the Zhou Dynasty period.…
Classical China made various contributions in many areas such as, the areas of political institutions, religion, culture, economy, and society. The Qin and Han dynasties were agricultural states that valued ancestors, had a uniform tax system, a strict code of law, and a bureaucracy. The Han bureaucracy consisted of upperclassmen and people who could pass the civil service examination. Emperor Wudi established this exam, that tested law and Chinese literature. Emperor Wudi also established a training school for bureaucrats.…
During the time periods of the Han and Gupta dynasties, both dynasties made contributions to their country’s basic structure that previous dynasties had damaged. During the 400 year period of the Han dynasty, China’s basic political and intellectual structure had been well rounded out and during the time period of when the Guptas were in power, classical India carried out its greatest period of political stability and both economic and cultural life was able to advance. The political and economic institutions of Han China were primarily based on the expansion of bureaucracy within their centralized government and their development of extensive internal trade and merchants. Although Gupta India did share a similarity in their development of…
Feng Shui, which is believed to share valuable wisdom, common sense and sensitivity to nature. Feng Shui depend on astronomy to find correlations between humans and the universe. According to (Hurley, n.d). There are a lot of Chinese Dynasties that influenced Feng Shui, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty. There are two types of Feng Shui, the Form School and the Compass School.…