Han Dynasty

The Silk Road was a network of trading routes, involving the passing of goods to people from city to city. Between 200 BCE to 1450 CE the Silk Road had experienced important transitions that would alter societies, including major religions, the social hierarchies, and the rise and fall of empires. With these changes, some of the ideas of society stayed consistent like the desire for luxury goods by the upper class. The Silk Roads played a major role in the spread of multiple religions. The…

Throughout history, Chinese philosophies have referred to various perspectives and values followed among their people. All of these philosophies have a long history of several and many years. Out of the three well-known philosophies, Confucianism and Legalism have polar opposite values and morals. The philosophy that began from Confucius believed in returning good ethics in order for society to have good conduct opposed to bad people. Whereas Legalism believed that the disorder of society would…

back to 6th century B.C.E, when two major philosophies began to shape the culture, Confucianism and Legalism. These philosophical theories equally impacted society on a grand scale, and represent the beginning and end of the first Chinese emperor’s dynasty, and the elongated success of another. These two philosophical schools pursued the same objective; the obtainment of obedience through social order. However,…

During most Chinese dynasties, women had comparatively lower social status compared to men and did not enjoy the same rights. In fact, this situation might be a result of honoring and following the doctrines of traditional Chinese philosophical schools, which originally flourished in the Pre-Qin era. Although some schools of thoughts recognized the necessity of equality between men and women, most refused to acknowledge any such thing. The three important philosophical schools, Confucianism,…

syllable noun that holds enough power to contain an individual in the plastic casing of social norms. Cutting apart that plastic casing is exactly what Disney character Fa Mulan, pictured above, is attempting to do. Disney’s Mulan is set in the Han Dynasty, which is considered to be the golden age of China. In that day and age, sons and daughters struggled to bring honor to their families. To be honorable, young women had to be great housewives with beauty beyond compare and young men needed to…

travels down the family line as they become successors. Moss Roberts notes this as one of the philosophy’s strongpoints in his afterword for his translation of Three Kingdoms: “It is a concept less active in times of stability, [because] changes of dynasty are relatively infrequent; they are the exception, not the rule.” He also talks of its strengths outside of times of crises, saying “it is always a useful reminder to the ruler of the penalty for misgovernment.” Not only does this philosophy…

Ancient times involved many trade networks that helped establish the global economy. One of these trade networks was the Silk Road, the Han Dynasty of China helped form the Silk Road. The Silk Road connected the ancient world and helped spread global economy. The Silk Road was multiple routes from east to west. The routes were used commonly around 130 BCE, then the Han Empire expanded trade west, in 1453 CE the Ottoman Empire avoided trade with any body west and the Ottomans captured…

During the Han Dynasty of China, the Silk Road was an established system of multiple routes, well-known for connecting the regions of the ancient world in trade. Despite the name, the Silk Road was not one singular route – in fact, it linked China, Japan, Persia, India, Arabia and Europe. During the Han Dynasty, emperor Wu sent one of his men to seek the help of neighboring nomadic tribes in attempt to band together to fend off the Xiongnu. It was on this journey that the emissary came across…

Towards the end of the Zhou Dynasty (1100-221 BCE), three main philosophies emerged in response to the disorder of the warring states period: Daoism, Legalism, and Confucianism. These three philosophies played a great role in the development of China and were all utilized at some point in Chinese history. Of the three, Confucism has easily been the most influential in the development of the Chinese state through history. Confucism developed almost 2,500 years ago as a social and political…

Denis Twitchett, Michael LoeweDuring the time period 3500 B.C.E. – 200 C.E. a complex metropolitan web developed in East Asia. It was centered on the banks of the Huang He, where the Chinese civilization formed and developed its classic form. Interactions with other human societies on the web were initially limited, but several major inventions led to the establishment of a firm route, through which ideas, technological inventions and various goods were exchanged. Many of these inventions were…