5.Tang+and+Song+China



** Ties that Bind - Paths to Power(China renuificaton) **
 * ** A ** || Is sent by a local official Wu Bao. ||
 * ** P ** || The tang and the Song Dynasty are the ones who reunified China after its collapse during the Classical Period. ﻿ ||
 * ** P ** || Wu Bao sent this short story to a high government official in hopes to achieve a higher power in the imperial bureaucracy. He hopes this story will tough the general and in return he will grant him his wish for a small salary in exchange for some sort of service. ||
 * ** A ** || The audience is a high government official. ||
 * ** R ** || Wu needs help now that his position of office has ended. He needs the general to show mercy and grant him some sort of salary. He has no one else to turn to and by praising him in the letter he hopes the general will like him and do as he wishes. ||
 * ** T ** || The theme is he completely changed his personality in order to achieve a higher power in the imperial bureaucracy; he shows no pride at all instead he seems to be an honest man. ||
 * ** S ** || The story/letter is about a man who praises a general and has high regards of respect towards him; he wishes the general will show him mercy and grant him some sort of salary and a job so he can continue with his life ||

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Tang and Song China

· Buddhism= strong economic force · By 907 the tang dynasty declined by 960 the song dynasty emerged ** Political ** · The highest offices were gained by those who passed philosophical or legal classics or Chinese literature, their family members would also be able to get into academies ** Intellectual and Religion ** · Certain high offices can only be obtained by those who pass the exams · Known for poetry and short stories ** Religious ** · The highest offices went only to indviduals able to pass exams based on the confucian classics and chinese literature ** Interactions ** · The great wall of china was finished during the tang dynasty and during this period a lot of money was spent · The expansion of tang control deep into central asia meant that the overland silk routes between china and persia were reopened and protected which reinforced the international trade. || ** Economic ** · Trade was actively promoted merchants used junks equivalent in quality to the Arab dhows · Rice, grain, luxury and goods. ** Political ** · Officials slave increases- upper class has more control over lower classes · Civil service exams- given every 3 years about district, provincial and imperial · Buddhism caused rulers ** Intellectual and Religion ** · Intellectual life was dominated by confucian ideas and values · Chinese intellectual was greatly influenced by neo-confucian thinking · Symbolic paintings ** Religious ** · Neo-confucian thinking had a lasting effect on intellectual life ** Interactions ** · The new canal system let to the major advances in trade as well as ships which carried good through out India || ** Economic ** · Had one of the most advanced economy. · Both relied on mainly agriculture and the peasant to fund empire · Used canal system which linked the empire toghether for easier access and communication. ** Political ** · Political were consider to be opposite for each other · Run by bureaucracy · Examination existed in both dynasties ** Intellectual and Religion ** · Was known for their accomplishments in science, technology literature and fine arts · Scholar-gentry elites creativity that developed ** Religious ** · Confucianism was a key player in both the song and tang dynasties to teach moral ** Interactions ** · The grand canal helped control overt the southern regions by courts and armies. · Built bridge · Junks || Summary Both Tang and the Song dynasty had one of the most advanced economies. They both relied on mainly agriculture to fund the empire; they used canal system which linked the empire together for easier access and communication, for example the Grand Canal, which is the largest and longest canal in the world. Trade was actively promoted, and helped the growth of the economy; the new canal system led to the major advance in trade as well as ships which carried goods through out India. Both Dynasty were run by bureaucracy, Buddhism caused rulers. They were known for their accomplishments in science, technology, literature and fine arts, like the Byzantines, both dynasties had symbolic paintings. The intellectual life was dominated by Confucian ideas and values. Confucianism was a key player in both dynasties to teach moral. In both dynasties China saw governmental reforms; they had one of the most advanced economies.
 * Tang || Song || Shared ||
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