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Exploring China's Historical Journey: Context, Themes, and Cultural Developments

On February 6, 2013, we delve into China's rich historical tapestry, discussing the complexities of its past through diverse lenses—geography, political institutions, social dynamics, religion, art, literature, and economics. We engage in group discussions and presentations to identify key historical milestones, such as the rise of centralized bureaucratic power under the Qin and Han dynasties, the cultural flourishing during the Tang dynasty, and the shifts from state-focused to self-oriented ideologies. This comprehensive course encourages deeper understanding via surveys of China’s multifaceted history.

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Exploring China's Historical Journey: Context, Themes, and Cultural Developments

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  1. Creating ChinaX Feb 6 2013

  2. Today • Bol – background and context • Group discussions • Group presentations • Organizing labs

  3. Fundamentals of Course Organization • Why a survey of China’s history? • Multiple histories • Geography, environment, climate • Political and institutional history • Social history • History of religions • History of art • History of literature • Economic history • Intellectual history, history of philosophy

  4. Fundamentals of Course Organization • Chronology • Themes/topics • Questions, problems, paradoxes

  5. Background (the course to this point) 1 • Olympics and Geography • The beginning of civilization • Reading Neolithic artifacts • Legitimating power and overthrowing the King • Shang and Zhou • Bronzes and oracle bones • The age of philosophy • Confucius and competing schools

  6. Background (the course to this point) 2 • Forging a centralized bureaucratic empire: Qin (221 -206 BCE) and Han (202 BCE-220) • Fundamental institutional tensions in the empire • E.g. centralization vs. regionalism • The changing balance between interests of the state and of society • e.g. taxation

  7. Coverage this week • The “Period of Division” and foreign invasion; the reunification in 589 by Sui and Tang (chronology) • What themes? • Turning from state to self • Religion • Literature • Art – calligraphy

  8. Reunification and the end of early imperial China • Tang as a cosmopolitan empire • Taking from the world • Providing a model for the world • Tang as an aristocratic empire • Contrast with later

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