| HAN CHINA, CONT’D |
| Foodstuffs |
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| MURAL OF KITCHEN SCENE |
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| DISUNITY & INTERACTION BETWEEN CHINA & BORDER PEOPLES |
| History 103 | |
| Professor Constantine Vaporis |
| FALL OF THE HAN (dynastic cycle) |
| Internal problems | |
| External problems |
| INTERNAL WEAKNESSES |
| Succession of ineffectual emperors | |
| Growth in power among local aristocracy | |
| Power of empress’ family | |
| Usurpation of power by eunuchs |
| EXTERNAL WEAKNESSES |
| Natural disasters, 173-179 AD | ||
| Popular uprisings--Yellow Turbans (184 AD); 5 Bushels of Rice Band | ||
| General CAO CAO (Ts’ao Ts’ao) | ||
| Incursions by non-Chinese nomads | ||
| ERA OF PROLONGED DISUNITY, 220-589 AD |
| WHY DO EMPIRES RISE & FALL? |
| Size of political unit | |
| Productivity of the economy | |
| Percentange of total output spent on administration and defence | |
| Technological level |
| THE XIONGNU (Hsiung-nu) |
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| Barbarians (non-Chinese) |
| Military & civil officials from Jiaozhi (Vietnam) | |
| Clothed (civilized) vs. partial nakedness (barbarity) |
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| ERA OF PROLONGED DISUNITY |
| 220 AD-589 AD |
| Chinese and barbarians |
| ERA OF PROLONGED DISUNITY, 220-589 AD |
| NORTH-SOUTH SPLIT |
| Xiongnu sack Jin (Chin) capital, Loyang (316 AD) | |
| = time of “Peach Blossom Spring” (by scholar-official T’ao Ch’ien) | |
| Beginning of migration of Han (ethnic) Chinese southward |
| 5 DYNASTIES IN SOUTH |
| 31-589 AD | |
| Capitals at Nanking (Nanjing) | |
| Chinese = ethnic minority | |
| Slow sinicization of non-Chinese |
| 16 KINGDOMS (in north) |
| 304-589 AD | |
| “Five Barbarians” | |
| Conversion into sedentary peoples |
| Temporary unification of North |
| Under Tuoba Turks (NOT Chinese) | |
| Establish NORTHERN WEI dynasty, 439-534 | |
| Succeeded by 4 short-lived dynasties (E. Wei, W. Wei, N. Qi, N. Zhou) | |
| Sinicization of Northern Wei |
| IMPORTANCE OF OUTSIDE INFLUENCES IN CHINESE CIVILIZATION |
| Cultivation, weaving of cloth; trousers | |
| Medicinal plants | |
| Food | |
| Horse-breeding techniques | |
| Saddle, breast harness | |
| Stirrup? (5th c.) | |
| Creation of aristocracy of mixed blood | |
| Conclusion |
| Chinese empire = Sino-barbarian synthesis |
| Reunification under Sui, 589-618 |
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| MULAN |
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