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Chapter 13
Spread of East Asian Civilization
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History
Undergraduate 1
03/25/2008

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What was the primary element that Zhu Xi added to the Confucian tradition in China?
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Themes from the Orthodox Church

 

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What characterized Chinese art during the T’ang and Sung dynasties?
 

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  • sculptures
  • religious themes
  • native pottery
  • poetry (young gentlemen)
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What characterized Chinese science during this period?
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  • governmental maps
  • plants and mineral
  • chemistry
  • forensic science
  • precise and practicle
  • p.232
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Characterize the position of women, especially in prosperous urban areas, during the T’and dynasty.  
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Deteriated due to

  • rising prosperity
  • men having multiple wives
  • foot-binding practiced 
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Characterize the position of women, especially in prosperous urban areas, during the Sung dynasty.
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Increased

  • gained education
  • did business 
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  How did the introduction of Chinese culture into Japan effect the position of women?
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Confuscianism

  • confined women to household 
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What elements in Chinese culture had influences on Japanese culture?
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copied:

  • bureaucracy
  • calendar
  • Buddhism
  • Confuscism
  • women
  • p.241 
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What was the preferred form of literary expression in post-Classical China?
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  • poetry
  • hero stories
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What was the preferred form of literary expression in Japan?
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Tonka sylables
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What was Japanese feudalism like?

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What group served as an influential class (aristocrats)  in Chinese civilization?
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What was the T'ang dynasty's attitude towards Buddhism? Why?
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What was the only other foreign influence in China besides Western influences in the 19th century?
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In what areas of culture did Chinese civilization excel during the spread of east Asian civilization?
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