-Yu found this dynasty

-22nd to 18th BCE

-estab precedent for hereditary monarchial rule in China

-18th to 11th BCE

- control over bronze

- oracle bones/shamanism

- Fu Hao (Wu Ding)

- writing in extensive use

·      convention to address issues of flood control of yellow river

·      lots of states come

·      gradual shift to central gov

·      Division of nomads and agriculturalists

·      Diff rainfall

Myth of Pangu 

·      Split and eyes become sun and moon, hair becomes grass and trees, humans and animals from body lice

·      Chinese myth of creation

Eastern Zhou

-king figurehead

- lead to warring states period

- Confucius born here

- descendants of duke of Zhou

- Mozi (Mo Tzu) and Mohists

~ practical, universal love, frugal

- Huizi (Hui Shih) and Logicians

~ debate

- Shen Tao and Ascetics

~ like clod of dirt (inert) 

·      Egalitarian roots—non-elitist or cultish orientation

o   not idolize teacher

o   accept students regardless of birth or means (noble or money)

Daoism (Taoism) 

- the way

- natural order

- Lao Tzu

Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) 

o   Relativity of meaning

  Monkeys

o   Expanding our perspective

Dream of butterfly

o  spontaneous

The Art of (avoiding) War

·      Attack enemy’s plans, undermine alliances, then war

- 221 BCE

- West of other Chinese

- Qin Shi Huangdi (First Emperor)

·     (First Emperor)

·   estab tradition of centralized imperial rule

·      Built wall precursor to great wall

·      Execute those who criticize

·      Burn books

·      Tomb

o   Terracotta soldiers (symbolize rational order and unity)

Xiongnu 

·      nomadic tribes from north 

Gemin 

revolution, revoke the mandate of heaven if ruler bad

Mencius

- humanist

- good ruler and ppl will come to state

- 4 germs of goodness, ppl good

- rational

- shape gov through laws and educ

- legalism follow this

- humans corrupt

·      Qin Legalist minister influence by Xunzi

·      legalist minister

Wang Mang Interlude

- btw former and later Han

- take over

- natural calamities occur

Emperor Wu (Wudi) 

·      Admin centralization and imperial expansion

·      Taxes and imperial monopolies

·      (160) 124 BCE imperial university estab young men for government service

·      Legalist government

- Han

- one of longest dynasties of Chinese history

- Confucian-Legalist

-  “Ever-Level Granary” or “Equal Market System” (grain)

- Equal tax system—“horizontal” tax

- Provincial quotas

- conscription, anti elitist

-monopolies of salt and iron

- Assume correspondence btw all phenomena in cosmos

- a reason for all probs

- society like a body (gentry head)

- 145-90 B.C.E.

- defend Li Ling 

- wrote historical records

- affirm women subserivent

- want women educ

184

signal end of Han

ppl unhappy

Ekstasis

·       “stepping out of self”

·      ecstasy, step out of the self and own ego/self importance, feel transcendence

·      transcend self- understand others, feel empathy/compassion

  on coastline, she asks where Gilgamesh is running, tells him to accept death and enjoy life

Tanak 

·      “Torah” or “Laws”, “Prophets” (commentary on history of Israelites, King David), “Writings” (psalms, Jonah)

Prophet Samuel

- judge, priest, prophet

- anoint Saul as king

- advise David

·      Ten tribes of Israel in the North vs. Judah and Simeon in the South 

- from Benjamin

- not listen to god, sacrifice, lose position

- 961-922

- kill rivals

- subjugate northern tribes

- Missim: slavery

- son Rehobaum

- treaty with Hiram of Tyre

- rule Israel in north

- Rehobaum in south

Prophet Isaiah 

·      (1) Return to righteous conduct and social justice and renew faith w/god

Fall of Israel

- 622 reforms

- new Moses

- purge polytheism

·      where king Josiah met his demise

·      where Judah’s fate sealed

Babylonian Exile of 587