China's Golden Age

China's Golden Age

Religions and Technical advances

Under the Song and Tang dynasties,

3 main belief systems shaped life

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

Multiple Choice

How many belief systems shaped life in China's golden age?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Daoism

• means "way of nature"

• started out as a philosphy but turned into a religion

• By TANG dynasty had priests, temples, monasteries

• philosphy: Everything-heaven, earth and people,- should follow the Dao

Fill in the Blank

The _____ is "the way" of "way of nature".

Buddhism

• based on teachings of Siddhartha Guatama; "enlightened one"

• life has sufferings but achieve ENLIGHTENMENT and enter Nirvana (state of complete peace)

• Entered China during the HAN dynasty but by Tang had, millions of followers

• offered hope for slvation and an end to suffering

opposition to Buddhism

• alien religion with no ties to Chinese culture

• involved in society and family not withdrawn

• 845 Emperor Wuzong ordered the destruction of monostaries

Multiple Choice

Why did Buddhism appeal to the CHinese

• it was new and exciting

• trending on Tic Tok

• offerend an end to suffering through hope

Confucianism

• ethics and morals based on Confucius

• Confucius lived 551-479 B.C. (great warfare in China) and wanted to restore peace and Stability

• everyone has a strict role to play in society

• stressed importance of moral virtue

Neo-Confucianism

• Studied classic writing but interpreted new meanings about the purpose of life

• Zhu Xi said people should seek self-improvement and education as the way to effect change

• great influence on China from SONG onward

Multiple Choice

Which form of COonfucianism dealt with respect for social order

• Confucianism

• Neo-confucianism

Farming

• developed advanced irrigation system

• new strains of fast-ripening riuce; population doubled

• During Tang govt. altered land tenure and wealthy families boughtmore land to farm

Chinese made advances in technology with ships and a magnetic compass

Other advances

gunpowder

paper, block printing, movable type= literacy groweing

Trade and Industry

• Trade grew for a number of factors

• increased farm production

• grand canal

• money economy

• key industries were silk, porccelain and iron

Fill in the Blank

The key industries of China were___,____,____