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Black text = notes out of AMSCO
Red text = information from lecture
*mostly* organized by topic
The hi tab at the bottom is stuff i was too lazy to organize but y'all should probably
check it too
THERE ARE NO EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE NOTES
,1️⃣ Unit 1
, Unit 1
1.0 China Belief Systems
- Confucianism and Developments in East Asia:
- First dynasty was the Shang dynasty
- incredibly decentralized (not strong enough to control everything in the
kingdom
- reliant on rulers and leaders in other provinces to rule on their
behalf w/ use of threats, pomp, etc.)
- Has lots of control in center but not areas that are far
- 11th century BCE: shang falls and zhou starts
- Zhou used mandate of Heaven:
- Stated that some universal force provided justification for an emperor to
overthrow the previous ruler and rule China. If a ruler was bad, heaven would
take back its blessing and unleash disaster on China (ex. Disease, drought, etc.).
- After Zhou Dynasty (1076 BCE - 256 BCE), China entered a warring states period, which
led to a rise in different beliefs with solutions to this problem
- Confucianism:
- Prevalent during Han Dynasty
- During this period (around 551 BCE) Confusius, a philosopher, was born. He
lived around the same time as Buddha in India
- His teachings taught how people should behave in everyday life, rather than
focusing on a deity,
- Focused on education, benevolence, virtue, and respect for those in
authority
- Embraced patriarchal social structure and duty of people to honor their
ancestors
- Relationship to family is parallel to relation to state, ruler on top, then
public officials as sons and common people as women
- You should always follow the proper way, which is the dao
- “if they cannot be attained in accordance with the dao they
should not be kept”
- People are naturally good, they all have the ren
- Filial Piety - Listen to your parents and honor/respect them
- Impacted chinese beliefs and values more than any other philosophy
- Legalism
- Prevalent during Qin Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty
- Founded by Han Feizi
- Gave wealth and power to the government to justify and allow for large-scale
government projects
- Allowed government to impose standardized money
- Legalism was enforced to prevent people from acting on selfish impulses, as it
was seen to further benefit society if everyone strictly followed the law
- Legalism believes people are inherently ‘wicked’
, Key
Black text = notes out of AMSCO
Red text = information from lecture
*mostly* organized by topic
The hi tab at the bottom is stuff i was too lazy to organize but y'all should probably
check it too
THERE ARE NO EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE NOTES
,1️⃣ Unit 1
, Unit 1
1.0 China Belief Systems
- Confucianism and Developments in East Asia:
- First dynasty was the Shang dynasty
- incredibly decentralized (not strong enough to control everything in the
kingdom
- reliant on rulers and leaders in other provinces to rule on their
behalf w/ use of threats, pomp, etc.)
- Has lots of control in center but not areas that are far
- 11th century BCE: shang falls and zhou starts
- Zhou used mandate of Heaven:
- Stated that some universal force provided justification for an emperor to
overthrow the previous ruler and rule China. If a ruler was bad, heaven would
take back its blessing and unleash disaster on China (ex. Disease, drought, etc.).
- After Zhou Dynasty (1076 BCE - 256 BCE), China entered a warring states period, which
led to a rise in different beliefs with solutions to this problem
- Confucianism:
- Prevalent during Han Dynasty
- During this period (around 551 BCE) Confusius, a philosopher, was born. He
lived around the same time as Buddha in India
- His teachings taught how people should behave in everyday life, rather than
focusing on a deity,
- Focused on education, benevolence, virtue, and respect for those in
authority
- Embraced patriarchal social structure and duty of people to honor their
ancestors
- Relationship to family is parallel to relation to state, ruler on top, then
public officials as sons and common people as women
- You should always follow the proper way, which is the dao
- “if they cannot be attained in accordance with the dao they
should not be kept”
- People are naturally good, they all have the ren
- Filial Piety - Listen to your parents and honor/respect them
- Impacted chinese beliefs and values more than any other philosophy
- Legalism
- Prevalent during Qin Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty
- Founded by Han Feizi
- Gave wealth and power to the government to justify and allow for large-scale
government projects
- Allowed government to impose standardized money
- Legalism was enforced to prevent people from acting on selfish impulses, as it
was seen to further benefit society if everyone strictly followed the law
- Legalism believes people are inherently ‘wicked’
