B412 Week 2 lecture - Chinese culture and history from Empire to 19th century

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International Business Regions: China

China’s History & Culture: Part 1

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International Business Regions: ChinaAncient ‘China’–1911: From empire to revolution

Learning Outcomes

• To get a sense of the extent of China’s

ancient civilisation

• To understand the nature of China’s

deep-rooted cultural traditions

• To gain insight into China’s earlier

overseas influence

• To look at the nature and influences that

define world politics and China’s search

for a new self at the turn of the 20th

century

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History and Cultural Identity

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The “ZHONG GUO” 中国

• Mandate of Heaven

• ‘Tributary System’

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Harmony

• Confucius 孔夫子

• State & Society

• Family/Network

学 礼 法STUDY ETIQUETTELAW

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Historical Journey

European Imperialists 1838

Foreign powers force rights and humiliate and weaken China

Tang, Song dynasties, Ming & Qing dynasties

Period of flourishing followed by Mongol and Manchu rule until end of Imperial era

Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD)

to

First Emperor (259 – 210BC)

Unified Qin ‘China’ – Emperor 皇– new bureaucracy

Warring States (475 – 221BC)

Feudal system / Chaos / Warlords and kings 王

Shang & Chou Period (c.1765-1123 BC) and (1046 – 221 BC)

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Philosophical impact & influence

• Teachings of Mencius: Man is by nature good

• Daoism: 道 = The Way

• Buddhism – a way of life for dealing with life

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Flourishing of the arts

• Poetry

• Painting

• Ceramics

• Lacquer

• Cloisonne

• Porcelain

• The novel

• Silk making

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Landscape Painting

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Porcelain from Jingdezhen

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Clash of cultures

• European Enlightenment principles clashed with Chinese equality of nations policy

• European/Japanese/Russian and American Powers

• British gunboat diplomacy• “Unequal Treaties”• Japanese, Russians• Taiping & Boxer Rebellions

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The Road to Revolution

Cause for revolution

Weak and humiliated

Need for Science & Technology

Corrupt government