Essays on Han Dynasty

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Introduction China is home to the most ancient and enduring human civilization. This civilization flourished for thousands of years and have survived through many succession of rulers and dynasties. The study of China’s civilization is important in order to understand China’s contemporary society. Chinese civilization can be categorized into three broad historical periods: ancient China, Imperial China and modern China. These periods, however, only serves as an imaginary partition in order to identify a certain time in the history of China. But in reality, Chinese civilization is continuous and was never interrupted even through there ...

Abstract

Jade has been an important part of Chinese culture since Ancient times, when it was used to make various weapons and tools. The reason for this is because it is believed to have positive powers. Some of the attributes attributed to jade are purity, gentlemanliness, the ability to send one’s soul on a positive journey and to prevent misfortune from befalling a person. This is why jade was used in burial rituals, sacrifices and other religious ceremonies. Nevertheless, despite the importance of jade to the Chinese culture for many centuries only the very wealthy were permitted to own ...

Culture

Contemporary art is an art that offers current and fresh point of view and perspective, and usually utilize new techniques as well as new media. Current wave of contemporary Chinese art is because of negative influence of government and institute. There are many contributors in China who have played an effectual role in improving the condition of society and also condition of art world in China. Chinese culture’s landscape has been continuously shaped by search and achievement of power. However, in an effort to ensure maintenance of power, and getting control over Chinese contemporary art production after culture ...

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Han China. (206 BCE-220 CE)  T'ang China (618-907) (Leave comment) Classmate (Kevin M) 1 answer: 76The Silk Road is the ancient trading route that connected China to Europe, going through the Persian Empire. This was a huge source of income for all parties involved as goods flowed through this path. ...

Question 1 – The Silk Road

The Silk Road is thought to have been pioneered by Zhang Qian who chose to open well known ancient trade roads. Between 139 BC and 119 BC, he traveled bring with him massive amounts of data about Western Asia and Central Asia. Originally thought to be termed as such by German geographer Ferninand on Richthoten during the 1870s, the Silk Road was not actually one single road but a series of routes, treks and trips throughout Central Asia, as East met North; the major players in this new intra-territorial and overseas ventures were the Mediterranean, Greece and Asia (Waugh, ...

In the research made by de Crespigny on The Battle of Bowang which is historically known as the Battle of the Bowang Slope, he shared that it was a collision between the forces of two the warlords- Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the 202 reported late in the Eastern Han Dynasty (56). Initially, one of the warlords, Liu Bei, sought protection under one of the Northern land’s warlords ,Yuan Shao, after being initially defeated by Cao Cao’s army in 200 in a battle located in Xu Province. However, Liu Bei later on abandoned Shao after he ...

The subject of the session is “Culture and Relationships,” also known as “Guanxi” in Chinese. There are three levels of study in the session: Chinese philosophy, Chinese culture, and Guanxi. The Chinese philosophy is composed of five pillars: Confucianism, legalism, Daoism, Buddhism, and communism. Confucianism is a moral system that has been guiding behavior of people since the Han dynasty. It has five constant virtues: humanity (ren)-the obligation of humaneness and altruism towards other people; righteousness (yi)-process of upholding morality and the ethical character to do the right deeds; propriety (li)-the system of ceremonial customs and ...

The historical fiction describes the epic proportions that took place in the 14th century. The narration by Luo Guanzhong depicts the events that happened at the time when the Han dynasty was coming down dividing China into three distinct kingdoms. One of the leaders was Liu Bei, noble from the crumble Han dynasty with the most powerful claim to the throne. His archrival Cao Cao was a poem writer as well as a ruthless general. Liu Bein is assisted by Zhang Fei a rash and loyal warrior. The third player is Zhuge Liang a master strategist and scholar who ...

Made In China: Chinese Artistic Representations of Capitalist Consumption

In this exhibition, themes of appropriation and authenticity play themselves out in the works of Chinese artists Ai Wei Wei, Tamen, and Liu Bolin. Ai Wei Wei challenges us to reconsider what is authentic and what is consumerism. Liu Bolin’s works represents consumerism in the style of the vacation postcard — except in his photographs, the figure is camouflaged, evocative of the notion of China incorporated into a culture, but not identified. Ta Men’s paintings evoke the original anecdote of authenticity and food in the North American imagination. Chinese art that represents capitalist consumption brings to mind two ...

How the history of Vietnam and China were intertwined from 111 B.C. to 1500

The people who inhabited Vietnam were believed to have originated from Indonesia and settled in Vietnam’s Tonkin Delta. Archaeologists have traced the prehistoric migration by using stone tools that were used in Vietnam 10,000 years ago. Numerous developments took place throughout Vietnam and China from 111 B.C. to 1500. People who moved to Vietnam brought their technology, culture and language from China. Vietnam was colonized by the Han Dynasty in 111 B.C. Historians from china believed that the Vietnamese people were uncivilized and Barbarian (Womack, 2006).

The Chinese colonist established business centers on the coast of Vietnam ...

What is the individual’s place in society in the Horse Boy?

The documentary film of “Horse Boy” is an amazing story that talks about a family that experience miraculous transformation of their autistic son through the exploration of the wilderness and close encounters with horses. The couple Rupert and Kristin had an autistic son Rowan who showed signs of autism at the age of two. They tried to find ways for the healing of their son. One day, while they travelled to the place of the shamans and had an adventure through horseback riding, they were surprised when Rowan started talking and interacting with the people around him. They saw that ...

These four dynasties which succeeded each other in controlling the area of central China, each made significant but slightly different contributions to Chinese unification and culture. The Shang dynasty oversaw significant advances in technology. Especially in the areas of bronze working and pottery. Various musical instruments were invented in this period and advances in astronomy led to significant observations of Mars and passing comets. The Shang dynasty was always under threat from all sides, and, although it aggressively and successfully defended its territory, it could not extend it authority over neighbouring rebellious tribes such as the \fang in ...

The film Red Cliff was directed by John Woo and released in 2009. The historical event depicted in the film is the Battle of Red Cliffs which took place at the Red Cliff in 208-209 AD (Woo, 2010). Historically, the Battle of the Red Cliffs was fought at the end of the rule of the Han Dynasty, which formally ended in 220 AD. The war had been fought 8 years earlier (208 AD) between the numerically superior forces of Cao Cao, who was the Northern warlord and the southernly allied forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan (Woo, 2010). ...

Throughout its long history, China managed to establish its own place in the world through its arts. Chinese visual culture is so broad a term and usually refers to paintings, calligraphy and other arts that have a socio-political and philosophical relevance. 1 It is a truth universally acknowledged that Chinese art is the avant-garde amongst the Asian countries and the primary root of several cultures such as Japan, Korea and the Southeast Asian coutries. Chinese artists and craftsmen often incorporate the philosophy of Confucianism and Taoism in their artworks such as the unity and harmony of the design. China’s art was ...

In the pre-imperial china, most of the individuals who were eloquent made their living from the declamation shrewdness. The state of the Zhou dynasty crumbled in the warring period of the state, and that was in spring and autumn. It was this time that some small kingdoms were formed.in the quest of the political powers, this kingdoms fought each other so as to control territories. The advisory boards were composed of individuals who were learned and were recruited by kings and lords. Research study analysis indicates that, it was mainly in government policies, astronomy, the righteous way of life ...

A2 China is among the nations that can claim the ancient civilization, and its long history traces its origin to almost 5000 years back. It had small native tribes that helped in its overall development. The small tribes grew into the present day China and the society grew through five major stages that included a primitive society, slavery society, Semi-feudal and Semi-colonial, Feudal society, and finally the socialist society. Yuanmou man was the oldest dynasty followed by other dynasties such as Han. The rise and fall of the Chinese dynasties led to its development through eminent people such as ...

Confucianism, Legalism and Buddhism in Early China

It is true to note that the Chinese history and culture has significantly grown over the centuries to its rich composition today. Ancient Chinese civilizations were influenced by various ideologies and principles that profoundly and holistically shaped their life systems from their national governance to family relationships and religion. Records of Chinese history have a rich collection of these ideologies that were coined by some of the most influential philosophers of the ancient life like Confucius. Buddhism, legalism and Confucianism are three such key religions and philosophies that will be discussed in the paper.

Confucianism

The Early Zhou Period (ca. 1050-256 ...

Wonton

One of the most popular Chinese dishes all over the world is surely wonton. The food is considered a very important thing for a good living by innumerable people all across the globe owing to its taste and preparation. It surely titillates the taste buds and leaves one wanting for more. The word “wonton” is pronounced in Chinese pinyin as “hún tun” or “hún tún”, and in Cantonese the word is pronounced as “wěn tēn.” This delicious dish is, in fact, regional pasta that has its origins in the country of China. Thus, the dish has ...

The Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220) was built when Prince of Han, Liu Bang, smashed the Imperial Army of Qin in Wei Valley. The success was initially a piece of a mass disobedience that emerged after the demise of the First Qin Emperor. The individuals were disillusioned and miserable with the tyranny of the Qin successors and their distinguished govern in the domain. However, despite the fact that Chinese antiquarians portray the Han Dynasty as a time of changes, there are evidences that the Han emulated a large portion of the tenets of the Qin Dynasty. This was done through logically incorporating ...

Chinese invented some of the most significant inventions of human civilization including the four great inventions of ancient China: paper, compass, gunpowder and printing. The Chinese invented the original technology in the field of mechanics, hydraulics, mathematics, metallurgy, astronomy, agriculture, designing of mechanisms, theory of music, art, navigation and methods of warfare. Culture of China has made an enormous contribution to the world culture. Without many of these inventions, our lifestyle would have been impossible. But whatever was the culture of China, today it is a world culture heritage as indeed any other national culture. China is the homeland ...

China is located in East Asia, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. The area is 9.6 million square kilometers, which is slightly smaller than that of the whole of Europe. China is the third largest country after Russia and Canada, surpassing the United States. It stretches over 5,200 kilometers from east to west and 5,500 kilometers from north to south. The most eastern point of China (135 ° 2'30'' E) - the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri, the most western (73 ° 40'E) - Pamir Mountains, the southernmost (3 ° 51'N) - Lydie shallows of the Spratly ...

Introduction

Silk Road used to be popular transportation route used for trade between Europe and Asia. The name originated from the delivery of silk. Despite no ancient Chinese document of “Silk Road”, German F.V. Richthofen (1833-1905) used the term Silk Road for the first time in his book China which was published in 1877. Post that The term Silk Road was used universally and became widely accepted. Silk Road used to be the communication bridge for economy, politics and culture between the West and China. At the helm of Han Dynasty, the Hans and Huns used to compete over the ...

Introduction

The term empire is derived from the Latin imperium meaning power or authority. In political terms, an empire can be defined as a geographically extensive group of states and ethnic groups that are united and ruled by either an oligarchy or a monarch. This will be the meaning of the word empire in this essay despite its other uses in modern language to mean a large business enterprise. There were many empires in history but the notable ones include the Roman Empire and the Chinese empires which dominated most of the history between 200 BC and 200 CE.

History

The Roman Empire came ...

The history of the governance of China is built upon critical thoughts of various philosophers. Among the most influential philosophers and thinkers are Confucius, Xunzi, Mencius and Legalists. Their thoughts were very significant in the governance of various governments in the country. The most common government to be in a dilemma on what line of thought to follow was the era of the Qin Empire. Confucius is renowned of developing the Golden Rule as used in China which states “Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself" (Qing and Daniel, 2012). This indicates his ...

Analysis of Herodotus and Sima Qian

History as we know it today as a means of self-knowledge, political enlightenment, and a critical account of the past has its origins in two ancient civilizations in Eurasia, which are Greece and China. Two of the best-known canonical formulations are the “histories” of Herodotus in Greece and “Shiji” of Sima Qian in China. Since the time and works of Sima Qian and Herodotus, history has been the study and analysis of human exploits in different geographies and ethnographies (Stuurman, 2008:1). Thomas R. Martin is an American-based historian who specializes in the field of Greco-Roman studies. He teaches courses in ...

Introduction

There are several differences between religion and superstitious beliefs. The two entities are closely related and in ancient times superstitions were part of or subsets of religious beliefs. However, the passage of time has brought about the refinement of religion while it has diminished the place of superstitions in modern societies. The resultant labeling has made it possible to clearly distinguish between religion and superstition. The English dictionary defines religion as a strong belief in a supernatural power that controls human destiny while it defines superstition as an irrational belief arising from fear or ignorance. China is a country whose people are rooted ...

Classical Chinese Philosophers

Human nature and the Related Debate amongst Classical Chinese Philosophers Confucianism, a 2500 year old Chinese philosophical and religious tradition that extends to the distant corners of East Asia, is believed to have been formed by Confucius who claimed that he is not the creator but the transmitter of ancient traditions and values. Born Kong Qiu in 551 BC in eastern China, Confucius made it his life’s mission to restore the political and social harmony of the contemporary Zhou dynasty that had been disintegrating over the course of the past two hundred years. He wanted to achieve his ...

The Han and Qin Dynasty have a lot in common with the Roman Empire of Augustus. In history, these two empires were the most powerful entities of their half of the earth (Judge & Langdon). Both these empires were in power for centuries and they had immense prosperity during their time in the sun. These two empires also fell in chaos and had similarities in their decline. The Roman Empire of Augustus and the Chinese Empires of Qin and Han can be closely compared. The very first emperor of the Roman Empire was Augustus. During this time, Rome had conquered ...

1. Discuss the cultural connections and parallels between Classical Greece and the Hellenistic world and the Roman Empire in terms of art, literature, religion and philosophy. The Eastern Roman Empire (later the Byzantine Empire), was Greek-speaking and Hellenistic in culture, and contained two-thirds of the population and some of the largest cities like Alexandria, Constantinople and Antioch. Poltically, culturally and economically, it was the most important part of the Empire and survived until 1453, for nearly 1,000 years after the fall of the West. In pagan times before the 4th Century AD, all of the Roman gods ...

The Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) is considered one of the most influential and greatest dynasties in Chinese history due to its four hundred year old reign and role as the foundation of Chinese culture. The establishment of the Han Dynasty began when peasants started to revolt against the Qin dynasty, which lost most of its power by the death of Qin Emperor Shi Huangdi. With the Rebellion gradually removing the Qin Dynasty officials, two rebel groups emerged for the throne: Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Liu Bang managed to defeat Xiang Yu and took over the Dynasty by ...

Confucius is figured out as one of the most prominent theorists of the Chinese history. He established his own school of idea, Rujia which did not only affect almost every aspect of Chinese life but also influenced several other thoughts substantially that emerged in the Chinese territory. Rujia school of thought or the Confucianism witnessed several reigns and passed through different phases and different treatments from the kings. In the Qin dynasty rulers tried to suppress Confucianism on the other hand, it was given the status of official philosophy during the Han dynasty in china. This paper discusses the ...

A Brief background about China

China is one of the culture-rich countries in the world. If we are to look at its history, one could say that China has experienced a lot of cultural and other type of discrimination even before the start of the 2 world wars. According to many historians, many of today’s technologies and tools were pioneered by ancient chines inventors. Well, this could really be possible because in China, a lot of things usually happen after every dynasty.

China also showed great potentials in the field of Astronomy. They were actually the first ones who were able to document and ...