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Political Periods 1.Pre-Dynasty ( ) 2.Dynastic China 2205 BC to Republican China and Civil War Mao Zedong Era Reform Era 1978 to present 1.4 th Generation 2002 to present 2.5 th Generation began 2012
Chinese Dynasties Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (Pre-Dynasty) Xia BCE Shang BCE Zhou BCE –Spring and Autumn Period –Warring States Period Qin BCE Han206 BCE-220 AD Three Kingdoms Western Jin Eastern Jin Southern and Northern Sui Tang Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Song Yuan (Mongol) Ming Qing (Manchu)
Order-Chaos Cycle Order (centralization) Chaos (decentralization and war) Order (centralization) Chaos (decentralization and war)
Qin Dynasty, BCE
Tang Dynasty,
Yuan Dynasty,
Foreign Rule of China, Mongols
Ming Dynasty,
Admiral Zheng He’s Voyages
Manchu Rule in Qing Dynasty
Chinese Political Thought: Confucius Official ideology of Han Dynasty Unity of political and social order Hierarchy –5 major relationships Emperor –mandate of heaven Harmony The Analects Mencius Master Kong Fu Zi, BC
Chinese Political Thought: Legalism Order, not harmony Power of the Emperor Loyalty to ruler over loyalty to family Philosophy of Qin Emperor Han Fei, BC
An authoritarian, bureaucratic monarchy lasted for 4,000 years: Why did the fall of the Qing Dynasty become the fall of China’s imperial age and the fall of Confucian ideology?
British Colonialism: Opium Wars Treaty of Nanking, 1842 Map from:
“Carving Up China like a Ripe melon” From:
Two Major Movements 1.Nationalists: Guomindang (Kuomintang-KMT) Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chiang Kai-shek
2. Communists (1921) No.76 Xingye Road, Shanghai Mao Zedong
Collapse of Qing Dynasty 10/10/11 Major Troop Revolt Birth of Republic of China Provisional President Sun Yat Sen 1911 Overthrown 1912 (by military)
The Collapse and Conquest of China : Warlord PeriodWarlord Period 1931: Japanese puppet state Manchukuo Manchukuo GMD vs. CCP. vs. Japan –Long March Long March Sino-Japanese War –(see Long March link)
Chinese Civil War October 1, 1949 National Day
The Chinese Revolution The birth of Communist China End of colonial era Nationalist revolution