A Brief Chinese History From the Qin Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty
The Qin Dynasty Time: 221BC-206 BC The first unified autocratic centralized feudal empire a long-lasting influence The most short-lived dynasty Founder: Qin Shi Huang Capital: Xian Yang
Merits A series of standardization Weight, measures, coinage and the writing system (Small Seal Script)
Terra-Cotta Warriors The construction of the Great Wall Qin Mausoleum Burning books &burying scholars alive
Rebellion The Peasant Uprisings Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Xiang Yu & Liu Bang The Battle of Julu
Hongmen Banquet Chu-Han War
The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.—220 A.D.) Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C A.D.) Founder: Liu Bang consolidation of the Empire (Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing) The relationship with foreign countries The Silk Road (Zhang Qian: envoy) Chang’an
the Huns
Major Achievements The seismograph---- Zhang Heng Records of the Historian--- Sima Qian The invention of paper The different styles of writing The Confucianism
The Eastern Han ( A.D.) Wang Mang (45 B.C.-23 A.D) The Xin Dynasty Founder: Liu Xiu (汉光武帝) During the reign of Emperor Ling A puppet manipulated by eunuchs corrupt imperial court, landlords’ oppression, successive natural disasters
Wei, Shu & Wu Cao Cao; Liu Bei; Sun Quan Three Kingdoms
The Temporary Unification of China reincarnation & transmigration The Buddhist grottoes: Dunhuang, Yungang & Longmen The Jin Dynasty ( ) Sage Calligrapher Poet Pastoral life
The Northern and Southern Dynasties Northern Dynasties: ( A.D.) Northern Wei ( ) Eastern Wei replaced by Northern Qi, Western Wei replaced by Northern Zhou Southern Dynasties: ( A.D.) Song ( ), Qi ( ), Liang ( ), Chen ( )
The Sui Dynasty ( ) Two emperors: Yang Jian ---- Yang Guang The construction of the capital Luoyang; the Zhaozhou Bridge ; The digging of the Grand Canal; The Civil Service System (imperial examination)