1. China

2. 3 Levels of Chinese Society
Gentry- wealthy upper class
Valued scholarship
Supported Confucian revival

3. Peasants: worked the land
Lived in small self sufficient villages
Relied on one another
Valued family ties

4. Merchants- wealthy but low social status b/c their riches came from the labors of others.

5. Women Higher in status in the Tang and Song dynasty
Song- footbinding custom emerges
Women were generally subordinate

6. Footbinding
The Chinese believed that women with small feet were beautiful
They would tightly bind children’s feet forcing them not to grow.
The result was horribly disfigured feet and major disabilities in many Chinese women

7. Severely disfigured feet as a result of footbinding
Little Chinese girl with her feet bound

8. Literature & Art Poetry: Li Bo- famous poet
Stressed harmony with nature
Du Fu- discussed horrors of war

9. Art - Landscapes; focused on nature - Porcelain
- Sculpture and architecture; pagoda or temple
Sini or "Chinese" manuscript dated to the 12th century AH
                                                                   

10. Chinese landscape focusing on a sunset over Beijing

11. Chinese porcelain; vase from the Ming Dynasty

12. Chinese Pagoda or temple