1. 1450-1750  Ming & Qing  Yi/Choson  Tokugawa

2. Status of the Dynasties  Ming 1368-1644 –Voyages of Discovery http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/jo urney2001/intro.html http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/jo urney2001/intro.html  1405-1433  Emperor Zhu Di  Admiral Zheng He, Muslim navigator  Traded silks, porcelain, lacquerware  Obtained gold, silver, pearls, rhino horn, herbs, spices

3. Ming revitalized:  Great Wall  Grand Canal  Examination system

4. Ming Emperor Zhu Di built  Forbidden City in 1421  http://www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugo ng/!start.html http://www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugo ng/!start.html

5. Ming emphasized:  Commerce thrives developing national market  Tribute system limits foreign traders to Chinese markets  Neo-Confucianism replaces Buddhist practice of former emperors

6. Qing Dynasty 1644- 1911  Morality of Neo Confucianism  Civil Service Examinations  Family system represents organization of political system

7. Korean Yi (Choson) Dynasty 1392-1910  1392 Yi deposed Koryo & Buddhism  Favored Confuciansim as state religion

8. King Sejong  Devised Hangul-syllabary 1446  Improved literacy  Examination system dominated by Yangban class

9. Yi  Manchus invaded in 1627 & 1636  Peace from 1644-1850: policy of seclusion  Hermit Kingdom after 1644  No entrenched military class

10. Tokugawa  Warfare & Political fragmentation in 1500s  Peace & order 1600-1868 –Thanks to 2 daimyo  Nobunaga  Hideyoshi

11. Tokugawa characterized by:  Rise of merchant class  Growth of urban culture  Literature & drama  Social hierarchy (edicts)  http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

12. What outside contact occurred?  In China: –Portuguese 1514 –Spanish 1565

13. What outside contact occurred?  In Korea: –Japan 1592 & 1597 –Manchus 1627 & 1636

14. What outside contact occurred?  In Japan –Portuguese 1543 –Spanish –Dutch 1609 –British 1613

15. What did the foreigners want?  In China: –Portuguese wanted carrying trade, territory, and converts –Spanish wanted territory, trade, and converts

16. What did the foreigners want?  In Korea: –Japan wanted to conquer China from Korea –Manchus wanted to make Korea a tributary

17. What did the foreigners want?  In Japan: –Dutch & British wanted spices  East India Company est in 1600

18. Cultural phenomenon/ Organizing Principles  China –Neo Confucianism –Art reflecting philosophy  Korea –Neo Confucianism & scholarship –Isolation –Art & architecture  Japan –Daimyo