1. Dynastic Rule in China A.D. 589-1644
Chinese Dynasty Notes
Dynastic Rule in China
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2. Dynastic Rule How did this dynasty rise to power?
How did this dynasty govern China?
Sui
Tang
Song
Yuan
Ming

3. in China A.D. 589-1644 What belief systems did this dynasty encourage?
How did this dynasty affect daily life in China?
List two ways this dynasty helped unite China?

4. Sui Dynasty

6. Sui Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power?
General Yang Jian conquered several areas and unified China for the first time in 400 years
Yang Jian made himself emperor and founded Sui Dynasty
Yang Jian changed his name to Wen Di
New Name

9. Sui Dynasty How did this Dynasty govern China?
Wen Di and Yang Di were harsh rulers
forced peasants to work in army and build public works projects

10. Sui Dynasty
What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage?
Wen Di was Buddhist
encouraged Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism

11. Sui Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China?
Grand Canal promoted trade
rebuilding of the Great Wall provided security

12. Sui Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China?
public work projects
Grand Canal, Great Wall
extended military control

13. Tang Dynasty

15. Tang Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power?
Taizong helped his father to found the Tang Dynasty by rebelling against the Sui

16. Tang Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China?
Wu Zhao (only female ruler) helped to enlarge the empire

17. Empress Wu Zhao

18. Tang Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China?
Wu Zhao (only female ruler) helped to enlarge the empire
bureaucracy
government made up of departments each with its own area
scholar-officials used Confucian ideas to help them serve the government

20. Tang Dynasty
What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage?
At first Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism were encouraged
Later Buddhism was discouraged
Emperor Wu Zong ordered the destruction of 4,600 Buddhist monasteries

21. At first…

22. destruction of Buddhist temples
then…
destruction of Buddhist temples

23. Tang Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China?
scholar class became new ruling elite
land reform gave some peasants a chance to gain wealth
golden age for poetry and art

24. Tang Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China.
emperors directly controlled army
agricultural reforms benefited both the government and commoners

25. Song Dynasty

28. Song Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power?
Tai Zu emerged after 50 years of civil war to found the Song dynasty

29. Song Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China?
Mongolians threatened China’s northern border for 200 years
Song royal family forced to move capital of empire to southern China
northern China was under foreign rule
scholar-officials came from southern Chinese families
scholar-officials chosen by results from civil service exam

30. Song Dynasty
What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage?
(Zen) Buddhism became popular in China and East Asia

31. Song Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China?
power of merchant rose as trade increased
new form of rice allowed farmers to double their production

32. Song Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China.
move center of Chinese culture from the north to the south
used meritocracy to make government efficient and reliable
meritocracy=most qualified people get the job

33. Advances under the Tang and Song
discovery of tea
manufacture of paper
wood-block printing
magnetic compass
gunpowder

34. How many Khanates was the Mongol Empire divided into?
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35. Yuan Dynasty
Mongols

37. Yuan Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power?
dynasty founded by Kublai Khan
Kublai fought Song Dynasty for 40 years before founding the only foreign ruled dynasty in China

38. Yuan Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China?
civil-service system maintained but staffed by non-Chinese
strict social hierarchy developed
1. Mongols
2. Civil Servants (non-Chinese)
3. northern Chinese
4. southern Chinese

39. Yuan Dynasty
What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage?
Chinese belief systems were not affected
Buddhist monasteries increased under Kublai Khan

40. Buddhist Monastery

41. Yuan Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China?
bloody wars of conquest led to destruction of farmland
Kublai Khan maintained roads and canals, but later Yuan emperors did not

45. Yuan Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China?
kept civil service, but staffed it with outsiders
allowed Chinese to continue to practice Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism

46. Ming Dynasty

48. Ming Dynasty How did this dynasty rise to power?
Chinese rebelled against Mongols
rebel leader Hong Wu founded Ming Dynasty
Ming=brilliant

49. Ming Dynasty How did this dynasty govern China?
reintroduced the civil-service exam
emperors often ruled as despots
despot=tyrant or mean ruler
brief time of overseas explorations
Zheng He

50. Ming Dynasty
What belief systems did this dynasty encourage? Discourage?
renewed interest in Confucianism
blending of Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism

51. Ming Dynasty How did this dynasty affect daily life in China?
rebuilt bridges, canals, roads, and temples
heavy taxation and government waste led to peasant rebellion and civil war

52. Ming Dynasty List two ways this dynasty helped unite China.
secured borders of China to prevent foreign invasion
rebuilt bridges, canals, roads, and temples