1. China’s Earliest Civilization

2. Pre-Class Using pages 328 – 329
List how the Shang Dynasty began to shape the Chinese Civilization
Government
Religion
Achievements
3 items for each

3. Achievements of the Shang
Government:
Dynastic Rule began (page 329)
Mandate of Heaven - Zhou
Built palaces, temples, & royal burial sites
Battled nomadic invaders
Fought with wheeled chariots (Middle East?)
Supervised irrigation & flood control projects
Benefitted people strengthened rule

4. Mandate of Heaven: ancestors in heaven chose their leaders,
granted right to rule
loyalty was exchanged for good government
like “Divine Right of Kings” in Western Europe

5. Achievements of the Shang
Religion:
Shang Di chief God
King served as the link between heaven & Earth to please the gods
Heaven home to gods and spirits
Priests used Oracle Bones to consult with ancestors (page 328)

7. Achievements of the Shang
Developed their own form of writing
Ideographs: symbols to express ideas such as beauty, joy & justice
Accurate calendar
Bronze making
Silk
pottery

8. Random videos
Silk Road 2:34
Inventions 2:31

9. Three Chinese Schools of Thought & Buddhism

10. Confucianism China’s best known philosopher Born around 551BC
Developed ideas about how to restore peace and ensure harmony in Analects
Taught 5 relationships must govern human society
Hierarchy: any system of persons or things ranked above one another

11. Confucianism Taught 5 relationships must govern human society:
Ruler & ruled
Father & son
Older brother & younger brother
Husband & wife
Friend & friend

12. Confucianism
The superior person should set the example for the inferior person
Family and society should be placed above the individual
Filial Piety: the duty and respect that children owe their parents

13. Confucianism Importance on Education
Education shapes Chinese government
Forbidden City Video 2:40
Civil Service Exam: merit (page 339 Exam Time)
To ensure officials shared Confucius traditions and values - Han
Confucian ideas spread & influenced cultures of Korea, Japan, & Vietnam

14. Daoism Founder of Daoism: Lao Zi
Link between people and nature rather than the importance of proper behavior
The Way of Virtue
Dao means the way
“Those who know the Dao do no speak of it; those who speak of it do not know it”

15. Daoism Yin and Yang (reading) Hungry Ghost (reading)
Tai Chi Video 2:45
Daoism
Fireworks 2:38
Yin and Yang (reading)
Immortality
Hungry Ghost (reading)
Made advances in science and technology
Astronomy
Developed magnetic compass
Invented gunpowder
Influenced art
Best Government few rules
Rules artificial

16. Legalism Han Feizi- most famous Legalism writer
The ruler alone possesses power wielding it like lightning and thunder
Rejected Confucian ideas about proper behavior
Harsh laws imposed by a strong leader would ensure order
In 221 Qin emperor used to unite China
Shi Huangdi

18. Buddhism One of the few foreign influences to impact China - Han
The three Chinese schools of thought dealt with life on Earth, Buddhism was the only one that offered an escape from suffering of Earthly life
Promised salvation for the good and punishment for the wicked

19. Buddhism Buddhism blended with Chinese beliefs and values
Chinese could accept diverse ideas
Kung Fu

20. Similarities between Chinese Schools of Thought
All offered ideas about how to build an orderly society