The document provides an overview of imperial China from the Qin dynasty to the Manchu dynasty. Some key points: - The Qin dynasty (221 BCE) was the first to unify China and established a centralized government with strong control. They built the Great Wall and standardized measurements. - The Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) expanded the empire and established a civil service exam system based on Confucianism. Scholar-officials administered the government. - The Tang dynasty (618–907 CE) had a prosperous economy and open culture. The civil service exam system was reformed to select officials based on merit rather than aristocratic connections. - The Ming dynasty (13

1. Imperial China

2. A Lasting Model of Government
Ch’in Dynasty
221 BCE

3. 221 BCE Ch’in Dynasty
Ruled only for 15 years but they were able to
unify China

4. They were able to stop barbaric
invasions
Great Wall of China
Ch’in Dynasty

5. Lasting Model of Government
The Ch’in Established strong central control
Ch’in Dynasty

6. Lasting Model of Government
The Ch’in Established strong central control
How Bow Wow?
Ch’in Dynasty

7. Lasting Model of Government
The Ch’in Established strong central control
How Bow Wow?
Adopted Legalism
Ch’in Dynasty

8. Lasting Model of Government
The Ch’in Established strong central control
Adopted Legalism
Ch’in Dynasty

9. Lasting Model of Government
The Ch’in Established strong central control
Adopted Legalism How?
Ch’in Dynasty

10. Lasting Model of Government
The Ch’in Established strong central control
Adopted Legalism How?
Used Reward and
Punishment
Ch’in Dynasty

11. Adopted Legalism
Used Reward and Punishment
They Burned books that held ideas opposed to
legalist principles;
They weakened the Local lords by taking
away their lands;
How did they do that?
Ch’in Dynasty

12. They weakened the Local lords by taking
away their land;
Ch’in

13. They weakened the Local lords by taking
away their land;
By changing the
inheritance law
Ch’in

14. They weakened the Local lords by taking
away their land;
By changing the
inheritance law
Ch’in

15. They weakened the Local lords by taking
away their land;
By changing the
inheritance law
Ch’in

16. They weakened the Local lords by taking
away their land;
By changing the
inheritance law
Ch’in

17. They weakened the Local lords by taking
away their land;
By changing the
inheritance law
Ch’in

18. They weakened the Local lords by taking
away their land;
By changing the
inheritance law
Ch’in

19. Lasting Model of Government
Divided their country into provinces each
administered by Governor-General
Ch’in Dynasty

20. Lasting Model of Government
Divided their country into provinces each
administered by Governor-General
Learned to ride horses
Ch’in Dynasty

21. Lasting Model of Government
Divided their country into provinces each
administered by Governor-General
Learned to ride horses
System of road tied the country together
Ch’in Dynasty

22. Lasting Model of Government
Divided their country into provinces each
administered by Governor-General
Learned to ride horses
System of road tied the country together
Standardized measurements and coins
Ch’in Dynasty

23. Shih Huang Ti

24. Shih Huang Ti
Terra Cota Soldiers
Ch’in Dynasty

25. Downside
Tyrrany and Terror
Ch’in Dynasty

26. Han Dynasty
Law and Order
Liu Pang
First proclamation done
to calm the people
from the dictatorship

27. Liu Pang
He was a capable administrator
as he was a warrior
Han Dynasty

28. Liu Pang
He was a capable administrator
as he was a warrior
Monopolized Salt and Iron
Han Dynasty

29. Liu Pang
He was a capable administrator
as he was a warrior
Monopolized Salt and Iron
Controlled the Land Lords
Han Dynasty

30. Liu Pang
He was a capable administrator
as he was a warrior
Monopolized Salt and Iron
Controlled the Land Lords
How Bow Wow?
Han Dynasty

31. Liu Pang

32. Liu Pang
Controlled the Land Lords

33. Liu Pang
Controlled the Land Lords

34. Han Dynasty
Government encourage population growth

35. New Ruling Class
Scholar-Officials
Han Dynasty

36. New Ruling Class
Scholar-Officials
Study Confucianism
Han Dynasty

37. New Ruling Class
Scholar-Officials
Study Confucianism
Take the Civil Service
Exam
Han Dynasty

38. New Ruling Class
Scholar-Officials
Study Confucianism
Take the Civil Service
Exam
By selecting only
scholars who passed
the examinations
as officials Han Dynasty

39. New Ruling Class
Scholar-Officials
Study Confucianism
Take the Civil Service
Exam
By selecting only
scholars who passed
the examinations
as officials Han Dynasty

40. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)
Han Dynasty

41. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)
Han Dynasty

42. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)
Aristocrat
Han Dynasty

43. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)
Aristocrat
Han Dynasty

44. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)
Aristocrat
Scholars
Han Dynasty

45. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)

46. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)

47. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)
Aristocrat

48. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)
Aristocrat

49. Wu-Ti (Han 2nd Great Emperor)
Scholars
Aristocrat

50. Han Expansion
Han Dynasty
Roman Empire
Considered equal to
Chinese Civilization

51. Han Expansion
Han Dynasty
Roman Empire
Considered equal to
Chinese Civilization

52. 2nd Century A.D.
Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty

53. 2nd Century A.D.
Han Dynasty
Who Created disorder?
Han Dynasty

54. 2nd Century A.D.
Han Dynasty
Who Created disorder?
Han Dynasty

55. 2nd Century A.D.
Han Dynasty
Who Created disorder?
Aristorat
Han Dynasty

56. Han Dynasty
Chaos/Disorder
Emergence

57. Han Dynasty
Chaos/Disorder
Emergence

58. Han Dynasty
Chaos/Disorder
Emergence

59. Han Dynasty
Chaos/Disorder
Emergence
Buddhism

60. Han Dynasty
Chaos/Disorder
Emergence
Buddhism
From India-1st Century AD

61. Sui Dynasty
Yang Ti : 2nd Emperor of Sui Dynasty
Built Imperial Canal
Connecting Yangtze to Huang Ho

62. What led to the downfall of Sui Dynasty?
Taxes
Sui Dynasty

63. Tang Dynasty
Rise of the Gentry
Government
official
Scholars Aristocrat
Landowners

64. Tang Dynasty
Li Yuan and his son, Li Shih-min - Quickly
captured the throne.

65. Tang Dynasty
Li Yuan and his son, Li Shih-min - Quickly
captured the throne.
Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty

66. Tang Dynasty
Li Yuan and his son, Li Shih-min - Quickly
captured the throne.
Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty

67. Li Shih-Min ( T’ai-Tsung)
Rare Combination of
Warrior, Scholar
and Administrator
“An emperor collecting
too heavy taxes is like a man
eating his own flesh.”

68. Li Shih-Min ( T’ai-Tsung)
Tang Dynasty
Controlled the Landlord

69. Li Shih-Min ( T’ai-Tsung)
Tang Dynasty
Controlled the Landlord
They deprived the landlord
of land and income by
giving land to peasants

70. Li Shih-Min ( T’ai-Tsung)
Tang Dynasty
Controlled the Landlord
They deprived the landlord
of land and income by
giving land to peasants
On the other hand, it made the landlord
hostile to the emperor.

71. Reformed Civil Service Exam
Tang Dynasty

72. Reformed Civil Service Exam
Tang Dynasty
Under the Han Dynasty, Aristocrats did the
recommendations, often they nominated
their own sons and close relatives

73. Reformed Civil Service Exam
Tang Dynasty
Under the Han Dynasty, Aristocrats did the
recommendations, often they nominated
their own sons and close relatives
T’ai-tsung created
National Colleges

74. Education in China
Is not hereditary or religion, became the most
important qualification for government
service.

75. Wu-Hou

76. Wu-Hou
Daughter-in-law of T’ai-tsung

77. Wu-Hou
Daughter-in-law of T’ai-tsung
China’s only woman emperor

78. Wu-Hou
Daughter-in-law of T’ai-tsung
China’s only woman emperor
Her armies regained much of the land
lost by the previous emperors...

79. Wu-Hou
Daughter-in-law of T’ai-tsung
China’s only woman emperor
Her armies regained much of the land
lost by the previous emperors...
Ruled China for 15 years in spite
lacking the approval of the court
ministers

80. Rise of the Gentry
Government officials - Tang Dynasty
Their power increased

81. Rise of the Gentry
Government officials - Tang Dynasty
Their power increased
How Bow Wow?

82. Rise of the Gentry
Government officials - Tang Dynasty
Their power increased
How Bow Wow?
because their responsibilities
increased

83. Gentry
Government officials - Tang Dynasty
Because of the high status
they performed no physical
labor

84. Gentry
Government officials - Tang Dynasty
Because of the high status
they performed no physical
labor
They developed a leisurely, but
expensive lifestyle

85. Gentry
Government officials - Tang Dynasty
Because of the high status
they performed no physical
labor
They developed a leisurely, but
expensive lifestyle
They became corrupt
to sustain their lifestyle
by taking lands, etc.

86. Failure of the Civil Service
In practice, the
civil service exam
system did not completely
fulfill its promise.

87. Tang Clothing
Crane: Sysmbol of Happiness

88. Memorization
The content of the examination is confined
in memorizing the dieas of great Chinese thinkers...
Questions about science and math did not appear
in the examination...never developed scientific
technology...
Never able to compete against the west
(Technology)

89. Chung-Kuo “Middle Kingdom”
This belief made the study of other culture
seem worthless
Except for the Han and Tang Dynasties
Ideas, as well as people traveled freely
Contact with Muslim India encouraged
advances in Astronomy and mathematics

90. Taoism Arts

91. Sung Dynasty
Fled Southward in 1127 AD- threatened by the
nomadic tribes from the north.

92. Painful symbol of Status
Upper class men displayed their status by showing
that women were totally dependent on them

93. Painful symbol of Status
Upper class men displayed their status by showing
that women were totally dependent on them

94. Painful symbol of Status
Upper class men displayed their status by showing
that women were totally dependent on them
Practice of Foot-binding

95. foot-binding

96. Xenophobia
Fear and hatred of strangers
Xenophobes argues that looking inward
was the only way China could survive.

97. Yuan Dynasty
1209 Invaded by the Mongols
Genghis Khan
For the first time,
China’s long and brilliant
history foreign
people ruled the land...

98. Yuan Dynasty - Mongol
Kublai Khan
Established the
Yuan Dynasty
Came into contact with
Europe

99. Marco Polo
Venice - Italy
Silk road

100. Ming Dynasty
Last Chinese Dynasty
1368 AD
Returned to Sung Dynasty’s
Isolation.
Less creative society
for they thought
everything is already in China...

101. Manchu Dynasty
2nd Foreign Dynasty
Manchuria
Enacted a law to segregate
Manchus from Chinese

102. Queue Manchu Dynasty
Chinese male were
forced to wear a braid as a sign
of loyalty and subservience