China

Historically,china has been credited for some of the world‘s most life-changing inventions for many years. For many years China gained much wealth by creating such inventions. Some of the most influential ancient Chinese inventions include gunpowder, the Silk Road, and paper. The accidental discovery of gunpowder was made way back in the 8th century A.D. Chinese alchemist were actually searching for the elixir of life, when it became clear that if you mixed sulfur, charcoal, saltpeter it…

Buddhism in China has overcome many contradictions and barriers in order to fully develop in China. Due to the contrast of Confucianism and Daoism, Buddhism was pushed to adapt to the Chinese lifestyle by worshipping ancestors and joining China’s hierarchical system. Now, Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in Asia and has expanded to many different forms across Southeast Asia. In specific, the Chinese lifestyle and culture has been greatly impacted by Buddhism such as the schools and…

Two equal and extremely important parts of China that were affected by the west were economics of China and the social situations. The economic influences of the west were made by a market of trading/lack of trading that affected China . Just like the economics of China, the Social and society of China had changed; some were good changes while other changes were not. Both of these “problems” did influence china in how they, the people of China, acted and how they dealt with foreigners and…

For thousands of years China relied on traditional, “spiritual” medical techniques to heal any ailment. When Europeans began trading with and bringing Western influence to China, medicine was one of the last areas to change. Many Chinese people were reluctant to take part in Western medicine due to the vast differences between Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine and strength of tradition, as traditional medicine had been passed down for generations. However, Chinese medicine underwent a…

special foods, the role of women in society, family life and their educational system. The first thing that Li and I talked about is foods, because each culture has special food. Talking about the special foods in China, Li mentioned that, “they do not celebrate Thanksgiving in China”. Now that didn’t really surprise me that don’t celebrate Thanksgiving because that is an American holiday. However, what did surprise me is that they celebrate a holiday called Moon Festival, which is their…

Dealing with the Taiping China continuously experienced rebellion after rebellion throughout the course of the 19th century. These in addition to what seemed like a continuous string of natural disasters helped lead to the downfall of the last imperial dynasty. The rebellions, while all different, were all fueled by communal resentment for Qing government. What was once the hegemonic power in Asia was slowly destroyed from the inside and out. This end was not inevitable. If not due to the…

Although Rome and China were never in direct contact, they existed simultaneously in Eurasia at the beginning of the Christian era and both had numerous similarities as well as differences. China, which lasted from 206 BC to 220 AD, and Rome, which lasted from 27 BC to 476 AD, both had similar situations in their society in terms of how they utilized theologies for their rulers and used militaries for protection against enemies. However, Rome and China had two very different views of government…

CONFUCIUS AND ETHICS Describe Confucius’ China (min 5) → Confucius lived in the sixth century BCE in China, where Crime and violence were rising. There were crimes such as theft and murder were common. However, it wasn't only in the poor streets, but, also among the nobility and even higher up to the government was corrupt. Economically, business was flourishing, and the rich were becoming richer, as the poor got poorer. Scholars were unemployed, and teaching wasn't done professionally, as is…

The most significant cause of European imperialism in China during the 18th and 19th century was the desire for natural resources and goods in China, such as silk, spices, and tea, which were so highly sought by European powers that it indirectly led to the Opium Wars, which impacted China for years to come. There was a great request for Chinese silk and porcelain, but Britain did not have adequate silver to exchange with the Qing Empire (Ebrey, Buddey 32-33). Henceforth, a system of bargaining…

From this week’s reading, I’m most interested in the landscape painting of Fan Kuan, TRAVELERS AMONG MOUNTAINS AND STEAMS, from the Song dynasty of China. This is a ink painting on silk that describes the Monumental landscape at that time. Most importantly, Neo-Confucianism coincided with the development of these kind of Monumental landscape painting and played an important role on this kind of art. Neo-Confucianism is a Chinese moral philosophy which rebuilt Confucianism with Buddhism and…