HIS 182LEC Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Zhang Xuecheng, Lady Xun, Kangxi Emperor
17 Oct 2018
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Imperial and local rule rule of avoidance, county magistrate. The bureaucracy and the exam system literati: copied monguls, military, manchu people put into different colors, after 1620- expanding into areas mostly populated by chinese: han. Qing: high official positions given to han and manchu mostly, dynasty favored banner, mongolia had independence, very skilled politicians, conservative- confucius way, small government- big population- hard to satisfy everyone (1800) Lady xun, jiang nan jinshi exams, lien zhuan, concubines, filial: male: official hairstyle, shave the front and braid the back, only exception: monk, europeans made fun of them. Footbinding: compare to sati in india : started earlier in time but became popular in qing dynasty, men found it attractive, symbol that they weren"t wild, status consciousness, helps to distinguish ethnics. British india, opium, and the canton system (guangzhou) Some terms to know from murphey, chapter 14, and the fact or fiction reading:
