HIST 87 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Chinese Sexagenary Cycle, Taika Reform, Fujiwara No Michinaga
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For the paper: use a general statement to talk about a specific topic. Daidairi is located in the center of heian for spatial and social order. Your social rank dictates where you live. Ministry of the right law and bureaucracy. Name used to differentiate themselves from the chinese . We are now nihon, the land where the sun rises. Modeled after tang dynasty, but they adapted the merit system to hierarchy. Equal field system = government owns all of the land. Originally the position came from within the imperial family, but the fujiwaras camd in and did it for them. Got into the palace through marriage politics. Michinaga didn"t even have a title, since he was so important. Korechika attacked emperor because he thought they both an affair with the same woman. Stems and branches based on the chinese calendar. Sociality = keeps everyone on the same schedule and basic (tracks time)
