EAST 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Zhou Dynasty, Qi Wei, Bao Si

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Lecture outline: the western zhou, the spring and autumn period, warring states period. Culturally important, time of 100 schools of thought, golden age of chinese philosophy: confucius (kongzi, mencius (mengzi, xunzi (xunzi) Distinction because zhou moved their dynasty from west to east: eastern zhou. When needed: keep political stability, king could replace ruler, at the beginning this system worked really well. As time went on, there became more and more distance between the king and regional ruler. Less personal connection, these relationships broke down. Regional rulers express more any more autonomy: dynastic cycle, king you - Bao si - concubine: laughs because king lights but there was no attack, eventually troops lost confidence in him like the boy who cried wolf. Complex reading that documented what happened that year by lu state. The warning states (453bce-221bce: lou yang capital, yan. Never really powerful state, but territorially very secure: qi, wei.

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