RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Analects, Zhou Dynasty, Records Of The Grand Historian

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: G Hori

Document Summary

Eastern zhou period: constant war, amalgamaion of states: larger states swallow up smaller states. Qin uniies the states, marking the start of china in the year 221 bce: advance in military technology (i. e. the crossbow, iron swords, cavalry, etc. , weakening of class structure, rise of specialist shi : At the beginning of the period, rigid class structures: aristocracy, landowners, peasants and slaves. Military generals would be appointed on the basis of aristocraic rank but having rank doesn"t mean you"re competent. Legalism, confucianism, mohism, daoism, yin-yang school, others (only interested in two for this class: confucius. Kong fuzi o: given name qiu , style name zhong-ni . Born 551 bce in state of lu (qufu, shandong province) Descent of royal house of sung (zhou) some kind of aristocraic lineage. Assumed government oice, but not sure of itle (maybe minister of police)