Religious Studies 1023E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Qing Dynasty, Rigveda, Shangdi

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1023E
• Professor: Jonathan Geen

Document Summary

Confucianism &daoism rise in china around 6th to 5th c bce (warring states period) 2 most commonly used: wade-giles (late 19th-early 20th c) o. Based on vocal inflections (low, high, rising, or falling tone leads to different meanings of the word) For most of its history it was much smaller, centered around east coast, spreading inward. Took over more area so that they could control the zone &not be under constant threat of attacks. Major expansion happened during a mongol dynasty. Ch"ing dynasty was the largest dynasty (most amount of land covered) Traditional homeland of china is divided into 20 states. Most of the agriculture in china occurs in the eastern half. Most of the population lives in eastern half of china &south. No one lives in the border regions because its just mountains and desert. Civilization in china rose up around the yellow river. Began around 1500 bce (similar time to when the indo-aryans arrived in india)