HIST 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Tangut People, Chanyuan Treaty, Chinese Philosophy
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Not based on family background and genealogy but from knowledge of confucian canon, ethics and administrative ability. Gentry was a status- not a hereditary group. 18-65 years old financial backing and high official support. Founding of local county and prefectural schools schools established in every county and prefecture. Imperial university- only for certain students, not everyone could go. 4 arts of the refined gentleman- calligraphy, painting, chess, the lute. Pre-tang era- human figure more important than nature. Sketches of life- capture the vitality of things. Investigation of things- a perception of reality that can be pertained only through the study of objects, events, and behaviors in the natural world. 8 tribes w/supreme chieftain/elective leadership & local autonomy. Chinese advisors, craft skills, agriculture, sedentary administrative officials, reign titles, Song military & diplomacy under 1st 2 emperors. Army divided into larger units of 1000 men. 1127 ce- captures song emperor huizong & son- southern song continues in hangzhou.
