HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chandragupta I, Gupta Empire, Filial Piety
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Decline of indian buddhism: hinduism reorganized/simplified, divisions among buddhists (different sects, loss of royal patronage, muslim invasions begin 8th c. ad, hindu rulers for several hundred years after ashoka. Warring states period (403-221 bce: changes in warfare, crossbow (longer distances, cheap iron weapons (equip a larger army, chariots (nobles) replaced by cavalry and infantry (peasants, king reduced power of nobles, more casualties (200,000-400,000 deaths per battle) Rise of the qin state: pronounced ch-in, not part of the civil war. Confucianism (confucius, 551-479 bce: unknown during his life, 5 relationships, ruler/subject father/son, husband/wife, elder brother/younger brother friend/friend, stay in your place. 5 relationships: mutual obligations or reciprocity, filial piety (respect for elders, goal: restore social and political order. Junzi= the superior man: educated, good morals, active in government, aristocracy of merit. Xu(cid:374)zi"s (cid:271)ra(cid:374)d of co(cid:374)fu(cid:272)ia(cid:374)is(cid:373: darker view of human nature, men are inherently self-involved, laws are needed to achieve the dieals of confucianism, xu(cid:374)zi"s tea(cid:272)hi(cid:374)gs for(cid:373)ed the (cid:271)asis of legali m.
