HIS 9A Lecture 3: Week 3 Lecture 1 Notes
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Han consolidation (**han treated confucianism as ideology but also use law, combined. Huge, salaries bureaucracy: changes class structures. Confucian (cid:862)4 classes(cid:863) (cid:862)offi(cid:272)e(cid:396)s(cid:863) (cid:894)shi(cid:895), people ha(cid:448)e (cid:396)uli(cid:374)g po(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:271)ut (cid:374)ot i(cid:374) that high (cid:272)lass (cid:862)fa(cid:396)(cid:373)e(cid:396)s(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:374)o(cid:374)g(cid:895), ke(cid:455) to e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:271)od(cid:455) else"s su(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:448)al (cid:862)a(cid:396)tisa(cid:374)s(cid:863) (cid:894)go(cid:374)g(cid:895) (cid:862)me(cid:396)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ts(cid:863) (cid:894)sha(cid:374)g(cid:895), co(cid:374)fu(cid:272)ia(cid:374)s (cid:396)athe(cid:396) oppose me(cid:396)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ts (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:862)(cid:373)o(cid:448)e thi(cid:374)gs a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d(cid:863) As merchants are at the bottom, maybe because they are most threatening to the officers (in the highest class) (cid:373)all g(cid:396)oup of sla(cid:448)es, (cid:862)de(cid:271)ased(cid:863) people (cid:894)people (cid:449)ith diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374)s, prostitutes/ entertainers, people that broke the law) Han gaozu (liu bang) (r. 202- 195 bc) Han wudi (r. 141- 87 bc), ambitious and adventurous. New practice of equally dividing the properties to the sons. Expansion of foreign trade (built towers and beacons to send signals) Why do states weaken? (rich people not paying taxes, so farmers wanted to work for the wealthy landlord so they could give up less harvest as to the states) (cid:862)g(cid:396)eat fa(cid:373)ilies(cid:863)