HIS 9A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Northern Wei, Noble Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths
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Fall of han period of disunity (220-589/618) 3 kingdoms : shu, wu and wei (220- 265) Cao family (cao cao, ), the family were generals but highly literate (shu) han dynasty (220 ad till 263) Society and culture in period of disunity (cid:862)aristo(cid:272)rati(cid:272)(cid:863) ethos. Great families, hereditary (they have to marry people with same status) The families maintain status through connection to office. Four noble truths: life is suffering, suffering springs from desire, to be released from suffering, need to extinguish desire, through (cid:862)no(cid:271)le eightfold path(cid:863) Mahayana (greater vehicle), path to the heaven, to be a good person and be on the right path. Jin dynasty northern ans southern dynasties period. Western wei (535-557), eastern wei (534-550), northern zhou (557-581), northern qi (550: controlled by non- chinese. Also give separate treeland, families get to keep that land longer, which encourage people to grow trees.
