HISTORY 70F Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Lam Qua, Taoism, The Casket Lottery
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Zhu zhenheng=yang is always in excess o. Not until 19th century (advent of western medicine in china) Reason why western medicine was able to enter china: historical context. Preached about christianity: restrictions on movement & trade. What you could bring to trade/who you traded with. Couldn"t trade with official chinese merchants; had to exchange with chinese bureaucrats. Had to be accompanied by government bureaucrats when in china o. Fought over opium trade; china loses to western armies: british wanted to flood chinese market with opium. In 1839, china got all the opium and destroyed it--> led to war. Believed they were superior so it would be able to win the war. But they were easily defeated by european powers: psychologically shocking. Defeated twice by barbarians made them acknowledge that they weren"t as technologically and militarily superior as they initially believed o. No longer confined to one city to work. Enabled them to bring ideas of western medicine to china.
