MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Official, Han Yu, Laozi

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Richard Cohen

Document Summary

Daoism and buddhism weren"t seen as chinese. Even though daoism was created by lao tzu, a chinese scholar older than. Confucianism was mostly a way to get a job. There was a lot of xenophilia before this event. Generally associated with india or the northern people (barbarians) An lu shan was mixed han chinese and central asian. Marched on big cities in the center of the empire with his army (they fell easily), these were the capital cities. The emperor had to flee and hire mercenaries from persia and arabia to defeat him. An lu shan was defeated and the tang emperor was restored to the throne. The mercenaries that the emperor hired started looting and causing problems. After 800, there is a rise in xenophobia (by a lot) Rejection with philosophies and ways of living that are foreign. The an lu shan rebellion created a lot of fear surrounding anything not. Desire to have china be only chinese.