HISTORY 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Zhou Dynasty, Shang Yang, Tzu
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History 250 lecture 10 chou dynasty continued. 900 bce 200 feudal kingdoms under chou emperor. Tsung-fa clan law: law of inheritance. 900 bce emergence of term middle kingdom . Economy and military decide size of state: people tied to state not allowed to move. Kung get largest amount of land: then hou, po, tzu, nan, and shih, status also dictates number of chariots they own. Nobility education 6 arts: driving a chariot, code of ethics (li) Rules on how to eat, sleep, etc: music, archery, writing, counting and basic math. 771 bce high days of chinese feudalism under the western chou. 771 bce feudal lords align with a barbarian group and kill the king: chou lose western china. Chou lost military and political power: king couldn"t control feudal lords so they bound together. Chou collapsed into 7 states: period of warring states (404 bce 221 bce, 7 states with no centralizing force.
