HIS280Y1 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Yongle Emperor, Hongwu Emperor, Yongle Encyclopedia
Document Summary
1330s: separate into principalities (take on names of previous governments, mostly disenfranchised men who were motivated by famine, dislocation, plague, followed cultural and religious traditions of buddhism, zoroastrianism and other religions. Pre-stamped documents scandal: expects people to be monitoring on ground censuses, grain tax = central, officials left forms blank stamped and sent to central bureaucracy -> became stamped. Juren: provincial level of scholar-official degree appointed a low government position. Jinshi: highest title of scholar-official, wenren, man of literature/culture (cultivate himself independently of moral/political strictures) vs. End of ming: aisin gioro, claims of being descendants from the jin dynasty (jurchen, nurhaci (r. 1616-1626, building alliances charismatic, exported various special products to ming empire to afford military expeditions. Qing: qing, 1636 change latter jing to qing chinese style dynasty better than the pure dynasty (ming) Tibetans: dorgon, key into conquest and extension into china proper, appointed regent and became the de facto ruler, firm control of the qing government and its military.
