REL 2027 Study Guide - Final Guide: Emperor Ping Of Han, Oracle Bone, Religion In China
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Chinese religions: started from agrarian tribes circa 5000 bce, the shang dynasty 1600 bce 1122 bce in north central china, unique because , had written pictograph language, metal workers (among first to emerge from the stone age, lived in large, fortified towns, stratified social codes with warriors governing. This was a symbol of reciprocity where offerings were exchanged in request for benefits like long life, sons, guidance, blessings, large families, etc: consulted with oracle bones and tortoise shells (early divination, zu (lineage) generations of ancestors are remembered, honored, and represented in ancestral homes. Li an outer principle: li is an idealized and ritualized social order with everything in its place (hierarchal, the norm of human behavior in all circumstances, protocol, manners, ritual piety, xsiao. *five relationships (xsiao): father (kindness, son (filial piety, brother (gentility, younger brother (humility/respect, husband (righteous behavior, wife (obedience, elders (humane consideration) a.
