HIST 389 Study Guide - Nomadic Pastoralism, Clerical Script, Dong Zhongshu
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Instruments, vessels, weapons, chariot parts, etc: lacquer chalice. Seven warring states : chu was renowned for craftsmanship, contest to succeed zhou and claim heaven"s mandate, scales and technologies of war changed. Spring and autumn: chariot and infantry consisted mainly members of the ruling elite [no more than 30,000 men] Warring states: massed infantry comprised all strata of society [as: rise of the autocratic state many as 100,000~600,000 men] Case: reforms in the state of qin. Changing nature of the shi: originally designated to the lowest rank of the zhou nobility, came to mean man of learning trained in the arts of government who offered their service to the rulers. Chaos: central to all chinese philosophy: critiques of confucius. Confucius create moral order to the cosmos and society. All others reject the notion of moral order: the daodejing. The way (the way things are; no moral dimension) Nature (look into nature to seek the principle that governs society)
