Guided Reading: Chapter 12
TIMELINE: Insert the following events into a timeline. This should help you compare important historical events
chronologically.
beginning of persecution of Buddhists
founding of Southern Song dynasty
founding of Song dynasty
founding of Tang dynasty
Mongol conquest of Southern Song
founding of Sui dynasty
589 C.E.
1279 C.E.
TERMS, PEOPLE, EVENTS: The following terms, people and events are important to your understanding of the
chapter. Define each one on a separate sheet of paper.
gunpowder
Li Yuan, Duke of Tang
Chan Buddhism
Yang Guifei
Zhu Xi
Xi Xia
junks
Huangzhou
Scholar gentry class
Wendi
Ministry of Public Rites
Pure Land Buddhism
Xuanzong
Want Anshi
Liao
flying money
foot binding
Qin Empire
Yangdi
jinshi
Wuzong
Zhao Kuangyin
Jurchens
Southern Song
Changan
Li Bo
neo-Confucians
REVIEW QUESTIONS
A. How did the Sui and Tang reestablish a centralized empire in China?
B. What institutions did the Tang use to govern their empires?
C. What problems did religion cause in this period; how did the state resolve them?
D. Identify Neo-Confucianism; how did it influence Chinese culture and the state?
E. What problems plagued the Song state and how did they attempt to solve them?
F. Describe the Chinese commercial revolution.
G. How did the Chinese expand agricultural production?
H. Describe family life and society during the Tang-Song era.
I. How did gender relations change during the Tang-Song era?
J. Describe Chinese intellectual accomplishments during this period.