Chapter 6 Lesson 4Han Dynasty
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To be turned in: if you don’t know, refer to
page 106-107
Referring back to the Chinese Empires, What
philosophy did Shi Huangdi use to rule?
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What is Legalism?
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What are the ideas of Confucianism?
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Review Terms: Patriarchal, Matriarchal, Silk
Road, Thervada, Mahayana.
Shiva
Terms to know today: Monopoly
Learn the Han Dynasty and ruling techniques.
The Fall of the Han Dynasty.
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If you were the next Emperor of a new
Dynasty after Shi Huangdi, How would you
gain the trust and respect of the people?
Write in your notes.
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If you were the next Emperor of a new
Dynasty after Shi Huangdi, How would you
gain the trust and respect of the people?
Write in your notes.
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Liu Bang, a peasant fighting in a rebel army, became emperor due to
the Chinese belief in the mandate of heaven.
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He was the first emperor of the Han dynasty.
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Well liked by both warriors and peasants, Liu Bang released the country
from strict Legalistic practices and focused on people’s immediate
needs.
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Liu Bang lowered taxes, gave large plots of land to supporters, and set
up a government that expanded on the ideas of the Qin.
• In 140 BC, Emperor Wudi took the throne and shifted the
country’s focus back to a strong central government.
• Confucianism became the official government philosophy.
• Wudi built a university that taught Confucian ideals, and
awarded his officials with higher rank if they were familiar
with Confucian principles.
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Han government officials chosen by scores on
a Confucian poetry and moral code test
Han started schools to train candidates
Curriculum is Confucius’s teachings, Chinese
history, and Chinese law.
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List the structure of the Han Dynasty.
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How is the structure important to the
existence of the Han Dynasty?
Art
The Han created realistic scenes from
everyday life, advanced figure painting, and
depictions of religious figures and Confucian
scholars.
Literature
Fu style: combination of prose and poetry
Shi style: short lines of verse that could be
sung
Invention of
Paper
The Han Chinese made paper by grinding
plant fibers into a paste and then setting the
paste out to dry in sheets. Later they rolled
the dried pulp into scrolls.
Sundial
A device for telling time, the sundial uses
the position of the shadows cast by the sun
to tell the time of day.
Seismograph
This device measures the strength of an
earthquake. Chinese scientists believed that
the movement of the earth was a sign of evil
times.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is the practice of inserting
needles into the skin to cure disease or
relieve pain. This practice is still widely used
today.
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Han rulers love for wealth and pleasure
weakened the government; often corrupt and
brutal.
The Han dynasty fell in A.D. 220.
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Fiscal crisis (they were broke)
Raised taxes
Peasants get angry
Revolts lead to the downfall of the govt
The Huns attack over the wall
China descends into chaos and warlike states rule
for 350 years