China

Chapter Summary

Crisis of the Later Zhou.

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Confucius and the Shi

Confucian Thought and Ideals

The Confucian Gentleman

Heirs of Confucius - Mencius

Heirs of Confucius - Xunzi

Daoist

The Qin Dynasty

The Qin Dynasty

The Legalist

Shi Huang-di

Collapse of the Qin

Enter the Han

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The Han Dynasty

Restoration of Imperial Control

Han Expansion

Revenge of the Shi

Education, Examinations, and Shi Dominance

"Three main social strata gained..."

Emergence of the Scholar Gentry

Class and Gender Roles

Position of Women

Peasant Life

The Peasants

The Han Capital at Xian

Towns and Traders

Han Trade

Invention and Artisan Production

Arts of the Han

Sciences of the Han

Imperial Crisis & Han Restoration

Later Han & Imperial Collapse

An Era of Accomplishment

The Shift from Ritual Combat to "Real" War.

Sunzi & The Art of War

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