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APPARTS Chart Document: Ties That Bind: Paths to Power

Knowledge || During the Tang dynasty, examination tests were administered by the Ministry of Rites to students from government schools. The highest offices could be gained only by those who were able to pass exams on the philosophical or legal classics. Whoever passed received the title of jinshi. || "You are the nephew of the Prime Minister, and have made use of your outstanding talents in his service" (261). He might view this as a cry for help, a plea. "Grant me some small salary, and a share however slight in your deeds of merit. If by your boundless favor I could take part in this triumphal progress, even as a member of the rear-most company, the day would live engraved on my memory" (261). || its creation || The reason for its creation was to ask if, Wu Bao, would be able to receive any more money, for he did not score high enough on his examination test to make anymore. "So lacking in talent, I fear I am but poorly fitted to be selected for an official post; far less can I entertain the hope of some meager salary. I can only retire, when old age comes, to some rustic retreat, and "turn aside to die in ditch'" (261). || Idea || The Main Idea of this document was to show how difficult it was to become a high official and how important it was to become one. "But in talent I do not compare with other men, and so far I have held office only as an officer of the guard" (261). ||
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 * Author || The author of this document is Wu Bao. We know that this was written during the Tang Dynasty. He was a poor official who did not score well enough on his examination test so he does not hold a lot of power. ||
 * Place || This was created in China during the Tang Dynasty 618 - 907 C.E. ||
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 * Audience || The intended audience for this document was the nephew of the Prime Minister.
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 * Significance || This shows us as historians the competitiveness between such individuals competing for power. It also demonstrates how well educated the bureaucrats are. Education was essential to gaining power in the Chinese society. ||

Tang and Song China

- Trade and commerce developed - Produced rice and millet, but too expensive to transport - traded horses and persain rugs and tapestries = imported. - Juinks were the ships that they traveled on, highly advanced ships. - Flying money = reduction in robbery and theft. - Paper money ­­­­­­­­­­­S – Allowed for social mobility through the Imperial - Examination system, which let young men rise in power in the bureaucratic system. - The class system was very strong with people expected to respect - Women had a lot of rights and social status. - Wore men clothes - Educated - Consent needed to be mutual for divorce - Gave slightly more freedom to women than the song - Tended to farms and other gorverment work I - Estbalished a law code and reovated the canal system to encouraged trade and communication. - Block printing led to mass literacy. - reintroduced the use of confucian scholars in running government and expanded their influence into central and southeast asia. - Advancements in medicine and time. R﻿  ﻿ ﻿ - Buddhism was introduced to China during the Han Dynasty via the Silk Road, but reached it's peak during the Tang Dynasty. - The spread of Buddhism helped create tolerance and understanding of other counbtries, which in turn helped create connections. - Buddhism was very influential, and highly popular amoung the lower class. - Daoism is the way, and it's main message is about finding the ultimate truth to the unvierse - Very popular I - the army conquered many territories - Started to repair damage done to the great wall and built frontier armies. - became military unit. - they educated conquered people - extended to parts of Tibet, the red river valley and Vietnam and Manchuria - The yangtze river became intergrated with china T - Engineering advancements = grand canal, dikes and dams, and bridges. Advancements = woodblock printing, paper money emrged, junks, first clockworkmechanisms escapement, catrography (more accurate maps, graduated scale, first map of China as a whole - Alchemy = used new techniques in chemistry, used chemistry to banish clothes..? ||  E - Urbans centers – Towns grew into cities  - Expansion of commmerce and increaded production and gave way to growth  - Bureaucracy was filled with well piad officials with llittle work to do.  - The capital of the Song dynasty was Hangzhou  - Protection of its northern borders drained their wealth. - Taxed the landlord   S - A feudal type system developed in rural areas, where agriculture was popular  - A scholar-gentry class developed from the bureaucracy - Had the tests like Tang - Very similar to Tang - Footbinding for women. No independence. - Women’s virtue and virginity were prized - Men dominated social sphere - Suppressed women. I- Entertainment was popular amoung its peaple. The performance arts gained popularity and the industry was revovling around entertainment was developed. Available to upper and middle class. - Revival of Neo- confucianism, the revival of previous teachinsg. Very popular amount the Song people. EDUCATION AND WRITING - Footbinding R - Buddhism was spread, Chan and Zen was popular amoung the upper class. - Neo confucionism was popular, more of a social idea rather than religious one. Men were superior. - They were not tolerant of Buddhists. I - Emperor Taizu failed to conquer the Kitan peop[le from Manchuria that rised in Northern Liao dynasty. - Other nomadic people were encourgaed to invade the kingdom from the northern borders. - Jurchens overthrew the Liao kingdom and replaced it with the Jin kingdom. The result of th eJurchens taking over the Yellow River basin was the Song dynasty moving south which later became the Southern Song Dynasty. T - Song army ships, equipped with naphatha flame throwers, poisonous gasesm and rocket luanches. - coal was now beingh applied to sea navigations. - the abucus, helped merchants count their profits. || E - Grand Canal for internal trade and to supply millet and rice in bulk easier to the south. - External trading had become a huge success, and with the help of junks, chinese traders could go overseas to other merchants. - Flying money was like a credit card. Opened trade with other countries - Both civilizations were keen on farming and agriculture. - relied on trade and expansion - Used the silk road S – Practiced footbinding - Unfair double standards about pre-marital sex. - Disagreed with Buddhist ideas of wom en' I - Confucians is applied in both dynasties. R - Buddhism helped created tolerance and undering for other countries and it helped make connections. I ||
 * Tang || Song || Shared ||
 * E – Built the Grand Canal