During The Ming Dynasty

The most influential minds in the Chinese mental tradition vaunt under the Zhou, particularly towards the last period of the Zhou Dynasty, considered a repetition of intellectual and artistic awakening. Many of the ideas developed by figures copy Laozi, Confucius, Mencius and Mozi, who all lived during the Eastern Zhou duration, would suit the character of Chinese civilization up to the bestow day.

Ineffective leadership and very luxurious living of the emperors and government officials also led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. Officials were left in charge of the administration of the dynasty because the two emperors of the time, Tongzhi and Guangxu were still children, and this lack of imperial control gave Cixi the ability to ‘rule from behind the curtain’.

They used their money wisely at the beginning of the dynasty, but then they started using it for bribing because the leader wouldn’t treat the people well enough for them not to bribe each other. Also, the roads, crops, and canals were destroyed. Since the leader didn’t take care of these things and would not pay for repairs, it started to collapse. The people had to crops to eat, couldn’t control flooding, and had no good transportation for trading purposes. Another example is they started having fewer items to trade.

This section will answer or provide context to the question: How did the Enfeoffment system successfully create sustainability of the ancient Chinese empire during the Western Zhou dynasty (1046-771 BCE)? The two sources will dig in and excavate the information about the Enfeoffment system, along with its significant contribution to the stabilization of the society.

The Qing empire ruled China with Confucianism as the main imperial system used until the very end. However, the beginning of Qing downfall result of the exam system became corrupted and filled with bribery. Instead of the fair examination on the knowledge of Confucianism, the wealthy use their power to get their ways, result in not the most qualified politicians. Additionally, it shows the lack of Confucius value in the Qing system. On the other hand, bureaucracy meant to improve the lives of the wealthy not the poor. Also, the money was given to the people with power and wealth, not to infrastructure.

The Tang, Yuan, and Ming dynasties all shared a similar factor when their civilization declined. Heavy taxation resulted in the peasants’ not being able to pay. In the Tang Dynasty, the increase in taxes resulted with the peasants’ uprising. The Ming Dynasty faced a monetary crisis with great deficits. The Yuan Dynasty had to face the difficulty of paying taxes. This was the main and biggest problem between all three dynasties. To have fixed this, I would have advised the Chinese emperor’s to create an organized system of government where money would flow without any disruptions. More jobs would have to be created to help the peasants’ pay off their debt better. Additionally, I think it would have been better if the rich were taxed more than

The Han dynasty was a golden era for China. It saw the greatest land confiscation of the nation’s history and economic success. In this paper I will be focusing on the structure of the national government, the monopolizing of iron and salt, the Yumen Pass and the Yellow Turban rebellion. Join me as we take a trip back in time to visit a time in Chinas history that is highly revered.

The Han Dynasty, dating from 206 BCE-220 AD, was founded by Liu Bang who was the winner of the civil wars that followed the collapse of the first Imperial dynasty in China (Qin Dynasty). The Han dynasty is considered an influential empire that created a spiritually and philosophically enlightened nation through the teachings of Daoism, Legalism and Confucianism. At the time that Liu Bang first founded the Han dynasty the basic structures of the Qin state were retained, and the ideology of the Qin state initially drifted deeper and deeper into a Legalist and Daoist union. Many elements of these ancient philosophies can be distinguished in the religious and superstitious beliefs and practices that were performed in Han China. The implementation of these three philosophies during a time of political corruption, and spiritual chaos helped to create an overall calmer and intellectual society. The philosophical and spiritual movement of this time and in turn shaped modern religions, state ethics and beliefs.

The waning years of the Han Dynasty were characterized by agrarian distress and internecine conflict as a result of the system of government. Emperor Ling-ti who ruled China from 168-189 A.D, placed great confidence in his numerous palace eunuchs. They came to constitute an influential court faction, but were frequently opposed by a group of scholar-officials at the court. The court's preoccupation with fractional strife aided the emergence into prominence of the provincial generals who were sufficiently distant from the weakened throne to defy its authority. These generals, in command of loyal provincial troops, maneuvered among themselves to gain control of the government. These divisive forces, consisting both of those within the court and those independent of it, accelerated a gradual worsening of economic conditions throughout the empire. The deterioration of the economy was especially notable in

Timothy Brook’s book, The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China is a detailed account of the three centuries of the Ming Dynasty in China. The book allows an opportunity to view this prominent time period of Chinese history. Confusions of Pleasure not only chronicles the economic development during the Ming dynasty, but also the resulting cultural and social changes that transform the gentry and merchant class. Brook’s insights highlight the divide between the Ming dynasty’s idealized beliefs, and the realities of its economic expansion and its effects. Brook describes this gap through the use of several first hand accounts of individuals with various social statuses.

“The commanderies were composed of counties.” A county was the smallest division in this era to have centrally appointed official.”

In all The empires they seemed to all have the same advantage. There empire expanded. But they also all fell. They all fell in different ways but they all connect. Because they were either smaller or did not have higher advanced weapons. Someone always seemed to 1 up every empire. so examples on how they feel, the Ming and Qing empire were the 1st empire to have gunpowder but then others realized how to make the guns and could make them more advanced. The Ming and Qing empire fell because the used their weapons as defence more than offence. Another empire is The Portuguese, they could easily blast other ships and force people to trade with them. They fell because other people learned to make better weapons. Also the Portuguese strained relation

Medieval China, as seen in the Stories from a Ming Collection, was characterized by distinct separations between men and women’s abilities, typical old fashioned family structure, and a desire to advance their social status. Throughout all the stories in this book, it dives deep into different aspects of how men and women are treated, how families were structured and how that affects their lives, as well as the values these people held. A very common trend in the stories was how different men and women were treated and the limitations they may or may not had.

In the mid-seventeenth century, the Ming Dynasty had a slow and painful decline. There were some eunuchs who were hated and corrupt, and some of the emperors who were not effective, allowed the government power to slip into the eunuch’s hands. Decisions were being made from bribes and there was no concern for the consequences. There were peasanty who were already hard-pressed, and taxes were being squeezed from them to pay for a multitude of imperial court official and hangers-on. Peasant rebellions began to multiplying as the government's ability to restrain rapacious landlords declined (Adler and Phillips, pg. 375).

The Chinese Empire was large and controlled most of Asia at one point in time. One of the dynasties that ruled the empire was the Ming Family. Ruling from 1368-1644, almost three hundred years, the Ming Dynasty impacted Chinese history very much.