Warring States Period

The Period of Warring States was a time in China lasting from 479 to 221 BCE in which over 100 Chinese states dwindled down to seven through warfare. The major effects of the Period of Warring States was an increase in philosophy, a change of ruling, and a change of ruling style. During the Period of Warring States, there was a surplus of philosophical beliefs and because of the warring, those beliefs were widely spread. Confucianism was prominent because of its emphasis on self reflection

Qin Dynasty The Qin Dynasty was the first united empire after the Warring States Period (Hyde). During the Warring States Period, the area of the Zhou Dynasty was separated into eight states. These states were ruled by kings and the states would often go to war, fighting for land. However, around 221 BC, Emperor Qin conquered all of the states, and combined them all into the Qin Dynasty (Wu). The Qin Dynasty was the most significant dynasty in ancient China’s history. During this dynasty, the walls

Zhou dynasties. The main music genre and them were music dance, worship, and ritual musics. In the period of 西周, collected and developed the ritual music into a set of systematic social rules; Rigid ritual music system; use music according to social position was invented and most famous The Book of Songs was also written in this period. In The Spring and Autumn period and the Warring states period, regional music and ya yue was famous. Historical records show, the “eight sound” classification merited

The warring states period in Japan was one of constant military dispute. It started in 1467 and went for 136 years and only ended when all the clans unified under the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603. This period definitely had a large effect in the making of modern Japan because it was a time of growing culture and strong economics. The economy grew despite the wars raging and trade was big this indicates the sophisticated craft and manufacturing industries in Japan. These are the main reasons for the

was The Warring States Period, 403-221 B.C.E.(McKay, 101). “The Warring States Period was the golden age of Chinese philosophy, the era when the “Hundred Schools of Thought” contended. During the same period in which Indian sages and mystics were developing religious speculation about karma, souls an ultimate reality, Chinese thinkers were arguing about the ideal forms of social and political organization and man’s connection to nature” (McKay, 102). These ideals during such a rough period of time

Zhou period of the Zhou Dynasty (771 - 256 BCE) was a time of warring states of a feudal kingdom as well as a time of great philosophical development. The latter of these two periods is referred to as the “Classical Period” , bringing forth three great schools of thought of Confucianism, Daosim, and Legalism. Each school with their own views and answers on societal issues, issues of humanity, and issues of government. The masters and students of these schools during the Eastern Zhou period grew concerned

was only last for 15 years (221 to 206 B.C.E). Although Qin had such a transient period to power the country, it played a fundamental role in Chinese history. In historians’ view, they also consider Qin Dynasty was the first dynasty to unify the country. Qin ended the Warring States period and gave people a breaking period after a long term of wars. But being “the first unified, multi-national and power-centralized state in the Chinese history” was not the only achievement that Qin had. The huge impacts

family structure, private property, or class distinction, to a society based mainly on family and private ownership. Little is known about the Xia dynasty except for that it had lasted four hundred years and was ultimately overthrown by the Shang,a state that was east of the Chinese establishment.      All history before the Shang dynasty is largely legendary with very little or no material evidence of neither the Xia dynasty nor the rulers Yu, Huang Di or Yao Di. However

historical state of Lu at a time when Zhou Dynastic power was crumbling. The Zhou Dynasty has started to lose control and Ancient China erupted into a struggle for power. Many ruling elites craved for unification thus granting them total control of the Zhou household, known as the Warring States Period. Confucius believed the founders of the Zhou Dynasty had established a well-developed government and principled actions, but he only kept seeing war and greed among the rivaling states around him,

Confucianism. Han Fei Tzu: Legalism, is an ancient Chinese philosophy concerned with the art of rulership and the stability of the state. Along with hundreds of other philosophical schools, legalism emerged during the Warring States Period (453-422 BC), a time of intense political and intellectual turmoil. Unlike other schools of thought, legalism defined the strength of the state, through a system of punishments and rewards, propagated by common laws. Neither concerning itself with Confucian idealization