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| Confucius | The first thinker of China, he addressed the problem of political and social order in a straight ad self-conscious way was Kong Fuzi. He was a strong willed man who often did not get along well with others. He served as an educator. Ren, was the attitude of kindness. li, was the sense of propriety, and xiao was the filialpiety that reflected the family |
| Xunzi | was a man of immense learning but unlike his predecessors he also served for many years as a government offical. He believed that human beings pursued their own interests. Xunzi emphasized li. He believed in people being individual. |
| Daiosm | They were the most prominent critics of Confucian activism. They developed in response to the turblence of the Zhou Dynasty. Daoists considered it pointless to wastet time and energy on problems that defied solution. The founder of Daiosm was Laozi. |
| Legalism | has major punishments for minor violations of the law. Legalist wanted to expand all the cost of the states to strength the power of states. It was supposed to scare the people who wanted to commit major violations to not do it. |
| Qin Shihuangdi | From 221 – 210 BCE, he ruled the Qin Dynasty as the first emperor. He was very effective and he divided china into districts and then had a ruler for each one. He has roads built to enforce trade and allow his army to walk on it. During his time the Great Wall of China was built. |
| Lui Bang | He ruled and created the Han Dynasty in 206 B.C.E. He centralized the dynasty after he was attacked and was almost captured |
| Han Wudi | He was emperor of the Han Dynasty for 54 years. He was the most successful emperor. He built many roads. He sent people out to control them, and taxed people. He also had investments on salt and iron. |
| Han Advances of Centralization | Han Wdi worked extremely hard to expand on yhe central government. He built a bureaucracy for the emperor. For finance he issued taxes on agricultural, trade, and crafts. He relied on the legalists principles of government. He had a foreign challenge with Xuongnu. They were Nomads from central Asia. |
| Xiongnu | Nomadic people from central Asia. They spoke Turkish. They were surperd horsemen. They boys learned to ride sheep at a young age and also learned how to shoot while riding them. They didn’t have amazing weapons like China. They didn’t have any cities. |
| Wmang Mang | he was Wudis minister. He served as the young boys regent. Many people didn’t like this because he wasn’t part of Hans family. He limited the amount of land tht each family received. In 9 C.E he announced that the mandate of heaven was passed to his family. He faced the additional misfortunes of poor harvest and famine. |
| Yellow Turban Uprising | It was a volt that raged throughout China and teased the resilience of the Han State during the late seconded century C.E |
