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A Brief Chinese History
From the Qin Dynasty to
the Sui Dynasty
The Qin Dynasty
Time: 221BC-206 BC The first unified autocratic
centralized feudal empire a long-lasting influence The most short-lived dynasty Founder: Qin Shi Huang Capital: Xian Yang
MeritsA series of standardizationWeight, measures, coinage and the writing system (Small Seal Script)
Terra-Cotta Warriors The construction of the Great Wall Qin Mausoleum Burning books &burying scholars
alive
Rebellion The Peasant Uprisings Chen Sheng and Wu
Guang Xiang Yu & Liu Bang The Battle of Julu
Hongmen Banquet Chu-Han War
The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.—220 A.D.)
Western Han Dynasty
(206 B.C.---24 A.D.)
Founder: Liu Bang
consolidation of the Empire
(Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing)
The relationship with foreign countries
The Silk Road (Zhang Qian: envoy)
Chang’an
the Huns
Major Achievements
The seismograph---- Zhang Heng
Records of the Historian--- Sima Qian
The invention of paper
The different styles of writing
The Confucianism
The Eastern Han (24-220 A.D.)
Wang Mang (45 B.C.-23 A.D) The Xin Dynasty Founder: Liu Xiu (汉光武帝)
During the reign of Emperor Ling A puppet manipulated by eunuchs corrupt imperial court, landlords’ oppression, successive natural disasters
Wei, Shu & Wu Cao Cao; Liu Bei; Sun Quan
Three Kingdoms
The Temporary Unification of China reincarnation & transmigration
The Buddhist grottoes: Dunhuang, Yungang & Longmen
The Jin Dynasty (265-420)
Sage Calligrapher
Poet Pastoral life
The Northern and Southern Dynasties
Northern Dynasties: (386-581A.D.) Northern Wei (386-534) Eastern Wei replaced by Northern Qi, Western Wei replaced by Northern Zhou Southern Dynasties: (420-589A.D.) Song (420-479), Qi (479-502), Liang (502-557), Chen (557-589)
The Sui Dynasty (581-618)
Two emperors: Yang Jian ---- Yang Guang
The construction of the capital Luoyang; the Zhaozhou Bridge ;
The digging of the Grand Canal; The Civil Service System (imperial examination)