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Medieval Chinese Literature (Volume B)
Background
Period of Disunion (220–589)
• Han Empire crumbles• “Way of Great
Peace,” 184• Three Kingdoms
Period• Shu, Wu, and Wei• invasion by non-
Chinese in 316
Buddhism
• Four Noble Truths• Eightfold Path• conversion in China• relationship to
Confucian beliefs• Silk Road
transmission
Daoism
• Master Texts of Laoizi and Zhuangzi
• Daoist practices• relation to Buddhism• recluse culture• “Seven Sages of the
Bamboo Grove” • Tao Gian
Sui and Tang Dynasties (589–907)
• Chang’an, the old northern capital
• canal between the Yangzi and Yellow rivers
• grid pattern for urban design
• tea and printing• Buddhism• Buddhist Diamond
Sutra, 868
Tang Decline (755)
• civil service exam• changes in poetic
style• Wang Wei, Li Bo, Du
Fu• Yuan Zhen, “The
Story of Yingying” • Emperor Xuanzong
and Yang Guifei, 755• Bo Juyi, “Song of
Lasting Regret”
Song Dynasty (960–1279)
• loss of aristocratic power
• Hangzhou court• Mongol invasion• printing technology• reexamination of the
Confucian classics• Li Qingzhao, “song
lyrics”
Tang China
Which of the following contributed to the weakening of the Han Empire (206 B.C.E—220 C.E.)?
a. natural disastersb. a poorly organized armyc. inflationd. emigration
Test Your Knowledge
What religion spread widely, and quickly, throughout China, prior to the Tang and Song dynasties?
a. Christianityb. Buddhismc. Islamd. Zoroastrianism
Test Your Knowledge
The Sui Dynasty united, at least in part, an otherwise disjointed Chinese nation by building what?
a. the Great Wall of Chinab. a bridge linking the east and westc. a canal between two major riversd. trade routes to the north and south
Test Your Knowledge
Which of the following was invented under the Tang Dynasty?
a. printingb. fireworksc. the auto loomd. dynamite
Test Your Knowledge
Printed in 868, which of the following is considered to be the oldest printed book?
a. the Kama Sutrab. the Taoc. the Vulgate Bibled. the Buddhist Diamond Sutra
Test Your Knowledge
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