Imperial Dynasties and Modern

China

Abis, Naomi
Bahala, Aubrey
Baloloy, Hera
Llanto, Kim
Magculang, Menandro

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 Imp erial Dy nas tie s
SUI DYNASTY (AD 589-618)
• It augmented the walls along northern matches
• It develop a series of canals to connect with the Yangtze
valley

T’ANG DYNASTY (AD 619-907)

• Li s hih-min - creator and greatest figure of T’ang ; the
second emperor
• Capital is at Chang ’an
• China became the largest and most populous city in the
world.
• Mi ng Huang - emperor that gave the dynasty its splendor
and power.
• Yang Kuei-fe i - the reason for Ming and the dynasty’s
end.
 Imp erial Dy nas tie s
*Features of China under the T’ang Dynasty
2) the empire attained an even greater area than it had under the
Han.
3) with its vast expansion, it led native Chinese have contacts with
other people and culture
4) revival of Confucianism
5) appearance of some of the greatest Chinese poetry.
6) some of China’s greatest paintings was produced.
7) development of printing.

SUNG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)

• Founded by the emperor Tai Zu
• formed a distinct epoch in China’s history and culture
• The aliens Khitan and Juchen forced Sung to moved from north
to south and later called as the Southern Sung.
• time for the reinterpretation of Confucianism.
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YUAN DYNASTY (AD 1279-1368)
• Mongol conquest constituted an interruption in the
development of China’s culture.
• Under the Mongols, China became a part of the largest
land empire.
• Khub ilai and his successors are regarded as Chinese
emperor and formed a dynasty.

MING DYNASTY (AD 1368-1644)

• Mi ng - founder of the dynasty
• They build the Nank ing “the southern capital”
• The grand canal connecting the north with the Yangtze
valley was improved.
• Coast of china suffered from repeated raids by the
Japanese.
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MANCHU DYNASTY
• Tunguisic people
• They took Mukden from Ming and made it
their capital.
• Manchus extanded their domains through
rebellions.
• K’ ang H is and Ch’ ie n l ung are two great
emperors of Manchu.
 Nation ali st Repu blic
• Reform paved way for a more radical political transformation
• Revolutionary and nationalistic uprisings gained support

SUN YAT-SEN
- elected provisional president of the Chinese Republic
- father of Chinese Republic

YUAN SHIKAI
-succeeded Sun Yat-Sen
-only statesman powerful enough to combat foreign aggression

MAY FOURTH MOVEMENT (1917-1921)

- Revolution in Chinese thought and culture
- Results: inte nsi fi ed na ti onal ism & str uggle agai ns t
impe ri alism
Enhanced kno wledge of Weste rn liberal ideas
Spre ad ing att ac k on the ol d Confuc ian hi era rchi cal
soc ial or der
Lite rary renaissa nce tha t cre at ed a new wri tin g styl e
 Nation ali st Repu blic
• Russian Communists – supported the Nationalist
party KUOMI NTANG (KMT)
• April 1927 – bloody end between the alliance of
convenience between Communists and
Nationalists
• CHIANG KAI-SHEK
- military advisor of Sun and the architect of
massacre in Shanghai
- Led the Northern Expedition to get rid of warlords
in China
 Comin g of th e Wes t
• Early Contacts with
the West
-trade and religion

• Modern universities

• Education Abroad
• Women’s Right

• China in WWI
 Co mm unist Chin a

Communist Party of China (CPC) / Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

- founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of
China
- supreme political authority in China is guaranteed by China's
constitution

Mao Zedong
- fled to Taiwan
- declared the founding of the People's Republic of China on
October 1, 1949

People's Republic of China (PRC)

- "Mainland China" is often used to denote the areas under PRC
rule
- Communist Party of China (CPC) has led the PRC under a
single-party system
 Communist China
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
- formerly as Central Executive Committee
- highest authority within the Communist Party of China
elected by the Party National Congresses

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

- a political advisory body in the People's Republic of
China
- consists of both Party members and non-Party members,
who discuss Chinese communism's principles

National Congress of the Communist Party of China

- the highest body within the Communist Party of China
- a party congress that is held about once every five years
 Commu nist Chin a
The Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China
- a committee whose membership varies between 5 and 9 people,
usually men, and includes the top leadership of the Communist
Party of China
- as the de facto highest decision-making body in China

Politburo of the Communist Party of China

- a group of 19 to 25 people who oversee the Communist Party of
China

Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee

- is the permanent bureaucracy of the Communist Party of China
- forms a parallel structure to state organizations in the People's
Republic of China
 Referen ces
• A Short history of the Far East (Kennette
Latourette)
• A History of China ( J.A.G. Roberts)
• Confucianism and Chinese civilization (F.
Wright)
• Grolier Family Encyclopedia
• Wikipedia
• A History of the World (Marvin Perry)