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1450-1750

1450-1750. Ming & Qing Yi/Choson Tokugawa. Status of the Dynasties. Ming 1368-1644 Voyages of Discovery http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/journey2001/intro.html 1405-1433 Emperor Zhu Di Admiral Zheng He, Muslim navigator

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1450-1750

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  1. 1450-1750 • Ming & Qing • Yi/Choson • Tokugawa

  2. Status of the Dynasties • Ming 1368-1644 • Voyages of Discovery http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/journey2001/intro.html • 1405-1433 • Emperor Zhu Di • Admiral Zheng He, Muslim navigator • Traded silks, porcelain, lacquerware • Obtained gold, silver, pearls, rhino horn, herbs, spices

  3. Ming revitalized: • Great Wall • Grand Canal • Examination system

  4. Ming Emperor Zhu Di built • Forbidden City in 1421 • http://www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugong/!start.html

  5. Ming emphasized: • Commerce thrives developing national market • Tribute system limits foreign traders to Chinese markets • Neo-Confucianism replaces Buddhist practice of former emperors

  6. Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 • Morality of Neo Confucianism • Civil Service Examinations • Family system represents organization of political system

  7. Korean Yi (Choson) Dynasty 1392-1910 • 1392 Yi deposed Koryo & Buddhism • Favored Confuciansim as state religion

  8. King Sejong • Devised Hangul-syllabary 1446 • Improved literacy • Examination system dominated by Yangban class

  9. Yi • Manchus invaded in 1627 & 1636 • Peace from 1644-1850: policy of seclusion • Hermit Kingdom after 1644 • No entrenched military class

  10. Tokugawa • Warfare & Political fragmentation in 1500s • Peace & order 1600-1868 • Thanks to 2 daimyo • Nobunaga • Hideyoshi

  11. Tokugawa characterized by: • Rise of merchant class • Growth of urban culture • Literature & drama • Social hierarchy (edicts) • http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

  12. What outside contact occurred? • In China: • Portuguese 1514 • Spanish 1565

  13. What outside contact occurred? • In Korea: • Japan 1592 & 1597 • Manchus 1627 & 1636

  14. What outside contact occurred? • In Japan • Portuguese 1543 • Spanish • Dutch 1609 • British 1613

  15. What did the foreigners want? • In China: • Portuguese wanted carrying trade, territory, and converts • Spanish wanted territory, trade, and converts

  16. What did the foreigners want? • In Korea: • Japan wanted to conquer China from Korea • Manchus wanted to make Korea a tributary

  17. What did the foreigners want? • In Japan: • Dutch & British wanted spices • East India Company est in 1600

  18. Cultural phenomenon/ Organizing Principles • China • Neo Confucianism • Art reflecting philosophy • Korea • Neo Confucianism & scholarship • Isolation • Art & architecture • Japan • Daimyo

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