- How women are treated
- Taught young to be quiet and discreet.
- Not allowed to speak one’s mind.
- Had little voice in the decision on her marriage partner.
- Sons were way more preferred than daughters.
- A good bride was expected to cook, take care of husband, and make sons.
- Men dominated the public sphere.
- All-China Women's Federation survey
- 1/3 of the respondents say that men are inherently more able than women.
- Half agreed with the saying "A promising career is no better than a good husband."
- Half the people answered with home being a woman's best place.
- Song dynasty
- The first population explosion occurred.
- Women started binding their feet to make them smaller
- Started in 906, ended in 1279.
- Northern Son 206-1127, Southern Song 1127 - 1279.
- Came after the Tang Dynasty
- Prosperous economy, radiant culture, and technology was improved.
- Northern Song founded by Zhao Kuangyin, a former military leader.
- Southern Song set by Zhao Gou, son of Zhao Kuangyin.
- Tang Dynasty
- The Emperor and his family were the most powerful in the social hierarchy.
- Next was the aristocracy
- Followed by bureaucracy
- The bureaucracy was divided into two levels of honor, the scholars and the functionaries.
- The eunuchs were next, they functioned as servants in the emperor's palace.
- The clergy was next, then came the peasants who were higher than the artisans and traders.
- The slaves were the lowest social structure.
- Laws
- Laws were enacted to make sure those social classes behaved in a manner befitting their station.
- Laws stated what each group was allowed to wear.
- Tang Dynasty women
- Their attitude towards women was more liberal
- They had more respect and power.
- They were allowed to take religious orders and become priestesses.
- High courtesans were allowed to join in discussions and debates with men of high social rank.
- Men were very intimated of women who have higher rankings than they did.
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- Song dynasty: When
- The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty of china between 960-1279.
- The Northern Song began in 960 began in 960 and ended in 1127.
- The Southern Song began in 1127 and ended in 1279.
- S.D.: Key People
- Taizu - first emperor of the Song.
- Taizong - Son of Taizu, unified all of China by restoring the economy and rebuilding infrastructure.
- Wang Anshi - Made major changes in the empire designed to help the average person, but the rich opposed him.
- Yu Fei - Military leader fighting the Jin Dynasty. He almost beat the Jin, but was called back to the capital, Nanjing, and was executed by a traitor named Qin Hui.
- S.D.:Before the Song
- The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms came before the Song Dynasty
- The Five:
- Later Liang
- Later Tang
- Later Jin
- Later Han
- Later Zhou
- Ten Kingdoms
- Wu
- Wuyue
- Min
- Chu
- Southern Han
- Former Shu
- Later Shu
- Jingnan
- Southern Tang
- Norther Han
- The Five:
- The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms came before the Song Dynasty
- S.D.: After the Song
- Yuan Dynasty came after the Song
- Norther Song lasted from 960 - 1127 and the Southern Song from 1127 - 1279.
- The Yuan Dynasty conquered the Southern Song Dynasty in 1276.
- Yuan Dynasty was established by Kublai Khan the leader of the Mongolian Borjigin Clan.
- Ruled from 1271 - 1368.
- S.D.: What they were known for
- Chinese opera began during this period, and the art of paper cutting.
- Known as China's Age of Invention.
- Marco Polo discovered in the Song Dynasty. He was most impressed by the Rainbow Bridge.
- It was called the Rainbow Bridge because of the way it was bent.
- Typography and compasses were both invented.
- Application of gunpowder was developed rapidly.
- S.D.: How they lost their power
- After Jin defeated Northern Song, many of the clansmen were captured. But Zhao Gou managed to escape.
- In 1127, he established the Southern Song Dynasty.
- Southern Song's regime was subject to the Jin.
- In 1279, the Yuan Dynasty captured Lin'an, putting the Song Dynasty to an end.
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Homework: Marco Polo - Write a paragraph about him and what he accomplished.
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