science- tang
-monk yixing, was the first to successfully measure the length of the meridian line
-sun simiao, the madicince king, wrote a medical book qianjin fang
- yi xing led a national project to observe, identify, and locate stars
science song
acupuncture- a system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, used to lessen pain
- astronomer yang zhongfu made the system of astromical calendar, and took 365.2425 as one year
poetry-tang
-around 50,000 peoms
-poetry was very important in the tang dynasty
-professional and social life of the literate class
-imperial examination- government jobs
- still very influential
poetry-song
-new form of poem called the ci lyric
-ci lyric- new lyric written to the rhthm od a pre-existing song
- tiled as to the tune of..."
-usually expressed feeling od desire
technology-song
-movable type printing helped the spread of woodbook printing to teach confucian students
-during the 13th century the windmill started to be used throught out china
-paper-printed mone was another currency during the song dynasty
-advancements in agriculture like new
trechnology -tang
- first clcok escaperment
-gunpower, had no life threatening properties but exploded when exposed to fire
art
- tang period was considered tge golden age od literature and art
-toward the beginning of the tang dynasty the most common painting was the lascape
shanshui- means painting od the landsscapes
-most of these paintings were put onto scrolls so they could be hung on walls
weapons
backgroud
-the song dynasty arose after the tnf dynasty fel in 906
- soldiers were drafted from the familes of landowners, pheasant and court officals below the 6th rank of the social class
-usually soldiers didnt leave there land
- 749, the fu military system was replaced by the mercenary system, which weakened the tang military
strategy
- the tang used a fu system of military which was very effective
- there were 3 categories with a certain umber of men in each one
- upper fu commanded 1,200 men
- middle - 1,00
- lower 800
- the economy depened on it
- then they adopted a different systemcauseing great loss in military
strategy
- military used like the us
-used flanks
army
-3 categories
- each fu had
- regimennts
- companies
- huos
each huo contained 10 soldiers
army
- a lot of generals did something and are now considered a god or ledgendary leader for there contributions
- if a man had a successful career in the military he had a sure path to success in politics
- ranked by physical strenghth and courage
- split into 2, xiang bing the locial proviat
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