Analyze The Political And Cultural Changes And Con

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Global Essay#2: Analyze the political and cultural changes and continuities in CHINA during the last periods of the classical era. Chinese, 100 C.E. - 600 C.E. In every civilization there are unique cultural and political structures, even though not all are continued. These structures help to better clarify our understanding of the civilization, and why societies are the way they are today. When compared to other civilizations in the classical era, China’s culture and politic structures seem to have more continuity than change. From 100C.E. to 600C.E. China experienced much continuity and little changes, which varied from the ideas of Confucianism to the ruling of the emperors’ through the dynastic cycle. Over the years since the classical period, the firm teachings of Confucianism had been kept in the Chinese society and it still is very much part of the culture today. For example, Confucius’ Five Relationships created a guideline to demonstrate what roles people had to take in a society in order to maintain a certain balance and order. Like most societies, China was patriarchal; however, it was quite different from the Roman patriarchal society, where women seemed to have enjoyed more right and freedom. In China, based on the Five Relationships, women were expected to be absolutely obedient to their husbands. Since the Classical period, the role of women in China, until recent times, did not experience much change, for people of the society were influenced by the Confucian teachings and values. One of the biggest changes in the Chinese culture was Buddhism, which was introduced to China from India through the Silk Roads. Buddhism threatened the unity of China and it arrived after the fall of the Han Dynasty, and people didn't fully assimilate it into their culture until almost a century later. The collapse of the Han Dynasty helped Daoism and Buddhism
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