(doc 1)” Since Zedong was the leader of the Communist Party, he would have had the power to influence the Communist Party’s political position. Since Mao Zedong decided to advocate the peasant class to have equal rights, the Communist Party also had the power to do so. Communist support increased the nationalism and unity within the peasant class. Nationalism and the unity is presented to us in document2 through an example of a teenage peasant and his grandfather. The teenager argues with his grandfather on the effects of the Communists.
Buddhism originated in India, but after the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 C.E., it gained many converts in China. The people responded rather positively to the spread of Buddhism in China, because after their kingdom fell into turmoil, it was also torn apart by power hungry warlords. They responded this way, because not only did China have to deal with nomadic invaders from the north, but they also had feudal warlords fighting over the land. Because of this, people needed something to have faith in, so they turned and found it in Buddhism. People also tried to turn away from all the sorrow, so they accepted this new foreign religion coming in, regardless of the political situation in China at the time.
Source A and B are similar in hailing Qui Shihuang as a great ruler and unifier of China and as a harsh ruler who administered severe punishments on those who broke the law and those who pose a threat to his rule. However both sources differ in their emphasis and opinion of Qui Shihuang rule. Both sources, A and B are very similar in their descriptions of Qin Shi Huang. as a powerful and effective ruler who brought about many positive changes to China. Source A mentions about Qui Shihuang introducing laws uniformly throughout China and adopting a single script of writing unifying the people throughout his empire.
Rebellion and independence defined these movements, creating artist that were bound together by their unique style of creating art. The Impressionism art movement began late in the 19th century when a group of radical artists were rejected by the Academy of Fine Arts. An annual art show called, “the Salon,” which was sponsored by the Academy, set the standards for what was accepted as art(Dillen, 2011). The very opinionated panel of judges, thought to be experts, usually judged art based off of tastes and styles that hadn't changed in decades. Anything that was unfamiliar or considered new was seldom chosen and usually “crucified by the critics”(Janaro & Altshuler, 2009 p. 143).
Red Scarf Girl Essay Erika Ramos 3/25/12 1ST Period English Mrs. Perrotta The book “Red Scarf Girl”, by Ji-Li Jiang, tells the true story of the Cultural Revolution launched in 1966 which was led by Chairman Mao. The Cultural Revolution inspired people to modernize China. An influential leader became a dictator and quickly seized control of China, considering himself a hero and brilliant revolutionary. Mao Ze-dong claimed that the “Four Olds” would hold China back from creating a strong, unified country until they established the “Four News”. Old things were replaced by new things.
The guards on top of the Great Wall light signal fires from the top of the walls towers. The fires are then lit at every tower which sent a signal to the emperor. When the emperor’s advisor is talking to the emperor he says “Impossible, no one can get through the Great Wall.” The Great Wall of China was a means of protection and a show of power and wealth in ancient China. The Veneration of Ancestors is the worshipping of a person’s ancestors. Ancient Chinese people worshipped their ancestors because they thought that the ancestors would bring good luck to the family.
After 570 C.E. when the imperial structure was restored, Buddhism quickly gave way to criticism which ended in the eradication of Buddhism (As stated in documents 4 and 6). It is meaningful to stand out that the previous 6 documents were all written by scholars or the Emperor, so we don’t really know what the peasants and the majority of the Chinese population believed and thought about Buddhism. If there was an additional document written by a regular peasant which would probably state that they (peasants) accepted Buddhism due to their poor living conditions in their agricultural work, then it would be proven that the majority of China accepted Buddhism; while the rich (scholars and Emperor) rejected Buddhism because they thought it was a threat to their regime. When Buddhism reached China thanks to the construction of the Silk road during the first century C.E., the initial feeling among Chinese, or at least their scholars, was that of acceptance and admiration towards Buddhist monks.
This means that they were always bettering themselves. China was separated during the warring states era but was later brought together (around 221 BC. )by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of the in. This emperor was known for his cruelty and intolerance, which went against tradition but was also effective. Qin Shi created the great wall of china in order to protect the Chinese civilization from barbarians.
-The defeat was part of a larger rebellion that began after the First Emperor's death. -The people were dissatisfied with the tyranny of the Qin leaders and their legalist form of government. -Chinese history portrays the Han as having implemented many changes to the government, evidence shows that the Han continued to rule in the tradition of the Qin, only gradually incorporating Confucian ideals into their legalist form of government. - rose after the rebellions of the Ch’in (stage one) - (stage two) Wu Ti (emperor) brought new economic policies, built canals, established granaries for surplus grain, increased taxes on merchants, created government monopolies (salt, copper coins, iron & liquor) - Debate on monopolies after Wu Ti’s death: “Salt & Iron Debate” - Legalists said: state should enjoy profits from salt & iron - Confucians said: leave resources in private hands for moral purity (government would be corrupted by dealings with merchants) - Confucian ideas begin to influence the legalists (emperors see Confucian scholars as bookish) - Confucian ideas shaped the moral of men w/o external restraints
This was pivotal to the survival of the CCP as they needed to increase their numbers. Furthermore, one of the only reasons the CCP managed to survive the GMD's encirclement campaigns was because Mao decided to ignore Comintern orders and flee to the mountains of Jiangxi at the end of 1927. This shows how determined Mao was and how he strained to achieve CCP's survival. Without Mao's independent thinking, the CCP would almost certainly have been in chaos and would have been wiped out. Moreover, Mao Zedong's ability to understand the Chinese people - especially the peasants who accounted for 440 million people out of the 500 million people living in