It wasn’t said about Mao however it adapts to his ideas and aspirations. There are numerous hypotheses regarding the impact that Mao’s leadership has had over China. Mao’s legacy is that the system he established was idealistic. It did not align with the rest of Western culture after the Second World War, but with the population and vast resources that were readily available, “Mao founded Marxist study groups in Changsha.”2 This source from a school history textbook is highly trustworthy as there are many other sources backing up the truth behind it. China was left with a regime that did not respond in correlation with the rest of the world.
Buddhism, another belief practiced by the great Asoka Maurya, did not support the caste system and was, just like the Chinese Daoism, a religion of pure salvation which practiced elimination of desire in order to achieve a higher spiritual status or nirvana. Spread by missionaries it was one of the most practiced religions of that time, both in India and China, but it had little political impact due to its nature. Like in China, Indian social and political structure depended on the belief system, but it was not influenced by the dynastic
Page 131, Questions for Analysis 1. Why might slavery have been less important in Han China than in the Roman Empire? Why would the treatment of slaves have been less harsh in China than in Rome? In contrast to the Roman Empire, which relied on slavery, the Han dynasty built its economy on the labor of free peasants that were forced to give up their surpluses as taxes. Additionally, in China, slaves were bound only to do the tasks assigned to them in a written contract; these contracts protected them by specifying exactly what could be asked of them and what they could not be punished for.
However, Chiang and the GMD failed to gain population which was due to the lack of help and improvement towards the living standards of the millions of peasants in China, showing the GMD was only representative of minority groups and never fully solved all domestic problems in the country. In order these solve domestic problems in China, it was clear that foreign influence needed to be completely eliminated to enable China to become independent again. Nationalism was one of the GMD’s main three principles, so Chiang should have seen freeing China from foreign controls as a priority. Although he noticed this was important and went about fixing it by increasing the strictness of the Chinese law over foreign concessions which decreased the total number of foreign concessions from 33 to 13. Chiang did solve the domestic problem of foreign control in China; he relied on having foreigners around.
However, Sun Yatsen was not in the country at the time the revolution started, implying that the Qing would’ve fallen anyway. An influential character of the revolution was Sun Yatsen, the leader of the tongmenghui. Sun was a nationalist revolutionary who believed that the only way China could refrain from being a backwards country was to adopt western ways in agriculture, industry and become a republic. Sun was educated abroad as a doctor in Hong Kong where he experienced the lifestyle of those who lived in the Western Society. However, by the time of his graduation, Sun believed that whilst the Manchu dynasty still existed, China would remain corrupt and backwards.
Mahatma Gandhi and King got success through non-violent methods because the oppressors they were dealing with were democratic in nature; however, the non-violent campaign led by the Dalai Lama concerning Tibet has had scant effect in the Communist China. Furthermore, George Bush had to resort to aggressive methods while dealing with the Taliban that were extremists in nature. No doubt, non-violence is a powerful weapon for upstaging regimes but for only those with the content of morality and values. Hence, it could be posited that such a contrast in methods is needed to remind those in power, that they are as vulnerable to ultimate force if oppression continues. Though I agree that any form of violence cannot be justified, in certain situations, atrocious acts of racism pierce through the victim’s soul and leave it so severely bruised that all sense of morality vaporizes into thin air.
They had the necessities they needed to live and did not want trifle gadgets. That was the problem. Imperial powers wanted to trade with China and Japan, but they were not interested at first. European powers were determined to gain access to these countries and they would do it at any means necessary. Before the 1800s, China and Japan were almost identical.
Why most Chinese people have no religion? Many western scholars had studied and researched on it, and the answer is, Chinese culture can be considered as Chinese people’s religion! Chinese culture is based on Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and etc. Compared with other religions, Chinese traditional culture promulgates properties and meanings of space, society, and human life based on both Philosophy and science. It is highly reasonable, and it can be proved.
To begin, it is necessary to have a strong understanding of China’s background as an empire and what led to its decline during this period. First, let’s consider religion. Confucianism is arguably the religion with the biggest influence in Chinese political development, and can be directly associated with the decline of the empire during this time period. Confucius’ ideals and religious traditions are known for being associated neither with conquests nor crusades (Wasserstrom 3-4). As Gary
Han and Roman Technology DBQ The Han and Roman societies had varying views about technology. The Hans however recognized technology as a much more valuable idea while the Romans saw it as something not as necessary. In document 1 a Han government official wrote to local officials telling them to establish more water conservation offices. He wrote in detail how he wanted it to be organized such as the scheduling of waterway inspections and hiring workers experienced with the “ways of the water.” This shows that this Han government official favored technology because he believed that the water conservation offices would be beneficial. Document 2 is written by Huan Guan, another Han government official, stating his views on the iron tools used to make salt and iron.