Tang+and+Song+China


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__Document: Ties That Bind: Paths to Power__ What do we know about where this was created? What have we learned about this topic? Society that may be relevant? || We just know that this was created in the Tang dynasty. We have learned that in China there was the bureaucracy that can bring fame to people. Societies that also have this is India. Reletives that had power would appoint other relevtives power because they wanted to keep it in the family. || Who is the intended audience? How might they receive this? – quotes to support your claims? || The audience that this is intended for is the bureaucracy, specifically General Li. They might receive this because it was meant for them because Wu wants to gain a job in the bureaucracy. " hoped to attach himself and thus win advancement in the imperial bureaucracy." || What is the purpose of this document? Read between the lines, support claims with a quote || The purpose of creating this is to show how much people wanted to be in the bureaucracy, how it brought fame to people. " hoped to attach himself and thus win advancement in the imperial bureaucracy." " If by your boundless favor i could take part in this triumphal progress, even as a member of the rear most company, the day would live engraved on my memory." || Support with quotes || The main idea was that he wanted to get a job in the bureaucracy." If by your boundless favor i could take part in this triumphal progress, even as a member of the rear most company, the day would live engraved on my memory." || How does this relate to the big picture? What can it tell us as historians? Relate to ESPIRIT if possible || This relates to the big picture because bureaucracy was a big thing during this time, and people in the bureaucracy had a lot of power and fame therefore this shows that people wanted to be in the bureaucracy. What this can tell us is that bureaucracy was something that most people wanted to be in and achieving this gave the person great fame. || Questions? Was Wu Bao a man, could women have a position in the bureacracy.
 * Author – Who created this? What do we know about the author? What might influence their opinions? || Wu Bao, He is trying to become an offical, bias, compliments bureacracy to join. ||
 * **Place** – Where and when was it created - || It was created in the Tang dynasty. ||
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The Tang and the Song dynasties have many things that were similar to each other however. Both had the bureaucratic system and there were flaws in that system that led to the decrease of control in their system. Such as the Tang bureaucratic system, family ties, ethnical ties, and connections were mostly more essential than mere talent. In the Song’s bureaucratic system Civil examinations were fairly easy therefore a lot of people passed and there were a lot of people in the government however there wasn’t a lot to do in the government, which led to more people earning money however that had weakened the government greatly. Both dynasties had a lot of technological advances such as gunpowder in the Tang dynasty which was used for fireworks and had military use also. The Song had technological advances also such as the pound lock which allowed them to regulate traffic. There were differences regarding their economy also such as the Song dynasty using flying money, and developing new ships that were called Junks. The Tang had banks so people were able to deposit money, and granaries were made and people were taxed for a portion of their crops in case there was a disaster people would have access to do the food and not starve. The Silk Road was used in both dynasties. During the Tang dynasty the Confucians had attacked Buddhism because they believed that it was conflicting with imperial order. Both dynasties were influenced by the Neo-Confucians, such as believing women were less dominant and to do so they didn’t include women in higher education which prevent them from getting jobs in civil services. Foot-binding was welcomed in both dynasties even though it was originated in the Tang dynasty; men had a liking to small feet therefore women had their feet binding at the age of 5 or 6. This served as a gender role also because men were able to bind the feet of women restricting them from great movement.