1450-1750 Ming & Qing Yi/Choson Tokugawa

Status of the Dynasties Ming 1368-1644

– Voyages of Discovery http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/journey2001/intro.html

1405-1433 Emperor Zhu Di Admiral Zheng He, Muslim navigator Traded silks, porcelain, lacquerware Obtained gold, silver, pearls, rhino horn, herbs, spices

Ming revitalized: Great Wall Grand Canal Examination system

Ming Emperor Zhu Di built

Forbidden City in 1421 http://www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugo

ng/!start.html

Ming emphasized: Commerce thrives developing national

market Tribute system limits foreign traders to

Chinese markets Neo-Confucianism replaces Buddhist

practice of former emperors

Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 Morality of Neo Confucianism Civil Service Examinations Family system represents organization

of political system

Korean Yi (Choson) Dynasty 1392-1910

1392 Yi deposed Koryo & Buddhism Favored Confuciansim as state

religion

King Sejong Devised Hangul-syllabary 1446 Improved literacy Examination system dominated by

Yangban class

Yi Manchus invaded in 1627 & 1636 Peace from 1644-1850: policy of

seclusion Hermit Kingdom after 1644 No entrenched military class

Tokugawa Warfare & Political fragmentation in

1500s Peace & order 1600-1868

– Thanks to 2 daimyo Nobunaga Hideyoshi

Tokugawa characterized by:

Rise of merchant class Growth of urban culture Literature & drama Social hierarchy (edicts) http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

What outside contact occurred?

In China:– Portuguese 1514– Spanish 1565

What outside contact occurred?

In Korea:– Japan 1592 & 1597– Manchus 1627 & 1636

What outside contact occurred?

In Japan– Portuguese 1543– Spanish– Dutch 1609– British 1613

What did the foreigners want?

In China:– Portuguese wanted carrying trade,

territory, and converts– Spanish wanted territory, trade, and

converts

What did the foreigners want?

In Korea:– Japan wanted to conquer China from

Korea– Manchus wanted to make Korea a

tributary

What did the foreigners want?

In Japan:– Dutch & British wanted spices

East India Company est in 1600

Cultural phenomenon/

Organizing Principles China

– Neo Confucianism– Art reflecting philosophy

Korea– Neo Confucianism & scholarship– Isolation – Art & architecture

Japan– Daimyo