Mr. Kuhn Class Three Shape of the Day
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Mr. Kuhn Class Three Shape of the Day
Video: What Was the Mandate of Heaven? Presentation: The Zhou
Dynasty Group Work: Chinese Philosophies Work Sheet: Confucius and
Human Nature In pairs discuss the following question
What was The Mandate of Heaven? The idea that the emperor, the son
of Heaven, has the support of gods as long as he rules correctly
What was the Zhou Dynasty?
In 1027 B.C.E, the Zhou rulers attacked and replaced the Shang
Dynasty in China The Zhou defended their decision by claiming the
Shang rulers had failed the people and had therefore lost the
Mandate of Heaven With the Zhou Dynasty, the borders of China grew
How was it organised? Like the Shang, the Zhou was separated into
territories, each ruled by a lord The rulers of the three
territories owed both loyalty and tribute to the Zhou King The
Lords were responsible for both the land and the peasants of their
territory The Zhou Dynasty and Chinese Philosophy The Lower Class
The lower class was made up of peasants, merchants, and artisans
Like in Shang, the lower classes owed the following to the nobles:
Food Labour Military Service Improvements by the Zhou
Roads and Canals were created which made transportation much easier
and faster Farming was improved and food production grew immensely
due to irrigation projects Did You Know: Rice China eats more rice
than any other country in the world. They eat 135 million metric
tonnes a year 3.5 Billion people around the world depend on rice to
live Rice was placed in ancient Chinese walls for strength and
stability Elephants often way a metric tonne. Now rethink about how
much rice the Chinese eat Modern Chinese Writing
Iron While there were few examples of iron being used in the Shang
Dynasty, by the Zhou it became more common Modern Chinese Writing
Modern Chinese writing was created during this period Money The
Zhou Dynasty was one of the first civilizations to have a currency
A Few Things About Money
What did people use before money? Shells, bat feces, cows, gold,
favours, ect China was the first country to create paper money,
this happened 1500 years ago Not only did China create paper money,
it has the most of it. As of 2014 China now has the biggest economy
at $17.6 Trillion The Fall of the Zhou In the 8th century BCE, the
Zhou Dynasty began to fall apart The Lords of the three territories
all began to fight for more land and take over the dynasty By 770
BCE, the King of the Zhou Dynasty was forced to flee east to
Luoyang The fighting became so severe that the years from BCE were
called the Warring States period By 256 BCE, the Zhou Dynasty
collapsed Chinese Philosophy Jigsaw
You will be numbered off into groups of four (remember your number)
Depending on your number, you will be describing a different
Chinese Philosophy One: Confucianism (p.82) Two: Legalism (p.83)
Three: Daoism (p. 85) Four: Buddhism (p.91) In the middle, your
group will list any similarities that the philosophies you are
describing share Questions to Answer Who created your philosophy?
What does your philosophy believe? How did it effect the history of
China? 5 1 2 3 4