The Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty

 

I. The Achievements of the Qin Dynasty, 221-206 B.C.E.

A.  Shihuangdi and the Declaration of Empire
 
 
 
 
 
 

B.  Policies
 

 1.  Standardization
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2.  Created Monopoly of Violent Force
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 3.  Building projects
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 4.  Control of daily life
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 C.  Resistance to the Qin







II. Laying the Foundations for Order in China: The Han Dynasty, c. 206 B.C.E.-9 C.E. 


 

 A.  Liu Bang (Liu Chi) and the Restoration of Order
 
 
 
 
 
 

 B.  Political Centralization and Expansion
 
 

 1.  Centralization
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 C.  Society
 

 1.  Evolution of the scholar-gentry class

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 2.  Peasant life
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  3.  Merchants
 



 

Key Terms:
Qin
Shang Yang (390-338 B.C.E.)
Li Si (c.280-208 B.C.E.)
 Shihuangdi (Shih Huang-ti, a.k.a. Prince Zheng, Ch'eng, r. as Emperor 221-210 B.C.E.)
standardized script
Legalism
shi
Former Han Dynasty
Liu Bang (Liu Chi, r. 202-195 B.C.E.)
Xiongnu
Han Wudi (r. 141-87 B.C.E.)
Legalism
Confucian Ideals
Imperial University
Scholar-Gentry
Admonitions for Women
Silk Roads

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