中西文化.ppt

The Historical Context of the Ancient China during the Same Period of The Ancient Greece and Rome
European Culture :An Introduction
Emily Brontë
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Chorology of the Historical context
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A Famous Person and an Important Event
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Shang Dynasty (around 1600 BC– 1100 BC)
Around 1600 BC Shang Tang (商汤) conquered Xia and founded Shang Dynasty
Around 1400 BC King of Shang, Pan Geng (盘庚), moved the capital to Yin (殷)
Western Zhou Dynasty (around 1100 BC – 711 BC)
Around 1100 BC King Zhou Wu (周武王) conquered Shang and founded Western Zhou
dynasty
841 BC Peasants revolt. Chinese calendar system and history recording were started
771 BC Quan Rong (犬戎) , a barbarian tribe, sacked Hao Jing (镐京), the capital of
Western Zhou. Western Zhou dynasty ended
Spring/Autumn Period (770 BC – 476 BC)
770 BC King Pin (周平王) shifted the capital to Luo Yi (洛邑). Eastern Zhou dynasty
Began
594 BC Lu state began to impose tax on land
Warring States Period (475 BC– 221 BC)
403 BC Han, Zhao, Wei (3 families) became feudal lords
382 BC Wu Qi (吴起) became legal advisor of Chu state, began reform
359 BC Shang Yang became the legal advisor of Qin state, began 1st reform
350 BC Shang Yang carried out 2nd legalist reform in Qin state
299 BC King Zhao Wu Ling (赵武灵) of Zhao State carried out military reform by
adopting steppe cavalry warfare tactics of the “hu” people in the so-called “Hu Fu Qi She”(胡服骑射). First adoption of cavalry in Chinese army
278 BC Qin State sacked Chu’s capital, Ying (郢). Qu Yuan (屈原), the patriotic official of Chu state,
committed suicide by drowning himself at Luo river
260 BC Battle of Chang Ping (长平之战) between Qin and Zhao state. Qin’s general Bai Qi (白起)
executed 400,000 Zhao’s surrending soldiers.
257 BC King Wei Xin Ling (魏信陵君) saved Zhao state, defeated Qin army
256 BC Qin state conquered Eastern Zhou dynasty
246 BC Qin state started the construction of Zheng Guo canal (郑国渠)
238 BC King of Qin, Yingzheng (嬴政), started his direct ruling
230 BC