Western Zhou Dynasty

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Steven Hermosillo
Professor Duran
History 101
Essay A
17 April 2016
The Early History and Development of Imperial China Between 221B.C.-316A.D According to the book, “The Earth and Its People”, “The early history of China was characterized by the fragmentation that geography dictated.” The book, “The Earth and Its People”, states that “The Shang (1750-1045 B.C.E.) and Western Zhou (1045-771 B.C.E.) dynasties ruled over a compact zone in northeastern China.” The Western Zhou dynasty and the Shang dynasty ruled the northeastern China compact zone for almost a thousand years. “In the second half of the third century B.C.E. one of the warring states—the Qin state of the Wei River Valley—rapidly conquered its rivals and created China’s first empire …show more content…
“The Chinese cultural core consists of two key component parts: the Mandate of Heaven governing principle and the tripartite ideological/cosmological core underlying not only China’s philosophical and intellectual underpinnings but also its organizational, institutional, and cultural infrastructure. Both were developed during the Zhou Dynasty period” (Module 3). The Mandate of Heaven and the tripartite ideological/cosmological core were the key component parts of the Chinese cultural core. Module 3 states that “The Chinese View of Heaven: Unlike in the West and its Middle Eastern parent culture, for East Asians there is no radical or essential separation between Heaven/Universe, Earth/Nature, and human society; rather all three constitute one continuum in which the essential features in all three are manifested or reflected in each of the three, even if in modified form.” The first point is the Chinese View of Heaven is examined as no separation between Heaven/Universe, Earth/Nature, and human society. According to Module 3, “The Chinese Conception of the Universe’s Living Principle: Although we’ve seen that pre-imperial Chinese recognized and worshipped individual deities (Shang-ti, for example), these were, as also indicated, generally local gods. But when it came to Heaven (or the larger universe) as a whole, the Chinese conception of its central living principle or force again differed radically from the Western and Middle Eastern one.” This point about the Chinese Conception of the Universe’s living principle s best explained by worshipping local gods. The dynastic changes reflected the “Mandate of Heaven” worked in several
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