Good to know:
1. This chapter explores the dominant empires in Asia: Ming China, Qing China, and Tokugawa Japan. You should note the continuities in Confucian ideals, the roles of women, and emphasis on strict social structures. Use the documents "Sixteen Confucian Commandments" (p 484) and "A Last Will and Testament" (p.490) to address the continuing Confucian patriarchy in Asian cultures.
2. Analyze the political ideals and practices put forth by the Chinese and Japanese in an effort to control the rising power of the middle class. Close attention to the role of the daimyo, samurai, and the bakufu in Tokugawa Japan is warranted. Analyze the document "Keeping to the Straight and Narrow in Tokugawa Japan" (p 499) to support the importance of the bakufu. Become familiar with tribute systems in Asia, including China, Korea, and Vietnam.
3. Examine various contacts made by the Western world with Japan and China. The cultural influences from the Jesuits, trade goods including silk and porcelain, and the impact of the silver trade with Spain and the Philippines, all mark significant developments in Asia. Use the Comparative Essay "Population Explosion" (p 488) to aid this discussion and place it into the context of growing populations resulting from Western contact, i.e. the Colombian Exchange.
4. The impact of guns around the world is a major development of this time period; the introduction of firearms in Japan by the Portuguese is explored in the primary source "A Present for Lord Tokitaka" (p 495). A brief reference to the rise in gunpowder weapons is also included at the end of the documents "Population Explosion".
5. Changes in technology resulted in advanced printmaking and block printing in China and Japan. Evaluate the innovations in visual and performing arts including No plays, kabuki theater, and the prized block prints of Japan. Examine the image "One of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road" (p 502) for an example of a block print.
6. Chapter 17 concludes with a brief look at Korea and Vietnam. Emphasize the continued influence of Chines culture (particularly Confucianism) in East Asia, as well as the rather limited impact of European merchants and missionaries in the region during this period.
Study help:
1. Dynasty established by the Manchus
2. Gov't under the Qing dynasty (changes)
3. Crops introduced to China
4. China's population from 1600-1800
5. Reason for the population increase?
6. Role of women in traditional China
7. Love in Qing China
8. Gold Vase Plum compared to European examples
9. China's most distinguished popular novel
10. Outstanding example of Chinese architecture during Ming and early Qing
11. Best know artistic achievements of the Ming era
12. Tokugawa Ieyasu
13. vocab
14. How shoguns exerted control over the daimyo
15. Saikaku
16. Basho
17. Dominant textile fabric during Tokugawa period
18. Invasion of the Korean Peninsula in 1592
19. Population in Vietnam in the 17th and early 18th centuries
Chapter 17
The East Asian World
Chapter Outline
I. China at Its Apex
A. From the Ming to the Qing
1. First Contacts with the West
2. The Ming Brought to Earth
B. The Greatness of the Qing
1. The Reign of Kangxi
2. The Reign of Qianlong
3. Qing Politics
4. China on the Eve of the Western Onslaught
II. Changing China
A. The Population Explosion
B. Seeds of Industrialization
1. The Qing Economy: Ready for Takeoff?
C. Daily Life in Qing China
1. The Family
2. The Role of Women
D. Cultural Developments
1. The Rise of the Chinese Novel
2. The Art of the Ming and the Qing
III. Tokugawa Japan
A. The Three Great Unifiers
B. Opening to the West
1. Expulsion of the Christians
C. The Tokugawa “Great Peace”
1. Daimyo and Samurai
2. Seeds of Capitalism
3. Land Problems
D. Life in the Village
1. The Role of Women
E. Tokugawa Culture
1. The Literature of the New Middle Class
2. Tokugawa Art
IV. Korea and Vietnam
A. Korea: In a Dangerous Neighborhood
B. Vietnam: The Perils of Empire
chonmin
a class of slaves who labored on government plantations or served in certain occupations, such as butchers and entertainers, considered to be beneath the dignity of other groups in the population.
fudai daimyo
the daimyo group that was smaller and directly subordinate to the shogunate
ronin
Japanese warriors made unemployed by developments in the early modern era, since samurai were forbidden by tradition to engage in commerce.
tozama daimyo
the larger daimyo group consisting of more independent lords that were usually distant from the center of shogunate power in Edo.
yangban
Korean aristocratic class meaning “two groups,” the civilian and military
banners
originally established in 1639 by the Qing empire, the eight banners were administrative divisions into which all Manchu families were placed. Banners quickly evolved into the basis of Manchu military organization, with each required to raise and support a prescribed number of troops.
dyarchy
during the Qing dynasty in China, a system in which all important national and provincial admininstrative positions were shared equally by Chinese and Manchus, which helped consolidate both the Manchus’ rule and their assimilation.
kowtow
the ritual of prostration and touching the forehead to the ground