The Impact of "Outsiders" on China's Imperial Past

 

I. Brief Revisit to Class 1: Cultural Traditions

 

      A. "Wu-Wen" amalgam: "stability maintenance"

 

     B. Gender inequality: bound feet

 

     C. Justice and Law: Judge Dee the magistrate

 

     D. Daoism: "You Are What You Eat"

 

II. Class 2 Focus: Outside influences and their impact on Chinese society

 

      A. Buddhism (1st century CE and on, brought from India)

 

     B. The Mongols (Yuan dynasty, 1279-1367)

 

     C. Chinese Trade (Silk Roads and Ming Voyages)

 

     D. The Manchus, Western and Japanese Imperialists, and the Fall of Imperial China (1644-1912)