| 1. Zhongguo
2. Nihon 3. Song dynasty 4. Jurchen 5. Khitan Liao 6. Neo-Confucianism 7. Southern Song 8. Yuan dynasty 9. Kublai Khan 10. Marco Polo 11. Zheng He 12. Ming dynasty 13. Wang Yangming 14. landscape painting 15. Qing dynasty 16. Beijing/Nanjing 17. Kamakura 18. Ashikaga 19. Tokugawa 20. Edo 21. "sakoku" 22. kanji, hiragana 23. Yamato 24. Heian 25. fudai/tozama/shimpan 26. terauke 27. Deshima 28. Rangaku 29. National Learning 30. British East India Trading Company |
31. Kangxi
32. Qianlong 33. Macartney Mission 34. George III 35. Canton System 36. Opium War 37. Treaty of Nanjing 38. Treaty of the Bogue 39. Matteo Ricci 40. Jesuits 41. arquebus 42. sankin kotai 43. Second Opium War 44. Treaty of Tianjin 45. Taiping Rebellion 46. Matthew Perry 47. Treaty of Kanagawa 48. Townshend Harris 49. Harris Treaty 50. Lin Zexu 51. Huang Zongxi 52. Wang Fuzhi 53. The Sacred Edict 54. Yang Guangxian 55. Wei Yuan's Gazetteer 56. Hong Xiuquan 57. Motoori Norinaga 58. Sato Nobuhiro 59. Yoshida Shoin 60. Fukuzawa Yukichi |
2. Characterize the relationship of Neo-Confucian scholars caught in the transition between the Ming and Qing dynasties. What was the nature of their response to the monumental political change they witness. Be sure to mention Hong Zongxi, Lu Liuliang, Gu Yanwu, and Wang Fuzhi. How might the "Sacred Edict" be viewed as a Qing response to that offered, often more privately, by Chinese scholars?
3. Characterize the George III/Qianlong correspondence in terms of the Sino-British trade problem which prompted it, as well as national prejudices, conceits, and assumptions. To what extent did this correspondence, when viewed from the Chinese side, reflect "traditional" patterns of thought? Briefly indicate the major events that followed the correspondence, making it seem especially poignant.
4. What were the reasons for the Opium War, as they were understood by Qing China and Britain? In particular, how did they relate to the "traditional" problem that Chinese had had with "barbarians"? What was the outcome of the war, diplomatically, economically, and politically, for the two sides, and how was it viewed, especially by the Chinese?
5. What were the problems faced by Christian missionaries in East Asia (China and Japan), and what were their responses to them? What factors were behind the Christian "move" into East Asia? What factors influenced the East Asian response to Christianity?
6. What was the sankin kotai system, and how did it work to bolster the Tokugawa bakufu, and yet also contribute to its eventual collapse?
7. Briefly explain the circumstances surrounding the "opening" of Japan by Commodore Perry, and why that "opening" soon led to the collapse of the Tokugawa bakufu. Why did a similar collapse not occur in Qing China, following the "opening" of that country to Western trade?
8. Compare and contrast the intellectual worlds of Ming-Qing China and Tokugawa Japan. To what extent did Chinese and Japanese thinkers assist their nations in coming to terms with the outside world?