Chinese Dynasties Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

China’s defeat in the hands of foreign powers through the Opium Wars proved that neither Chinese technology nor political system was as good as those of the foreign countries (Schell & Delury, 2013). This made China to rely on the technology of outsiders that gradually weakened the Chinese economy. Thus China began to compromise on its own tradition and indigenous knowledge. In fact, China was blessed with vast human capital and traditional wisdom; sadly, the dynastic rulers could not make effective use of them. Instead, they believed that the foreign wisdom was superior and tried to adopt it without ...

Question 1

Facing external encroachment and internal rebellion, the Peking government by the 1860s appeared to be on its last leg, but the Self-Strengthening Movement breathed new life into it. Self-strengthening movement that included development of many institutional reforms after concessions and military defeats by the foreign powers was of importance to the Peking governmen. Self-Strengtheners did not realize that western military strength arose from political and economic structures and therefore needed to improve western technology and science in Qing empire. Due to such ignorance of the self-strengtheners, the reforms had various strengths and weaknesses. China needed a technological advancement when it ...

Introduction:

The Chinese Sheng dynasty was rich in symbolism and artistic prowess even though it dates back to over 2000 BC. There are a vast number of ornaments, sculptures and artefacts which have been recovered through archaeological diggings and the two examples discussed here provide some interesting comparisons and concepts. Although the first vessel dates from almost 2000 years before the second one and is made out of bronze while the latter is composed of earthenware, there are similarities between both objects as well as a demonstration that the artefacts have developed in style. They are both supreme examples of sculpture in ...