The
Classical Civilization of China: Confucianism and Taoism
Gu
HongZhong Night Party
"Han XiZai Gives a Banquet" painted by Gu HongZhong
(about AD 910-980)
The
ancient Chinese were great inventors: paper, gunpowder, matches, the compass,
timepieces,
seismograph (to measure earthquakes), the umbrella, and more!
Ancient
China covers 11,0000 years of history! Historians divide China’s history into big
blocks of time. However, even
this approach can be confusing; someone my say “in Shang times” or “in
Han times” or they might say “in the Bronze Age” or “in the Age of Division.” They might say in the Chou Dynasty (when the
Chou family ruled); or in the Zhou Dynasty (when the Zhou family ruled). But in Chou and Zhou Dynasties were the same
dynasty, only spelled differently.
To
make your visit to Ancient China easier we have linked to a terrific
site offering a time
line with more important links.
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