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Xuan Zang is a famous Tang monk, which the famous story, "Monkey King" was written about. He traveled on foot to India to get the Sutra, the Buddhist holy book.
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There was uprising floods, famine, and rivalries.
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Ming dynasty ruled over China. It was ruled by indeginious Han Chinese imperial family. This was the most influential dynasty of all.
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This capital was called The Forbidden City. Not just anyone could enter, which is why it's called the Forbidden City. This is where the emperors lived.
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Taizu started a military reform and killed his generals if he didn't trust them. He also eliminated everyone that opposed him. He started a reform of the entire military and made it possible for the Chinese army to succeed.
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The Hanlin Academy was an institution to perform secretial, achival, and literacy in the Confucian Classics. This was a very prestigious school.
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The chinese traveled by ships to all over the world exploring far away lands.
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2,000 people worked on this encyclopedia. It's the world's largest known general encyclopedia and not to mention on the of the earliest.
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Chengzu Ming stopped ruling China because he fell into a deep depression. He was chasing after some rivals in the Gobi desert and he didn't have the ability to catch up to them. He died of strokes because of the depression.
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Ming anti-commercialism follows martime expedition. They started getting taxed.
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Wang Yangming was a neo-confucian, philosopher, official, educationist, calligraphist, and general. He was considered one of the best Confucian masters of all time.
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Zhengde was born under the name of Zhu Houzhao, and was the eldest son of the Hongzhi emperor. Hongzhi was Zhengde's father and was called the "peace and loving" emperor.
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Wu Cheng'en was a descriptive poet. He wrote about scenery and the behavior of animals.
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Wang Shizhen's life was for 80 years. He wrote the book Pharmacopoeia, which listed the properties, therapies, and dangers of almost 1,000 drugs derieved from plants, animals, and minerals.
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Longqing ruled from 1567-1572. His father was Jiajing. Jiajing ruled from 1521-1567. His name means "admirable tranquility".
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The Mongols kept attacking China over and over again. They destroyed land, killed innocent people, and precious livestock.
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China was fueding with Japan during this time. China invaded Japan many times during this time, and Japan did the same.
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Wanli was the emperor of China during this time. He ruled for 48 years and witnessed the decline of the dynasty. He did many great things for the good of China.
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This was from Hongwu time period to the reign of Wanli. The Tribute System had to do with Confucian ways, It provided exclusive trading priorities to those who paid tribute from foreign regions.
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The British captures a Portuguese ship, "Madre de Dios", that had China's goods and products. The British stated it had costed as much as half of the Queen's money. It was said to have ebony, spices, jewels, and cottons.
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Gu Yanwu was a scholar. He estimated that 50 percent of the imperial income derived from the high taxes collected from the coastal citites.
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The Donglin Party was a group of scholars and officials who attempted to make people see the moral and intellectual weaknesses at the end of the dynasty.
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These riot started because of a crowd of civilians that attacked a troop of imperial gaurdsmen and burned their boats. Many people died because of this riot.
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Chinese people started rebelling against the Chinese Government. They did not like the taxation, and they didn't like the government.
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They attacked north China, Korea, and Mongolia.
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With assistance of Ming armies, Manchus defeats Li and comes to rule China in the Qing Dynasty. Manchu was from the northern part of China, and they were rebels, and they ruled the Qing Dynasty.
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The coastal cities during this time had produced great industry and trade. It was the first government to issue banknotes or paper money. They also had a great navy.
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It was founded by the Li family. It ended by the second Zhou Dynasty.
