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Capital is captured and battles and invasions occur. This led to poets writing war poems and The Book of Odes in 500 BC
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Confucius begins his teachings to China. His teachings are later recorded in Analects
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Lao-tzu, creator of Taoism, develops the Tao Te Ching. He was a contemporary of Confucius.
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Around 300 BC, the general, Sun Tzu, wrote a book called the Art of War in order to organize the armies and their battles.
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The Emperor murdered scholars and burned books. During the next dynasty, Han, scholars hurried to rewrite and recreate the destroyed writings.
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Because of this more people could write. One individual was Pan Zhao, first woman writer who wrote lessons for women.
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Former Han Dynasty ends. This leads to Pan Ku writing History of Former Han Dynasty. Generally when a Dynasty ended a scholar would record the history
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CSE System developed. Poetry writing and literature was then included as a mandatory part of the test.
