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Confucius created an idea of social harmony through moral example.
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Withdrawal from the world into contemplation of nature, simple living, and end of striving.
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Before an empire was formed under the Qin, China was just a compilation of states that fought each other in an effort to gain territory and power
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The Qin dynasty was the first Chinese empire, though it only lasted for ten years. It followed a line of legalist thinking, which meant rewards and harsh punishments.
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After the fall of the Qin dynasty, different philosophies emerged including confucianism, which led to the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was focused less on rules and more on being respectful and fitting into society
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The Yellow Turban Rebellion was a major peasant revolt, where the peasants wore yellow scarves around their heads. Featured supernatural healings, collective trances, and public confessions of sin.
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The Han Dynasty go too big, too expensive, and too overextended to be sustained by the available resources, and no fundamental technological breakthrough was available to enlarge these resources.
