CulturalChina1


 * 1) The Chinese were Isolated and couldn't learn from other cultures. They believed in dynastys rather than a normal government. Also, the Chinese were not united by religion, which avoided political threat between the people and the law. The people believed in several different ways of life, the poorer class believed in polytheistic ways, unlike the mid-upper class which believed in Confucianism, and the upper class which believed in Daoism. The people of china were very intellectual and included them self in speeches, songs, poems, etiquette, and political materials. Poetry set apart the educated from the peasants.

Common culture provided unity
 * 1) Elaborate bureaucracy
 * 2) Confucianism – trained group w/ common ideals
 * 3) Appreciation of distinctive art, poetry and literature
 * 4) Relative political stability
 * 5) Stable family – clear hierarchy
 * 6) Private and public not separated – extensions
 * 7) Views on etiquette
 * 8) Language