Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
WHAP –
UNIT 2 - Eurasian - Classical Age
CH 6 Eurasian Social Hierarchies
500 BCE – 500 CE
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
Both systems are used to define social hierarchy.
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
The caste system defined social groups more rigidly and with less opportunity for
social mobility than in many class-based systems.
Wudi: The Chinese emperor who
started the Chinese civil service
system (pron. woo-dee)
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
The caste system defined social groups more rigidly and with less opportunity for
social mobility than in many class-based systems.
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
The caste system defined social groups more rigidly and with less opportunity for
social mobility than in many class-based systems.
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
The caste system defined social groups more rigidly and with less opportunity for
social mobility than in many class-based systems.
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
The caste system defined social groups more rigidly and with less opportunity for
social mobility than in many class-based systems.
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
The caste system defined the social order in terms of religious ideas about the creation of the universe more
explicitly and more closely than many class-based systems.
dharma: In Indian belief, performance of the duties
appropriate to an individual’s caste; good performance
will lead to rebirth in a higher caste.
karma: In Indian belief, the force generated by one’s
behavior in a previous life that decides the level at which
an individual will be reborn.
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
The caste system defined the social order in terms of religious ideas about the creation of the universe more
explicitly and more closely than many class-based systems.
Ban Zhao: A Chinese woman writer
and court official whose work provides
valuable insight on the position of
women. (pron. bahn joe)
Wudi: Chinese emperor who started the
Chinese civil service system with an
imperial academy for future officials.
(pron. woo-dee)
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
The caste system defined the social order in terms of religious ideas about the creation of the universe more
explicitly and more closely than many class-based systems.
Empress Wu: The only
female emperor in
Chinese history,
patronized scholarship,
worked to elevate the
position of women, and
provoked a backlash of
Confucian misogynist
invective.
Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
The caste system defined the social order in terms of religious ideas about the creation of the universe more
explicitly and more closely than many class-based systems.
The 3 obediences:
Chinese Confucian, a woman is permanently
subordinate to male control:
(Emperor & Govt. Officials)
1. Father 2. Husband 3. Son
(Eldest Son)
scholar-gentry class:
China’s land owning
families, reflecting their
wealth from the land and
the privilege that they
derived as government
officials.
Yellow Turban Rebellion: A massive Chinese
peasant uprising inspired by Daoist teachings with
the goal of establishing a new golden age of
equality and harmony.