Difference between systems of Chinese Class and Indian Caste?
Strayer Chapter 6
Eurasian Social Hierarchies
500 b.c.e. – 500 c.e.
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 “three obediences”: Chinese
Confucian, a woman is permanently
subordinate to male control:
1. Father, 2. Husband, 3. Son.
scholar-gentry class:
China’s landowning
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.