Posted: September 13th, 2017

Social, Political and Economic Structures of Late Imperial China and Tokugawa Japan

Social, Political and Economic Structures of Late Imperial China and Tokugawa Japan

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Describe the social, political, and economic structures of late imperial China and Tokugawa Japan. In doing this you should demonstrate your knowledge of the defining characteristics of these societies, how they are apparent in their structures and institutions, and how these factors allow us to construe these societies as early modern. Also describe the values and laws that governed these societies, especially as they are related to the major defining characteristics of East Asia (Confucianism, Buddhism, Chinese institutions and ideas on governing, etc.) You should pay special attention to the functioning of the exam system and the relationship of lineages to this system and in promoting neo-Confucian values in the case of late imperial China. Also be sure to note of the relationship of the elite, scholar-official gentry class and their lineages to commerce and how this could potentially undermine the Neo-Confucian morality of the society. For Tokugawa Japan consider how the shogun regulated the other daimyo and how these methods of control allowed for the rise of the merchant class and what the long-term consequences of this was for the samurai class. Finally, discuss the historical development of neo-Confucianism in Choson Korea, how the exam system and neo-Confucianism as it developed in Korea was different than that in China and how it contributed to a distinct elitism in politics and society and what the long-term effects of this was.

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