Today in class, we discussed the Mandate of Heaven, specifically how the cycle works and how it in fact empowers the people in some ways. We also discussed how cycles are important in Chinese culture (dynastic cycle, cycle of hte river, cycle of life and death with ancestor worship, cycles as relationships as in Confucianism, and cycles as balance with yin/yang & Daoism. We then moved into discussing the three philosophies through making campaign slogans for each philosophy, and we ended class by filling out the Research Guide Notes (under "General Documents" tab) for three of the databases. Get someone's notes if you weren't here (on all of the above).
Homework, as listed on the assignment sheet, is to find an article on the Han Dynasty from one of the databases we learned about in class, print it up, and then read & annotate it.
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