How did Confucianism influence China's government and culture?
1.. The qualities of truthfulness, generosity, respect, diligence, industriousness, and kindness were taught in Confucianism, which the Emperor were the qualities the the emperor wanted for the people who would get the government jobs.
a. The examination also measured how much the person knew about Confucianism.
b. The emperor, Wudi, set up schools so that all applicants could come and study Confucianism.
2. When the Chinese government encouraged assimilation, government officials set up school to train the local people in Confucian philosophy.
a. What is assimilation?
Here is a video on some Confucian beliefs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFJ07rkeJt8
1.. The qualities of truthfulness, generosity, respect, diligence, industriousness, and kindness were taught in Confucianism, which the Emperor were the qualities the the emperor wanted for the people who would get the government jobs.
a. The examination also measured how much the person knew about Confucianism.
b. The emperor, Wudi, set up schools so that all applicants could come and study Confucianism.
2. When the Chinese government encouraged assimilation, government officials set up school to train the local people in Confucian philosophy.
a. What is assimilation?
- To make the empire unified, the Chinese government allowed captured people to be part of Chinese culture.
- Farmers were sent to the conquered areas and encouraged to intermarry with the people already living there.
- Also, the Chinese government set up schools to teach Confucian philosophy so that the local people could understand what China valued.
Here is a video on some Confucian beliefs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFJ07rkeJt8