Humanities Homework Help
History of The World Civilizations Chinese Culture & the Zhou Discussion
This assignment considers some of the fundamentals of Chinese society and requires reading and analyzing primary documents. Your textbook provides some context. It may also be helpful to view the short John Green World History Crash Course video. I will use these videos from time to time. Although a bit cheesy, these videos have good content, and provide solid, graduate-level analysis. And they are succinct.
Assignment: Read the documents attached below
1. How does a Chinese leader lose the Mandate of Heaven? What are the consequences of this loss?
2. Compare the “Mandate of Heaven” with the Canon of Filial Piety. In what ways do the two documents offer similar views of leadership? In what ways do they offer differing views?
3. What insight into the nature of Chinese society do the two documents offer? How does this differ from modern American society?
Be sure to provide sufficient details and analysis in your responses. Quote from the documents.
