Analyze Han Dynasty China (206 BCE - 220 CE) — Qin antecedent under Shi Huangdi (221-206 BCE), Han imperial bureaucracy + Confucian state ideology under Wu of Han, scholar-official system precursor to imperial examinations, Sima Qian's Shiji historiography, Ban Gu and Ban Zhao Han Shu — per Mark Edward Lewis 2007 and Michael Loewe scholarship
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~3 min
hist.g6.s.ex_27
Short Answer
Prompt
Name the Five Classics of Han Confucianism.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric scored
rubric
Book of Changes (Yijing); Book of Documents (Shujing); Book of Songs / Odes (Shijing); Book of Rites (Liji); Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu)
Hints
- The 5 texts of Imperial University Taixue curriculum.
- These 5 texts were the curricular content of the Imperial University Taixue founded by Wu of Han 124 BCE.
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing Five Classics with later Four Books
Used in lessons