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China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism
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Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.
Duration | 15 weeks |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Course Level | UG Certificate |
China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism at Harvard University Highlights
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- Earn a certificate after completion of the course
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What are the course deliverables?
- How the first centralized bureaucratic empire was created.
- How the foreign religion of Buddhism gained prominence.
- The dynamics of political systems and changing state-society relations.
- How religion functions as a historical phenomenon.
- How to develop your own approaches to history and gain a critical appreciation of China’s many resources.
- How to express ideas clearly and confidently.
More about this course
- This course, the second in a collection on Chinese history and culture, addresses how the Qin dynasty conquered China and established a new system of government and how the Han dynasty built a stable, centralized empire that lasted for hundreds of years
- We cover the early history of Buddhism in China and how the rising feudal aristocracy responded to the loss of empire by looking inward.
- In this period, the Qin forged a new, unified empire, discovered new ways of mobilizing the population, and introduced the imperial ideology of Cosmic Resonance However, this early dynasty was short-lived and soon gave way to the Han
- Though the Han struggled with many tensions centralism vs. regionalism, feudalism vs. bureaucracy it lasted much longer than the Qin and established a stable relationship between Chinese society and the state
- Later, aristocratic culture and concerns around self-actualization became important in Chinese culture. Buddhism was also established in this period, and learners will discover how that religion spread throughout the country.
- Join us to learn about China first unified empires and how the relationship to the self evolved with the spread of aristocratic culture and Buddhism.
- Earn a paid Certificate for 12,368
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History, Asia, Buddhism
China’s First Empires and the Rise of Buddhism at Harvard University Faculty details
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Peter K. Bol
Designation : Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
William C. Kirby
Designation : T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies
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