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China Summary In the historical documentary video Engineering an Empire: China, on the history channel, it explored the Rise, Steady, and Decline of China. The Rise of the empire first began when a 13 year old named Ying Chang took over the empire. Ying Chang wanted a strong army to take over land and take over China and he did just that. The Steady began when they took over the empire of Chew and had a steady life of no fighting. He then changed his name to Shi Haudi. The decline began when he let his power get to him. He started to demand everything and whoever disagreed was vanished. This is how the Great Wall was made with many starving slaves. I thought the video was very informational and interesting. I am still curious about how did China have such a large population if so many people died making the wall.

** 3 Ways of Thought **
 * Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism (Taoism)**
 * For each philosophy take notes and include the following:**

Confucianism > How did it effect China's government? (examples) It increased them because they made good decisions and had a strong government to lead China.** **Buddhism** > How did it effect China's government? (examples) This effected them because smart leaders followed the Buddha and did everything he did and he was wanted to run but he rejected the offer.** Daoism > How did it effect China's government? (examples)It made the government great because of great religion.**
 * **What is it? It is a way of Chinese religion that Confucius taught**
 * **How did it begin? When Confucius had power of China and he wanted his own religion.**
 * **Who is the main person? Confucius**
 * **What was their story? He was a religious leader that wanted a different religion then they had because they were taught that humans were perfectible.**
 * **What are the big ideas of the philosophy? They wanted people to be learn how to be good people.
 * **Which dynasty followed the philosophy? Chou Dynasty**
 * **Find a quote that shows the big idea of the philosophy** **and then explain its meaning.** An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. This quote means that your government should be very strong, stronger than a tiger.
 * **What is it? This is a way of Chinese religion based around a Buddha.**
 * **How did it begin? It began when the so called Buddha was born and people thought he was a boy needing to be rewarded.**
 * **Who is the main person? Buddha**
 * **What was their story? He was born in Nepal and people highly praised him.**
 * **What are the big ideas of the philosophy? Some people actually think that Buddhism could be philosophy but since its around one person it’s a religion.
 * **Which dynasty followed the philosophy? Sui and Tang Dynasty**
 * **Find a quote that shows the big idea of the philosophy** **and then explain its meaning.** “The teachings of the Buddha; a person's path to enlightenment, and The fundamental principles that order the universe” this means that the religion was very strong and didn’t hurt anybody.
 * **What is it? This was known as the greatest religion at the time to the Chinese.**
 * **How did it begin? It started spread in the Eastern part of China.**
 * **Who is the main person? The main person is the Tao.**
 * **What was their story? They were a very holy person that may people followed.**
 * **What are the big ideas of the philosophy? To follow the adivice from the Tao.
 * **Which dynasty followed the philosophy? Tai Chi Dynasty**
 * **Find a quote that shows the big idea of the philosophy** **and then explain its meaning.** "Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river//.//" This means to let things go and just let your mind keep flowing.