China: Hundred Schools to One

Series: Chinese History Series|n3

Duration: 19

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Wan-go Weng

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 28Dec76 · MP30481 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: China Institute in America, Inc

Description: Covers the warring between the states and the technological and agricultural revolution leading up to the formation of the Ch'in empire (475 B.C. to 221 B.C.) through a variety of artifacts, documents, and art materials. Observes that the major changes were social; ministers, generals, and merchants sought personal advancement with no fixed loyalty to anyone. Records the emergence of the so-called "Hundred Schools of Thought" to address society's problems, the most important of which include the Militarists, the Yang Chu School, the Confucianists, the Taoists, the Yin and Yang School, and the Legalists. Indicates that the Legalists triumphed over the others, setting the stage for the making of an empire.

Complete Record: Covers the warring between the states and the technological and agricultural revolution leading up to the formation of the Ch'in empire (475 B.C. to 221 B.C.) through a variety of artifacts, documents, and art materials. Observes that the major changes were social; ministers, generals, and merchants sought personal advancement with no fixed loyalty to anyone. Records the emergence of the so-called "Hundred Schools of Thought" to address society's problems, the most important of which include the Militarists, the Yang Chu School, the Confucianists, the Taoists, the Yin and Yang School, and the Legalists. Indicates that the Legalists triumphed over the others, setting the stage for the making of an empire., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.