https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7 Maggie Gable, Anna Spelleri, William Robbins, Imogen Dietz en-us 2020-08-26 15:55:52 UTC 2020-09-02 15:33:13 UTC hello@padlet.com spelleri14114 https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/700338662 - Social man out ranked civil men
- Neo-Confucianism was created in response to the uprising in Buddhism 
- Zhu Xi (1130 - ) an important Neo-Confucian thinker reemphasized individual moral and social responsibility


]]> 2020-08-26 16:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/700338662 dietz14031 https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/703587260 By 1200 foot binding had become a status symbol and a woman with unbound feet would be considered undesirable in elite circles. Although some literate men condemned the idea of maiming innocent girls, it became another way society was able to suppress women.]]> 2020-08-27 19:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/703587260 spelleri14114 https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/705764932 - A new type of civil service examination was introduce 
- Focused more and involved a  bureaucracy rather than a basis of recommendations
-  Test included economic management, foreign policy, and "Confucian classics
- Based off of talent instead of  hereditary destination used in the Han dynasty 
- Success in the examination brought great rewards]]> 2020-08-28 18:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/705764932 dietz14031 https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/707520975 Because the subordination of women was compatible with Confucianism, misogynistic societal practices became common during the Song dynasty. Girls were educated just enough to read simplified versions of Confucian philosophy that emphasized the lowly role of women. They were also not to be involved in politics and not given the right to vote.]]> 2020-08-30 21:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/707520975 robbins14101 https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/707535064 - Hangzhou 
- Engineers used rivers to control the spread of pollutants in water 
- Used part of  a river to remove waste and pollutants from water 
- Rivers were a common form of transportation 


]]> 2020-08-30 21:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/707535064 robbins14101 https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/707537834 - Flying Money
- The idea of credit formed by issuing paper certificates to individuals to bring to another location to exchange for coins or currency. ]]> 2020-08-30 21:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/707537834 robbins14101 https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/707539531 - Paper money was only trading at 1% of its face value. 
- Caused by the large military budget 
- Caused inflation 



]]> 2020-08-30 21:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/707539531 gable14046 https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/708120365 Exam preparation books began to be mass produced around this time with the approval of the Song government. What made this easier was the invention of the "movable type" which was essentially a print and press. It replaced woodblock printing. This new form of printing allowed for individual letters and characters to be rearranged rather than having to carve out entire pages into wood to print.]]> 2020-08-31 06:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/708120365 gable14046 https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/708125818 With a higher availabilty of books, country life changed drastically. Landlords now had access to more information on better methods of agriculture techniques. Agriculture became much more profitable at this time. Wealthy families began to cultivate a lot more land in the South, pushing indigenous people out into the mountains and farther South near Vietnam.]]> 2020-08-31 06:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/spelleri14114/thx5k7f3aowgfcs7/wish/708125818