READING: La Plante, Asian Art, pp. 99-105.

HISTORY:

Zhou (Chou) Dynasty (c.1122/1050-221 B.C.)
Western Zhou (c.1122/1050-771 B.C.)
Eastern Zhou (771-221 B.C.)
Period of Spring and Autumn Annals (771-481 B.C.)
Period of Warring States (481-221 B.C.)
Chang'an (X'ian) - capital of the Western Zhou
Luoyang - capital of the Eastern Zhou
Changsha
Western Zhou
States:
Shu | Qin | Dian | Wei | Chu | Sung | Yue | Han | Ba | Zhou | Qi | Yan

TERMS:

hunting hu, li, ding (ting) - ritual vessel shapes
zong - earth symbol
bi - heaven symbol
taotie -monster mask
inlay
Songs of the South (Chuci) - lyric poetry from the State of Chu
Confucius - born in 551 B.C., political philosopher and teacher
Lao Zi - Dao de Jing (Book of the Way), founder of Daoist thought, lived 6th c. B.C.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE:

Book of Songs (Shijing)-Anthology of Court Odes
Book of History (Shujing)
Tso Chuan (History of the late Zhou)

TIME LINE: (c. 1000-3rd century B.C.)

Beginning of Hebrew literature
"Iliad" and "Odyssey" written by Homer (9th century B.C.)
First recorded Olympic Games (776 B.C.)
The Acropolis in Athens was begun (c. 650 B.C.)

FURTHER READING:

Hsu, C.Y. and K.M. Linduff, Western Chou Civilization, New Haven, 1988.

NOTES: What are the symbols of the Central Kingdom? What is the relationship between philosophy, politics and the arts?