I. The central kingdom
A. the tributary system
Korea: mostly voluntary tributary
Japan: non-tributary
Qing attitudes toward resistance
border states v. non-border states
the kow-tow
II. Qing China
A. the Confucian state
the Son of Heaven
the Mandate of Heaven
the scholar-gentry
examination system
landlord families
Han/Manchu quotas
the harem
the Dowager Empress
eunuch power
B. the Confucian class system: theory and reality
scholar-gentry
peasants
artisans
merchants
non-persons
C. Religion
Confucianism and Taoism
folk religion
Buddhism
Judaism, and Islam
minority groups
D. Family life
regional diversity
patrilocal marriages
mothers and mothers-in-law
guest children
arranged marriage and polygamy
chastity and widow suicides
concubinage
courtesans and prostitution
single men
II. Yi [Choson] Korea
A. the modified Confucian state
the monarchy
the yang-ban
restricted examination system
landlord families
the harem
the Queen of Korea
court ladies
B. the class system
yangban: scholar-gentry
yangmin: good people
landlords and rich peasants
merchants and artisans
children of yangban and concubines
emancipated ch'onmin
ch'onmin: slaves
children of slaves
entertainers, butchers and shamans
C. Religion
state controlled Buddhism
Singyo
mudang, mansin [shaman]
kut [exorcism]
D. Family life
recent changes [1650s]
end of matrilocal marriages
end of pol./mil. careers for women
end of female inheritance
end of divorce initiated by women
seclusion and the cult of chastity
one wife, many concubines
kisaeng and prostitution
III. Tokugawa [Edo] Japan
A. Centralized feudalism
Emperor
Shogun
Daimyo and samurai
sankin-kotai [alternate attendance]
B. Class [caste?] system
kuge [aristocrats]
samurai [bushi]
peasants
chonin [townpeople]
hinin [non-persons] and burakumin
C. Religion
Buddhism as a means of state control
registries
terakoya [temple schools]
Shinto
D. Family life
samurai and other marriages
samurai wives and money
female inheritance
divorce and child custody
career women
geisha and prostitution