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Han China – A Proto “Welfare State”?

Han China – A Proto “Welfare State”?. Donald Hulsew é. Discussion questions. What is Hulsewé’s thesis? What evidence does he use? What specific activities was the early Han engaging in that leads him to call it a “welfare state”? Who was helped? When, mostly?

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Han China – A Proto “Welfare State”?

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  1. Han China –A Proto “Welfare State”? Donald Hulsewé

  2. Discussion questions • What is Hulsewé’s thesis? • What evidence does he use? • What specific activities was the early Han engaging in that leads him to call it a “welfare state”? • Who was helped? When, mostly? • (268f) How does one qualify for a “royal staff” and what privileges does it imply? • How well did the ordinances work? • Or, how well would they have worked? • Is this at all surprising given what we know about Han history and what we have seen in Sima Qian? Chittick and Hulsewe

  3. The Life and Legacy of Liu Biao Andrew Chittick

  4. Discussion questions • According to Chittick, how does Liu Biao help us understand late Han history? (3 ways) • What state was Han governance in at this time? • When Liu Biao was assigned to Xiangyang, what challenges did he face? • How did he deal with them? • What was Liu Biao’s relationship to the Han court? • How and why did it change over time? • What was Biao’s “southern strategy”? • What did he do to realize his imperial aspirations? • Why does Chittick discuss Wang Can at length? • What does a claim of the Mandate of Heaven seem to have been based upon at the time? • How does the historical writing of this time compare with that of Sima Qian? • Chittick outlines some possible reasons why Cao Cao succeeded where Liu Biao didn’t. What are they? Chittick and Hulsewe

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