Zusammenfassung der Ressource
China's ordered society
- Emperor
- Held the ultimate and superior power.
- Throne was passed down through nobility.
- Gentry- wealthy land owning class.
- Able to spend years studying and recieved good education.
- Were capable of partaking in government.
- Peasantry- usually worked on land or as servants.
- Land reforming allowed peasants to earn money so they could pay taxes.
- Lived in small self-sufficient villages.
- Merchants- had the lowest social status.
- Because they recieve their wealth from the labor of others.
- Rulers often restricted where foreign merchants could live.