Comparison between the First Empire and the Han Dynasty
Comparison between the First Empire and the Han Dynasty
The Han Dynasty was far greater than the First Empire, since the Han dynasty destroyed all form of torture and violence towards the non-believers and introduced a good system of education that would stick to people. This was made possible by these three things: education, trade and Confucianism, which made China, grow into a strong nation that overruled the earth and destroyed what was known as legalism.
From the chaos left over by the Qin Dynasty came the Han Dynasty. It built on the strengths of the earlier dynasties and removed the faults. Taxes were sharply reduced, and economic recovery was widely promoted. Examinations were used to identify potential candidates for official posts and gifted scholars, and the teachings of Confucius were promoted and encouraged. Being far more intelligent than Shi Huandi emperor Wudi was thinking of his people and not of himself. He wanted for a smart country that could evolve and strengthen under his power. The teachings of Confucius allowed the people of china to think for themselves and collaborate on an idea that could become something. Unlike Shi-Huandi, emperor Wudi allowed the people to express themselves without being n danger, and his schools taught people between the good and the bad. Wudi had a strong word in his population with the promise of a winning country. Since agriculture was the only real profession during the first empire, Wudi taught that with education the people could make something much more. And oh was he ever right, the Chinese people were the first ones to invent the paper, paper money, silk, gunpowder and many more invention that were from the roots of Confucius. Much of these customs are still practiced today in modern China and if it wasn’t for the teachings of Confucius the China that we know today wouldn’t have existed.
One of Shi-Huandi’s pleasures was to take a country with swords to show power. He liked the taste of blood and always wanted to have another part of the country. Unlike the First Empire the Han Dynasty had a government that used words and not violence. The Han dynasty was one of the first dynasties to have ever opened a trade route. While Shi-Huandi was looking for enemies from the Great wall known as the largest graveyard since many builders were engulfed by the massive wall, Emperor Wudi...