Imperial China

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Imperial China refers to the long historical period of Chinese civilization ruled by successive dynasties, characterized by centralized imperial authority, Confucian bureaucracy, and rich cultural, technological, and artistic achievements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese history period
civilization
historical period
followedBy Republic of China
follows Warring States period
Zhou dynasty
hasAdministrativeDivision counties
prefectures
provinces
hasCapitalAtVariousTimes Beijing
Chang'an
Hangzhou
Kaifeng
Luoyang
Nanjing
hasCharacteristic Chinese imperial examination system
surface form: Confucian bureaucracy

advanced metallurgy
agrarian economy
bureaucratic governance
centralized imperial authority
civil service examination system
dynastic succession
imperial capital cities
imperial examination curriculum based on Confucian classics
large-scale irrigation works
legal codes
mandate of heaven ideology
meritocratic scholar-official class
paper-based bureaucracy
state-sponsored Confucianism
tributary foreign relations system
use of Chinese characters
written classical Chinese language
hasCulturalAchievement Grand Canal construction
Great Wall of China
surface form: Great Wall fortifications

classical Chinese poetry
development of porcelain
imperial architecture
invention of gunpowder
invention of paper
invention of printing
invention of the compass
landscape painting
hasCurrency metal coins
paper money
hasEconomicActivity maritime trade
porcelain trade
rice cultivation
silk production
tea cultivation
hasEducationSystem private academies
state academies
hasEliteClass literati
scholar-officials
hasEndTime 1912 CE
hasFirstDynasty Qin dynasty
hasFormOfGovernment imperial autocracy
monarchy
hasInfluenceOn Sinosphere
surface form: East Asian civilizations

Japan
Korean Peninsula
surface form: Korea

Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
hasLastDynasty Qing dynasty
hasLegalSystem imperial law codes
hasMilitaryTechnology crossbow
fortified city walls
gunpowder weapons
hasPhilosophicalTradition Legalism
Mohism
Neo-Confucianism
hasReligion Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
surface form: Daoism

folk religion
hasStartTime 221 BCE
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters
includesDynasty Han dynasty
Ming dynasty
Qin dynasty
Qing dynasty
Song dynasty
Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Yuan dynasty
partOf history of China
usesTitleForRuler Huangdi
emperor

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this entity surface form: Chinese imperial court
Lingnan locatedInTimePeriod Imperial China
this entity surface form: imperial Chinese governments
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
this entity surface form: imperial China