1. HAN RULER WUDI DECLARES
CONFUCIANISM THE IMPERIAL
IDEOLOGY OF CHINA
• Hostages contiunued to be used until the tan dynasty
• confucianism and the mandate of heaven provided the ideology
foundations for the tribute system
• Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Chinese_tributary_system
• http://www.indiana.edu/~e232/09-Han.pdf
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Han_dynasty