Which of the following statements are correct?i. Legalist reform in the Qin state started with Shang Yangii. Xunzi believed that the nature of man is eviliii. Both Shang Yang and Han Fei advocated strict and uniform administration of the lawiv. Han Fei’s ideas were abandoned completely after the fall of the Qin Empire

Which of the following statements are correct?i. Both the Roman Republic/Empire and the Qin/Han Empires (China) relied on bureaucratic administration, staffed by civil servants, to govern large territories ii. China did not go through the Axial Ageiii. The Daoist thought of inaction (non-interventionist approach) in governance was adopted by the Han dynasty until its endiv. Food items were among the commodities traded along the Silk Road

Which of the following statements about the Ming Emperor Hongwu is NOT correct?Group of answer choicesHe came from a peasant backgroundHe was notorious for his extravagant habitsHe was given to violent fits of temper and initiated the practice of public beating of government officialsHe was an able administrator and a very hard workerHe was a great patron of literature, art, and painting.

Which of the following statements about the Qing dynasty is NOT correct?Group of answer choicesMembers of the Manchu clan, residents of northeastern China, established the Qing dynastyThe Manchus were invited by the Ming dynasty rulers to Beijing to suppress regional rebellionsThe Manchu Qings largely assimilated with the Chinese, although retaining some distinctive cultural practices including forbidding intermarriage with the Han ChineseThe entire Qing era, especially the first couple of centuries were marked by severe misrule and anarchyThe Qing dynasty introduced a China-wide postal system connected by roads and waterways

According to the “Five Vermin,” which of the following statements are correct?i. Han Fei agrees with Confucians that rulers should use the ways of the ancient kings to govern the people of todayii. Han Fei believes that humaneness can be used to achieve order in the stateiii. Han Fei agrees that public and private are mutually opposediv. Scholars are one of the five vermin of the state

Which of the following statements are/is correct?i. Civilization emerged in the Paleolithic period ii. Bronze was found in natural minerals during the Bronze Ageiii. Both the Shang and the Zhou dynasty rulers practiced ancestral worship (patrilineal)iv. The Shang dynasty rulers invented the concept of the “Mandate of Heaven”