Renaissance in China

After reading about China, I think it is fair to say that China had a renaissance as significant as the European one. In order to have a renaissance, the civilization has to have a classical era, then a fall, and then a rebirth of the classical era. China had a classical era, with seminal thinkers like Confucius. Then they had a fall around 220 AD with the Han dynasty. Then, it can be clearly seen that they rose again during the Tang and Song dynasty. I personally don’t believe economic success helps prove they had a renaissance but China during this time period did have economic success. Also seen in this era is major discoveries by China such as gunpowder, paper, and the iron plow. The renaissance is a rebirth. Seen in this era is a rebirth of seminal thinker’s ideas. Buddhism and Taoism were two major seminal thinker’s ideas reborn during this era. All of these examples point to the fact that China had a renaissance as significant as the European one.