A) Identify ONE claim made in the passage about China’s relations with its neighbors. b) Identify ONE specific example in the period 1200–1450 of the threat referenced by Emperor Hongwu in the second paragraph.

c) Describe the emperor’s purpose in issuing the policy statement in the passage.

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A) One claim about China’s relationships with its neighbors is that they have tensions with one another but don’t want to start a fight.

B) In the time period 1200-1450 the threat to the emperor are the barbarians because they have threatened China from north and west near their frontiers.

C) A policy statement is an organization-level document that prescribes acceptable methods or behaviors. The emperor wants to add a policy statement because of the countries around him and what the barbarians are doing. The countries around him make him on edge because he can’t trust them and he can’t see what they can do to benefit his country. With the policy statement, it makes it where certain regulations can keep the peace between them to make sure no outbreaks or wars go on between the emperor and them. They need to keep barbarians under control before they can infiltrate the frontiers. The barbarians are fierce people and if the emperor can’t keep them under control that can be the fall of the emperor or an invitation for others that want to rebel and attack him while there is commotion already.

Explanation: (Imma put the passage here and if I have made a mistake in my answers please correct me. Hope this helps as well :D )

“The overseas foreign countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Thailand, India, Japan, and the various small island countries [in the Pacific] are separated from us by mountains and seas. Their lands would not produce enough for us to justify conquering them. Their people would not be usefully serve us if we were to include them into our empire. If they were foolish enough to disturb our borders, it would be unfortunate for them. If they gave us no trouble and we invaded them unnecessarily, it would be unfortunate for us.

On the other hand the barbarians threaten China from the north and west are always a danger along our frontiers. We should train our best generals and shoulders to defend ourselves from these northern and western barbarians.

I am concerned the future emperors might abuse China’s wealth and power and be tempted to pursue short-lived military glories. Let me sharply remind them that starting wars without good reason is forbidden.”

- Emperor Hongwu, First emperor of Chinese Ming Dynasty, Policy statement addressed to government officials, 1373

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