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List of Illustrations,
xi List of Maps, xiii
INTRODUCTION
..................................................................................................................1
The Land and the
People, 1. Some Basic Continuities
of Chinese Life, 10.
The Formative Age, Prehistory-206 B.C.
1. GENERAL HISTORY
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21
Prehistory, 22. Shang,
26. Western Chou, 30. Eastern
Chou, 35. The Triumph
of Ch'in, 41.
2. STATE AND SOCIETY
...................................................................................................
48
Government, 49.
Society, 57. The Economy, 62.
3. THOUGHT .......................................................................................................................
69
The Hundred Schools,
72. Confucianism, 75.
The School of Mo-tzu,
86. Taoism, 87. Legalism, 92.
4. LITERATURE AND ART ................................................................................................
96
Prose, 97. Poetry,
106. The Arts, 113.
The Early Empire, 206 B.C.-A.D. 960
5. GENERAL HISTORY
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121
Han, 122. The Era of
Division, 133. Sui, 137. T'ang, 139.
The Five Dynasties
Era, 147.
6. GOVERNMENT
.............................................................................................................
149
Organizational Structure,
149. Personnel, 155. Censors, 161.
Law, 163. The
Military, 165.
7. SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY
................................................................................170
Population, 171.
Urbanism, 173. Great Family
Dominance, 176.
Agriculture, 180. Commerce, 187.
8. THOUGHT
.......................................................................................................................193
Han Eclecticism, 193.
Revived Taoism, 201.
Buddhism, 207.
9. LITERATURE AND ART
.............................................................................................221
Literature, 221. The
Arts, 256.
The Later Empire, 960-1850
10. GENERAL HISTORY .................................................................................................267
Sung, 268. The
Northern Conquest Dynasties, 279.
Ming, 287. Ch'ing,
294.
11. GOVERNMENT
............................................................................................................303
Absolutism, 303.
Organizational Structure, 307.
Personnel, 315. The
Military, 323.
12. SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY
..............................................................................329
Population, 330.
Urbanism, 331. The Leveling of Society,
334. The New
Managerial Class, 338. General
Economic Developments,
342.
13. THOUGHT
....................................................................................................................357
Later Taoism and
Buddhism, 358. Neo-Confucianism,
362. Classical
Scholarship, 376. Sino-Western
Intellectual Contacts,
378.
14. LITERATURE AND ART
...........................................................................................385
Literature, 386. The
Arts, 410.
EPILOGUE ........................................................................................................................427
APPENDIXES ....................................................................................................................434
A. Chronological Chart
of Chinese History, 434
B. Notes on the
Chinese Language, 436
C. Suggested
Additional Readings, 440
Acknowledgments, 447 Index,
453
