Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
I CHINA
A GOVERNMENT
Land Distribution and
Taxes Introduction 3
Decree of AD 624
5
Decrees Concerning
Migrants AD 721 8
AD 724 11
The Twice a Year Tax
Introduction 13
Ou yang Hsiu from the New
History of the T’ang Dynasty 14
Po Chu i from the Ch’ang
ch’ing Collection 17
Wang An shih
Introduction 19
Wang An shih et al
Discussion of the Agricultural Loans Measure 23
Government Service
Introduction 30
Po Chu i Letter to Ch’en
Ching 34
Wang An shih from the Ten
Thousand Word Memorial 36
Yeh Shui hsin Yeh Shih
from His Works 45
Ou yang Hsiu from His
Biographies of Eunuchs 47
Su Shih Su Tung p’o from
His Letter to the Emperor Shen Tsung 49
B RELIGION
Chinese Buddhism in the
Middle Period Introduction 52
From the Preface to Hsuan
Tsang’s Records of the Western World 55
Hui neng from the
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 60
Han Yu from An Inquiry on
the Way 68
from Memorial on the Bone
of Buddha 70
Emperor Wu Tsung Edict
Against Buddhism 73
Neo Confucianism
Introduction 75
Chang Tsai from the
Western Inscription 78
Chu Hsi from His
Works 79
Wang Yang ming from
Inquiry on the Great Learning 84
Chinese Popular Religion
Introduction 87
From the T’ang Collection
of Reprints 88
C SOCIETY
T’ang and Sung Poetry
Introduction 99
Poems of Li Po 101
Poems of Tu Fu 105
Poems of Po Chu i 109
Poems of Su Tung p’o 113
Social Commentary in
Prose Introduction 116
From the Miscellanea of I
shan 117
II INDIA
A GOVERNMENT
The Sources of Indian
History Introduction 123
Indian Government in the
Middle Period Introduction 124
Suleiman from
Observations on the Countries of India and China 125
Bilhana from the Deeds of
Vikramanka 130
Kalhana from the River of
Kings 136
The Sultanate of Delhi
Introduction 145
Zia ud din Barni from
Firuz Shah’s History 146
Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq
from His Autobiography 153
B RELIGION
Hinduism in the Middle
Period Introduction 161
The Puranas Introduction 163
From the Vishnu
Purana 164
From the Agni Purana 170
Shankara from the Hymn to
Shiva 172
Hindu Muslim Syncretism
Introduction 176
Kabir Poems 177
Nanak Hymns 180
C SOCIETY
Sanskrit Poetry
Introduction 184
Vidyakara from the
Treasury of Well turned Verse 186
Social Commentary in
Prose Introduction 190
From the Adventures of
King Vikrama 192
III JAPAN
A GOVERNMENT
Chinese Influence in
Early Japan Introduction 203
The Sources of Early
Japanese History 206
The Constitution of
Prince Shotoku from the Chronicles of Japan 207
The Taika Reform Edicts
from the Chronicles of Japan 213
The Fujiwara Dominance
Introduction 219
From the Great
Mirror 220
The Founding of the
Shogunate Introduction 226
From the Mirror of Eastern
Japan 229
From the Tale of the
House of Taira 234
B RELIGION
Shinto Introduction 241
Imbe Hironari from Gleanings
from Ancient Stories 242
Saka from the Diary of a
Pilgrim to Ise 247
Japanese Buddhism
Introduction 254
The Introduction of
Buddhism into Japan from the Chronicles of Japan 256
Genshin from the
Essentials of Salvation 259
Shinran Shonin Songs in
Praise of Amitabha 263
Kamo Chomei from An
Account of My Hut 266
C SOCIETY
From the Collection of
Myriad Leaves 272
Murasaki Shikibu from Her
Diary 278
No Drama
Introduction 284
Seami from the No Play
Kiyotsune 285
Maps
China in the Middle
Period
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India in the Late Ninth
Century AD 122
Early Japan and
Korea 198-99
