CONTENTS
Wolfram Eberhard
INTRODUCTION
1
THE EARLIEST TIMES
Chapter I:
PREHISTORY
1 Sources for the earliest history
7
2 The Peking Man
8
3 The Palaeolithic Age
8
4 The Neolithic Age
9
5 The eight principal prehistoric cultures
10
6 The Yang-shao culture
12
7 The Lung-shan culture
15
8 The first petty States in Shansi
16
Chapter II:
THE SHANG DYNASTY (
c.
1600-1028
B.C.
)
1 Period, origin, material culture
19
2 Writing and Religion
22
3 Transition to feudalism
24
ANTIQUITY
Chapter III:
THE CHOU DYNASTY (
c.
1028-257
B.C.
)
1 Cultural origin of the Chou and end of the Shang dynasty
29
2 Feudalism in the new empire
30
3 Fusion of Chou and Shang
32
4 Limitation of the imperial power
36
5 Changes in the relative strength of the feudal states
38
6 Confucius
40
7 Lao Tz+
45
Chapter IV:
THE CONTENDING STATES (481-256
B.C.
): DISSOLUTION OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
1 Social and military changes
51
2 Economic changes
53
3 Cultural changes
57
Chapter V:
THE CHIN DYNASTY (256-207
B.C.
)
1 Towards the unitary State
62
2 Centralization in every field
64
3 Frontier Defence. Internal collapse
67
THE MIDDLE AGES
Chapter VI:
THE HAN DYNASTY (206
B.C.
-
A.D.
220)
1 Development of the gentry-state
71
2 Situation of the Hsiung-nu empire; its relation to the Han empire. Incorporation of South China
75
3 Brief feudal reaction. Consolidation of the gentry
77
4 Turkestan policy. End of the Hsiung-nu empire
86
5 Impoverishment. Cliques. End of the Dynasty
90
6 The pseudo-socialistic dictatorship. Revolt of the "Red Eyebrows"
93
7 Reaction and Restoration: the Later Han dynasty
96
8 Hsiung-nu policy
97
9 Economic situation. Rebellion of the "Yellow Turbans". Collapse of the Han dynasty
99
10 Literature and Art
103
Chapter VII:
THE EPOCH OF THE FIRST DIVISION OF CHINA (
A.D.
220-580)
(A)
The three kingdoms
(
A.D.
220-265)
1 Social, intellectual, and economic problems during the period of the first division
107
2 Status of the two southern Kingdoms
109
3 The northern State of Wei
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