China : five thousand years of history and civilization
Offers a chronicle of Chinese civilization that furnishes general readers and scholars alike with an authoritative overview of Chinese history, art and culture, from the pre-historic era to the early twentieth century, touching upon recurring themes and developments and synthesizing more than five thousand years of evolution and transition.
eBook, English, 2008, ©2007
City University of Hong Kong Press, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 2008, ©2007
1 online resource
9789629374679, 9629374676
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Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Part I: History
The Prehistoric Society of China
Ancient China
China from the Qin Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty
China During the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties
Part II: Culture and Art
The Chinese Language and Chinese Characters
The Art of Ancient China
The Book of Change
The Book of Poetry
The Chuci Poetry
The Confucian School in the Pre-Qin Period
The Taoist School in the Pre-Qin Period
The Legalist School in the Pre-Qin Period
Sunzi
The Art of War The Records of the Historian and the History of the Former Han Dynasty
Science in the Han Dynasty
Metaphysics During the Wei and Jin Dynasties
The Emergence and Development of the Taoist Religion
Chinese Buddhism and Zen
The Silk Road
The Shi-Poetry of the Tang Dynasty
Ancient Music and Dance
The Art of Sculpture
The Art of Calligraphy
Schools and Imperial Civil Service Examinations
The Development of the Four Great Inventions in the Song Dynasty
Chinese Porcelain and the Maritime Transportation and Trade
Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties The Ci-Poetry of the Song Dynasty
The Yuan Qu-Poetry
The Introduction of Christianity and Islam into China and the Cultural Exchange
Novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Chinese Ink-Wash Painting
The Art of Chinese Gardening
Kunqu Opera and Beijing Opera
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