A History of China. Wolfram Eberhard
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Wolfram Eberhard
A History of China
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664158635
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
THE EARLIEST TIMES
Chapter I: PREHISTORY
1 Sources for the earliest history 2 The Peking Man 3 The Palaeolithic Age 4 The Neolithic Age 5 The eight principal prehistoric cultures 6 The Yang-shao culture 7 The Lung-shan culture 8 The first petty States in Shansi
Chapter II: THE SHANG DYNASTY (c. 1600–1028 B.C.)
1 Period, origin, material culture 2 Writing and Religion 3 Transition to feudalism
ANTIQUITY
Chapter III: THE CHOU DYNASTY (c. 1028–257 B.C.)
1 Cultural origin of the Chou and end of the Shang dynasty
2 Feudalism in the new empire
3 Fusion of Chou and Shang
4 Limitation of the imperial power
5 Changes in the relative strength of the feudal states
6 Confucius
7 Lao Tz[)u]
Chapter IV: THE CONTENDING STATES (481–256 B.C.): DISSOLUTION OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
1 Social and military changes
2 Economic changes
3 Cultural changes
Chapter V: THE CH'IN DYNASTY (256–207 B.C.)
1 Towards the unitary State 2 Centralization in every field 3 Frontier Defence. Internal collapse
THE MIDDLE AGES
Chapter VI: THE HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C.-A.D. 220)
1 Development of the gentry-state
2 Situation of the Hsiung-nu empire; its relation to the
Han empire. Incorporation of South China
3 Brief feudal reaction. Consolidation of the gentry
4 Turkestan policy. End of the Hsiung-nu empire
5 Impoverishment. Cliques. End of the Dynasty
6 The pseudo-socialistic dictatorship. Revolt of the "Red Eyebrows"
7 Reaction and Restoration: the Later Han dynasty
8 Hsiung-nu policy
9 Economic situation. Rebellion of the "Yellow Turbans".
Collapse of the Han dynasty
10 Literature and Art
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 2 Status of the two southern Kingdoms 3 The northern State of Wei
(B) The Western Chin dynasty (265–317) 1 Internal situation in the Chin empire 2 Effect on the frontier peoples 3 Struggles for the throne 4 Migration of Chinese 5 Victory of the Huns. The Hun Han dynasty (later renamed the Earlier Chao dynasty)
(C) The alien empires in North China, down to the Toba (A.D. 317–385) 1 The Later Chao dynasty in eastern North China (Hun; 329–352) 2 Earlier Yen dynasty in the north-east (proto-Mongol; 352–370), and the Earlier Ch'in dynasty in all north China (Tibetan; 351–394) 3 The fragmentation of north China 4 Sociological analysis of the two great alien empires 5 Sociological analysis of the petty States 6 Spread of Buddhism
(D) The Toba empire in North China (A.D. 385–550) 1 The rise of the Toba State 2 The Hun kingdom of the Hsia (407–431) 3 Rise of the Toba to a great power 4 Economic and social conditions 5 Victory and retreat of Buddhism
(E) Succession States of the Toba (A.D. 550–580): Northern Ch'i dynasty, Northern Chou dynasty 1 Reasons for the splitting of the Toba empire 2 Appearance of the (Gök) Turks 3 The Northern Ch'i dynasty; the Northern Chou dynasty
(F) The southern empires 1 Economic and social situation in the south 2 Struggles between cliques under the Eastern Chin dynasty (A.D. 317–419) 3 The Liu-Sung dynasty (A.D. 420–478) and the Southern Ch'i dynasty (A.D. 479–501) 4 The Liang dynasty (A.D. 502–556) 5 The Ch'en dynasty (A.D. 557–588) and its ending by the Sui 6 Cultural achievements of the south
Chapter VIII: THE EMPIRES OF THE SUI AND THE T'ANG
(A) The Sui dynasty (A.D. 580–618) 1 Internal situation in the newly unified