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9781107013094 (set) |
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1107013097 (set) |
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9781107013056 (hbk. : v. 1) |
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1107013054 (hbk. : v. 1) |
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9781107013063 (hbk. : v. 2) |
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1107013062 (hbk. : v. 2) |
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9781107013070 (hbk. : v. 3) |
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1107013070 (hbk. : v. 3) |
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9781107013087 (hbk. : v. 4) |
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1107013089 (hbk. : v. 4) |
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951 XIN/H |
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| Title |
The history of Chinese civilization / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
general editors, Yuan Xingpei ... [et al.] ; English text edited by David R. Knechtges. |
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Cambridge ; |
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New York : |
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Cambridge University Press, |
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2012. |
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4 v. : |
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24 cm. |
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| General note |
"Originally published by Peking University Press as History of Chinese civilization, 2006"--T.p. verso.<br/><br/>v. 1. Earliest times-221 B.C.E. / volume editor, Yan Wenming -- v. 2. Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, and the Northern and Southern dynasties / volume editor, Zhang Chuanxi -- v. 3. Sui and Tang to mid-Ming dynasties (581-1525) / volume editor Yuan Xingpei -- v. 4. Late Ming and Qing dynasties (1525-1911) / volume editor, Lou Yulie. |
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Contents<br/>Color plau-s ami black ami white illnstratioiu<! ix<br/>Notes on authors Arfii<br/>Notes on tmniJaturx xv<br/>Note on flie tranilation xvii<br/>General Introduction to The History ofChinese Civilization i<br/>yuan XINGPEI and DAVID KNECHTGES<br/>Introduction to the English edition 31<br/>MICHAEL PlIETT<br/>Introduction to Volume I 39<br/>VAN WEN MING<br/>1•Geography 39<br/>II •The ancientpeoples of China 44<br/>III •Myth, legend, andhistory 53<br/>IV •The first peakof Chinese civilization 66<br/>I •The dawn of Chinese civilization 78<br/>ZHAO HUI<br/>1•The early economy 78<br/>II •Social complexity and stratification 95<br/>III • Different paths to civilization 109<br/>IV •The emergence ofacharacteristically Chinese civilization 134<br/>2•The beginnings of Chinese civilization 151<br/>LIU xu<br/>I•The founding of the Xia dynasty and the increasing importance of<br/>the Central Plain 152 r<br/>CtwU'iit.'i<br/>II •Archeological explorations of Xia culture i66<br/>III • Xia society and culturc 176<br/>IV •Bronze culture in the surrounding areas 182<br/>3•The flourishing ofcivilization in the Shang and Zhou uu<br/>1•The establishment ofthe Shang and Zhou dynasties and the rise of<br/>Hua-Xia civilization 192<br/>ZHANG CHUANXI II •Shang and Zhou: the patriarchal clan system and related institutions 205<br/>ZHANG CHUANXI III •The rites of Shang and Zhou and their archeological<br/>manifestations 224<br/>gao CHONGWUN IV •Political and social development and transformation during the Spring<br/>and Autumn and Warring States periods 236<br/>ZHANG CHUANXI<br/>4• Brilliant bronze culture 261<br/>I•The formation ofbronze culturc 261<br/>SUN HUA<br/>11 •Bronze industry 269<br/>SUN HUA I" •Highly developed bronze culturc 287<br/>SUN HUA IV •Handicraft industry 299<br/>yan wenming<br/>5•The application and production of iron 3,2<br/>ZHAO HUaCHENG<br/>"•Hxpandedr:r,rzm:i:n'g"i«m'p'flements and the d-evelopment<br/>of agriculture 322<br/>V• run and privaantde hhaannddiiccrraaffttss 33339.<br/>T-hCe caapp,i..,a,„,.„,er.Sah„adngcoan„d.e.hreccci..„efs.Hofe.hSehnae„ig,h,„hdoH^Hng„s..a.es w<br/>1 III Y It<br/>"" 'i^velopment of Zhou capitals 359<br/>c.ao CHONGWEN<br/>VI<br/>Cfntt'iiLi<br/>III • Commercial metropolises and wealthy merchants 390<br/>GAG CHONGWEN<br/>IV •Currency and metrology in the Eastern Zhou states 398<br/>GAO CHONGWEN<br/>7 •The origins and earlydevelopmentof the Chinese script 413<br/>I •The origins of Chinese characters 413<br/>SHEN PEI<br/>II •The important position occupied by the oracle boneinscriptions from<br/>the Yin Ruins in the development of Chinese characters 427<br/>SHEN PEI<br/>III •The special functions of Chinese characters in recording<br/>the Chinese language 436<br/>ZHANG MENG<br/>8 •Religion andbeliefin the Shang andZhou dynasties 443<br/>WANG BO<br/>I •Celestial divinities and ancestor worship 443<br/>II • Milfoil divination and the Zhouyi 450<br/>III •Astrology 460<br/>IV • Wu (shaman or spirit medium) and astrologer 469<br/>9 •The development of education and the flourishing of scholarship 477<br/>I•Shiren (gentleman scholars) andthe rise of private education<br/>and learning 477<br/>WANG BO<br/>II • Confucius and the Ruist school 484<br/>WANG BO<br/>III • Daoism 498<br/>WANG BO<br/>IV• Mohists, Logicians, and the Expertson Cosmology 511<br/>WANG BO<br/>V•Military specialists and military treatises 526<br/>LI I.I NO<br/>VI • Occult, technical, and medical arts 537<br/>LI LING<br/>VII • From the "Hundred Schools" to integration 546<br/>WANG BO<br/>Cuiilfnt.!<br/>10 •The birth ofChinese literature and art 552<br/>I • Prc-Qin prose 552<br/>ri) CANG II •S/n jing (The Classic of Songs) and C/in ci (Verses of Chu) 561<br/>l-U GANG<br/>III •Sculpture, painting, and other crafts 582<br/>I-tU VUG A I<br/>IV • Music and dance 592<br/>l-lu YUGAI<br/>BiWiogrti;;;!)- 603<br/>Index 631<br/>V111 |
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China |
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Civilization. |
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