The history of Chinese civilization / general editors, Yuan Xingpei ... [et al.] ; English text edited by David R. Knechtges.

"Originally published by Peking University Press as History of Chinese civilization, 2006"--T.p. verso.

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.

Contents
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Introduction to the English edition
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Introduction to Volume II 14
ZHANG CHUANXI
,.Creation ,nd dcdopment of aunified multi-ethnic centralized
State system 4^
ZHANG CHUANXI
I •The Qin state 4^
II. -The Qin systetn inherited by the Han" and Emperor Wu of
Han's reform 51
III •Ad.m.in.isten•ngbwoHrdpeinarreeaass adniidu opheninfgo the Silk Road in
the Han dynasty 58
. . , the late Eastern Han and Western Jin 78 VEco^tlde»nt and «Hnicin<egrat^n during the EasternJin and Northern and Southern Dynasties «5
.. The establishment and transformation of bureaucratic government
VAN BUKE
, .The establishment of the bureaucracy 95
I] Bureaucrats and scholars 105
III. Bureaucraric gentry and government by powerful dans ...
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IV •The difficult maintenance and continued progress of"
bureaucratic government 120
V•Integration of Han and non-Han peoples, and the revival of bureaucracy
in the Northern andSouthern Dynasties 129
3•Growth of the feudal economy 139
ZHANG CHUANXI
1•The development ofprivate land ownership and the government policy of
land limitation 139
II •The development of agriculture 153
III •The rapid development of stateandprivate craft production 164
IV •The rise anddecline of commerce andthe development
of transportation 171
V•Economic and cultural exchange between China and its neighbors 184
4•The position and evolution of Ruist learning 196
I•From "burning books and burying scholars alive" to the "exclusive
promotion of Ruist learning" 196
CHEN SUZHEN
II •The transmission of the Five Classics and their schools of
interpretation 205
CHEN SUZHEN in .Debates between the three Spmg Autumn Ammb traditions and
New Text and Old Text scholars 217
IV .Governance by moral teachinga'nd'the further growth of Rutsm iw
CHEN SUZHEN V•The development of school education 239
VAN BUKE
5•Abstruse learning In the Wei andJin dynast,es .5.
ZHANG QIQUN
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6 •The introduction of Buddhism and the appearance of Daoism 292
WANG BANG WEI
1•The introduction of Buddhism to China 293
II •Thedevelopment of Buddhism incentral China 302
III •The influence of Buddhism on Chinese culture 320
IV •The birth of Daoist religion 327
V•Daoism in theJin and Northern andSouthern Dynasties 336
7•The foundation and development ofhistoriography and geography 348
YUE QINGPING
I •The SillJi of Sima Qian 352
11 •The establishment and evolution of the dynastic history 359
III • Gazetteers and regional histories 365
IV•Achievementsin geography 372
8•Literature of the Qin, Han. Wei. Jin, and Northern and
Southern Dynasties 379
FU GANG
I •Literary self-consciousness 379
II •The creation ofatradition ofbiographical writing 390
III •Han dynastyfii and ytiefii 402
IV •Toward the triumphof lyric poetry 409
9•The full flourishing ofthe arts 424
1•Breaking new artistic ground 42.4
ZHAO HUACHENG
II •Grandeur and beauty in architecture 426
ZHAO HUACHENG
III •The splendor of Han painting 433
ZHAO HUACHENG
IV .Paintfngand paintingcriticisn. in .he Wc.Jin. and Northern and
Southern Dynasties 437
ZHANG XIN
V•Traditional sculpture 447
ZHAO HUACHENG
VI .Buddhist sculpture and cave mural painting 456
Q| DONGFANG VII Calligraphic art and theory 463
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lo •Systematization ofscience and technology 474
ZHANG FAN
I •Astronomy and calendrics 474
II •Systematization of Chinese medicine and herbology 485
III •Progress in the agricultural sciences 495 '
IV •Innovations in mechanical technology 502
V•The mvention and improvement of the paper-making technology 510
11 •Sociallife 517
yue qingping
1•Daily life: clothing food, housing, and transportation 5,7
11 •Family and patriarchal clan 547
III •Seasonal entertainments 557
Bibliography 575