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 i
!'H 1 I. IP A . KUH N
Introduction to Volume IV 23
l.Ol! Yin.IK
I - Economic development 39
Cl 1:0 Rl! NTAO
I •population growth and migration 39
II • Introduction and promotion ot" American crops 44
111 • Further incensifk-ation of agriculture 48
IV •Cotton cultivation and the textile industry in the Songjiang area 54
V •Townssouth of the Yangzi River, and itinerant merchants 63
VI -Silver, coppercash, and the finance industry 72
2•Proto-enlightenment trends and new elements in political culture 80
WA N c; J I NMi N
I •The rise of proto-cnlightenmeni thought and the Taizhou school 80
II •The partisan societies and urban resistance 95
III • The depth of enlightenment thought and transformation
in .scholarship 109
• •
1• Si'ifiKc and tfihnolo^y
/HAN(. I AN
I • Scit-ntilif lliDUijht, methods, and ici'hniqucs 12-
II Iniporlant scicntilic and tcchnolo^iial ircalisi s i-io
III •Improwmcnis in handiiTaft prodiu tion it'ihn<il(ii;y isi
.) • Thf fslablishnu-ni and _i;ni\vth of a niulti filinii' Male itr
/ 11 A \ 0 IAN
I •'i hf rcconsirui lion ol staif order and ihc dclcrminaiion ot modem
ifrriiorial boundaries u-i7
II Adminislration of eihnic minorilies and religions iSi
III • Diplomalic relaiions km
5•Political development and people s livelihood 202
Cro KI NTAO
I•Imperial autocracy and the strengthening of legal controls over
government administration 202
II . Reform of the tax and labor service system, and increase in people s
freedom 222
III •(irain transport and Yellow River water contiol 23^
IV •Natural disasters and government measures for disaster relief 242
r, •C:ultural awareness and achievement in the early and
mid-Qing dynasty 25f>
I.The summation of cultural consciousness and cultural achievement 25:
I II' VONCgiANC
II .Evidential research (kaojtO: the growth and decay of thought and
scholarship 265
I II' YON(;giAN(:
III . The intellectual genealogy ofQing scholarship 270
I,III YON(;giAN(;
IV •The cultural development ofnon-l Ian ethnic groups 2gi
/HANC: I AN
7• fhe eastward How of Western learning and the spread ot Chinese
civilization 301
SI'N SHANCYANC
I• The entrance ofJesuits into China and the eastward How ol Western
learning at the end of the Ming 501
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CcHIIfMlS
II •The literati's reception and rejection of Western learning in the late
Ming 308
III • Missionary proselytization in early Qing China 318
IV • EarlyQing literati and the spread of Western knowledge 327
V •The infusion of Chinese knowledge into the West 338
8 • Religiousbelief; concepts and practice 348
\VA N c 11 N M I N
I •State religious sacrifices 348
11 •The pluralistic development and integration of traditional religions 355
III • Popular religion and belief 368
9 • New directions in literature and the arts 379
I.Ill YONCQIANC:
I • Vernacular literature 380
II • Individualismand great changes in the world 394
III •Woodblock prints, painting, and calligraphy 406
IV •The Story of the Stone: cultural history reflected in a novel 417
10 •Order and disruption in social life 430
I, II! YUCAI
I •Clan rules and family life in the context of the traditional Ruist ethical
code 430
II •The spirit of commerce andsocial values 445
III •The cultivated lifestyles of the literati elite 467
11 • Education in schools and in society 485
WANC: JINMIN
I •The rise and decline of the comprehensive school and academy 486
II • Elementary education (mnigXKi') andits humanistic content 500
III • Education as part of social life 513
12 •Thebuilding of core cities and the emergence of regional differences 529
1,1 xiAoroNc:
I •The planning and administration of the capital Beijing in the Ming and
Qing 530
II •The development of coastal cities and their radiating effects 548
III • Regional differences in maritime urban development 554
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Ii •The push for reform: the birth of modern ailture irs
(;i"0 WFilDONC
I • I.eartiing from the barbariiins. mei hanization. an*.!
Self-St reiigthening 576
II • Western learning, enhghienment. saving the eountrv 51)1
III • Insiituiion.s. constitution, republic (izo
AJicnvorti of the Cliinc^fI'lhnon i>/The I listorv of (Chinese Civilization fi-i-
\vr roN(;ur I
Aftcnwrii of the Hn^lish f of The I listory of Chinese c;iviii/.aiion
Yl AN XI NCI'1:1
/•"ii-tHrc 652
Kiblk\^rnp)iy 655
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