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