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 f id nffiiriiri'.'i (Did Tolorpldti'-i Oft tt'ilttSIntors Ami Nolc on the tnnisUitio}\ -vi.v Introduction to the English edition albert e. dien 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.. 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 ... CoiltCIKS 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 •zrrsr™'--' - VBetween abstruse learning and Buddhism T VI CDittcms 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 khanc: XIN vn Contents 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
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