TY - BOOK TI - The history of Chinese civilization SN - 9781107013094 (set) U1 - 951 XIN/H PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - China KW - Civilization N1 - "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 List offigitrcs lUid color pUiics i-v jVntfA" c')i iint'u'r5 xv'iii jVi)(i'.s-I'll -v-v Introduction to the English edition . DAVID MCMl'I.I.EN Introduction to Volume HI >6 yuan XINGl'EI I. Innovation in the midst of integration i6 • -r itifitT the thriving urban cconomy II New elements in civilization, the tnrivn.g and culture 27 III .Downward migration ot culture 39 I •Fusion of southern and^nnnorrrthheerrnn ccuul.tiures and unification ot the empire 5' WANG XIAOFU The fusion —and II •Opening of the Gt an III •Cultures of the people ^ j ^he prevailing spirit of IV •Governmern of the Zhcngu^i aa the High Tang 89 i The Silk Road and cultural, exchange bbeetween China and foreign lands 105 I Exchange of pfts and.ribu.e .o, 01 donci-anc; II •Chang an and Dunh. uang. trhhpe ccoonnvveerggence of Eastern and Western cultures ii9 QI donciang III The transmission of Chinese rullure farther east 120 (HI \ SMAon N(; 3•F:tonomic prosperity and the shift of the economic center of i;ra\ itv to the south I.)? WANC XIAOIl' I•The increase in population and cultivated land i.m II Changes in land management is(> III Technical innovations in handicraft production los IV • Ihe emergence ol the commodity economy iSo V•Economic development in the south 205 4•The development of the civil service examination system and the nse of the new literati class 2n xiaonan I•1he civil service examination system and the expansion of the governing base 213 II • The institutions of selection and social mobility 22? Ill • Collective governance of the realm" and "collective determination of state aflairs 250 IV Whether loftily placed in the court, orremote amid the rivers and lakes 240 5•The perfection of the civil omdal system 244 niiNC XIAONAN I Full application of the principle of abalance of power 240 II •Appointment and management of the bureaucracy 262 he strengthening of relations between the center and the local 276 6•Ruism and new developments in religion 288 The revival of Ruism and the theoretical contributions of Lixuc during t'""-' Song-Ming era 289 Ihe founding of Buddhist schools and the sinicization of Buddhism 3'^ III The tlorcsccncc of Da„ism and'.h"'dcvd<,pmc-n, ,.f inner akhc my ». ^'ANC jinmin VI C'llMtt'JKi 7•The expansion of" scholarship and the florescence of education 347 I •Classical learning and historical scholarship: inheritance and innovation 348 wanc: xiaoi u and chen shaoi knc. II • Development of education 371 CHEN SHAOFENG III •Academy education and the social transformation of Ruism 386 CHEN SHAOFENC. 8 •The evolution of the northern peoples and their contribution to Chinese civilization 399 ZHANG FAN I The Liao, Xiajin. and Yuan dynasties and their collisions with Han culture 400 II •Development ofthe culture ofthe northern peoples 409 III •Expansion ofthe frontier, and reunification 418 IV •Assimilation andcultural exchange between northern peoples and the Han 42.4 9•Anew period in the history of Chinese-foreign relations 432 ZHANG FAN I •Direct contactsbetweenChina and Europe 432 II •The development ofoverseas trade and Zheng He's voyages to the Western Seas (1406-1433) 44i 10 •Science and technology and the development of the concept of science 454 ZHANG HAN I •From carved woodblocks to movable type 454 11 •Gunpowder, the south-pointing needle, and marine navigation techniques 462 III •Medicine, pharmacology, and regimens for healthy living 472 IV •Astronomy, geography, and mathematics 481 11 •The downward movement of literature and its full florescence 496 yuan XINGI'Kl I•The Tang-Song ancient-style prose movement and the Ruist renaissance 496 Vll II • The summit of" Chincsf poetry; Tang classical \rrsf so- III •Thf sound of sinking resounds throughout the Songi-ra IV • Ihe late appcarancc and dazzling brilliaiii'c" oi drama V• Ihe art of sliuochau}^