The Cambridge History of China: Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC-AD 220This volume begins the historical coverage of The Cambridge History of China with the establishment of the Ch'in empire in 221 BC and ends with the abdication of the last Han emperor in AD 220. Spanning four centuries, this period witnessed major evolutionary changes in almost every aspect of China's development, being particularly notable for the emergence and growth of a centralized administration and imperial government. Leading historians from Asia, Europe, and America have contributed chapters that convey a realistic impression of significant political, economic, intellectual, religious, and social developments, and of the contacts that the Chinese made with other peoples at this time. As the book is intended for the general reader as well as the specialist, technical details are given in both Chinese terms and English equivalents. References lead to primary sources and their translations and to secondary writings in European languages as well as Chinese and Japanese. |
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Contents
The state and empire of Chin | 1 |
Archeological evidence 7 Archeological evidence | 7 |
The concept of sovereignty | 13 |
Characteristic developments of the early empires | 14 |
The state and empire of Chin | 20 |
х CONTENTS | 94 |
The Former Han dynasty | 103 |
Wang Mang the restoration of the Han dynasty | 223 |
The concept of sovereignty | 726 |
Tung Chungshu | 733 |
The views of Wang Chung and Wang Fu | 739 |
The development of the Confucian schools | 747 |
Confucian Legalist and Taoist thought in Later Han | 766 |
Later Han | 779 |
The breakdown of central authority | 795 |
The value of Later Han thought | 806 |
The conduct of government and the issues at stake | 291 |
The fall of Han | 317 |
Han foreign relations | 377 |
The structure and practice of government | 463 |
The institutions of Later Han | 491 |
Chin and Han law | 520 |
The economic and social history of Former Han | 545 |
The economic and social history of Later Han | 608 |
The religious and intellectual background | 649 |
Popular Taoism at the end of the Han dynasty | 815 |
The philosophical revival of the third century | 826 |
Buddhist and Taoist gnosis | 838 |
Buddhism under the southern and northern dynasties | 846 |
Taoism under the southern and northern dynasties | 860 |
Buddhism and Taoism under the Sui dynasty | 868 |
Bibliography | 879 |
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The Cambridge History of China: Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC ... John King Fairbank No preview available - 1986 |
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