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9、information,visit Printed in Singapore1 2 3 4 5 11 10 09 For permission to use material from this text or product,email to Table of Contents1 CHAPTER 1 The Ancient Age1 The Legendary Era8 Primitive Human Relics10 Primitive Culture15 Xia,Shang,and Zhou Dynasties33 CHAPTER 2 Eastern Zhou Dynasty 33 Th
10、e Spring and Autumn Period40 The Warring States Period44 One Hundred Schools of Thought54 Culture and Science65 Political Reforms75 CHAPTER 3 The Qin and Han Dynasties75 Qin Shi Huang and the Qin Dynasty81 The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising82 The Contention of Chu and Han86 The Reign of Emperors W
11、en and Jing87 The Study of Huang-Lao87 Tai Xue88 The Controversy of Modern Script Classics and Traditional Classics89 Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty90 Zhaojun Departed the Fortress91 Zhang Qians Western Expedition and the Silk Road93 The Maritime Silk Road94 Liu Xiu Established the Eastern Han Dynast
12、y VI Table of Contents96 Ban Chao and the Subordination of Western Regions97 Movement of Pure Comment and Partisan Prohibition99 Rebellion of the Yellow Turbans and Fall of the Han Dynasty99 The Battle of Guandu102 Three Humble Visits to the Thatched Cottage103 The Battle of Red Cliffs105 Evolution
13、of the Worship of Guan Yu106 Scientific and Technological Progress111 Historiography and Philosophy114 Culture,Literature,and Arts119 Terracotta Warriors and Horses121 The Origin and Development of Chinese Medicine123 Filial Piety127 CHAPTER 4 The Wei,Jin,Southern and Northern Dynasties129 Politics1
14、36 Military Affairs140 Scientific Achievements143 Brilliant Cultural Achievements160 Religion169 CHAPTER 5 The Sui,Tang,Song,and Yuan Dynasties169 The Sui Dynasty172 The Tang Dynasty188 The Song Dynasty201 The Liao Dynasty203 The Jin Dynasty205 The Western Xia Dynasty207 The Mongol Empire and Genghi
15、s Khan and Table of Contents VII209 The Yuan Dynasty212 Literature and Art of the Tang,Song,and Yuan Dynasties221 Science and Technology during the Sui,Tang,and Song Dynasties231 Religion and Philosophy241 CHAPTER 6 The Ming and Qing Dynasties243 The Ming Dynasty250 The Qing Dynasty263 Academia of t
16、he Ming and Qing Dynasties266 Core Decision-making Bodies in the Ming and Qing Dynasties267 Politics,Economy,and Culture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties279 Novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties282 Legal System284 Science and Technology289 CHAPTER 7 The Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China289 George McCartneys Visit to China290 The First Opium War293 Destruction of Yuanmingyuan,the Garden of Gardens295 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom298 Modern Intellectual Enlightenment301 Westernization Movement3
