China enjoys a long and magnificent history and a splendid and colorful traditional culture. The book presents the brightest crystals of Chinese culture and history, which occupy only a fraction of the whole, with the purpose of providing our readers with a general but initial understanding of Chinese civilization. As early as the middle 16th century BC China entered the earliest recorded written history and developed the earliest art of writing - inscriptions on oracle bones, and made grand bronze ware and pottery of excellent workmanship. In the following years, Chinese civilization has surprised the whole world with her great inventions and innovations one after the other and rich cultural heritage. The book, divided into 12 chapters from the time of the Remote Antiquity to the Republic of China, shows the readers the vital events taking place during the past thousands of years in Chinese history.
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Chapter One: Legends and Historical Facts from Remote Antiquity Part One: Pangu, Fuxi and Nuwa Part Two: Information about Ancient China Gleaned from Archeological Finds Part Three: Chinese Remote Antiquity in Ancient Documents Part Four: The Common Ancestors of the Chinese Nation - Yandi and Huangdi Chapter Two: Countries in Embryonic Form: The Xia and Shang Dynasties Part One: The Xia Dynasty: First Country with Written Records in China Part Two: The Shang Dynasty: A Period of Great Prosperity in a Slave Society Chapter Three: The Period When Oriental Civilization Rose above the Horizon: The Zhou Dynasty Part One: The Western Zhou Dynasty Part Two: The Spring and Autumn Period Part Three: The Warring States Period Part Four: The Culture of the Zhou Dynasty Chapter Four: The First Great Unification of China: The Qin Dynasty Part One: Systems of the Qin Dynasty Part Two: The Tyrannical Rule of the First Emperor Part Three: Peasant Uprisings in the Late Qin Dynasty Chapter Five: The Development of a Great National Unity: The Han Dynasty Part One: The Western Han Dynasty Part Two: The Eastern Han Dynasty Part Three: The Culture of the Qin and Han Dynasties Chapter Six: The Trend of Reconciliation during a Period of Disunity: The Three Kingdoms, Jin, the Northern and Southern Dynasties Part One: The Period of the Three Kingdoms Part Two: The Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties and the Sixteen Kingdoms of Five Ethnic Groups Part Three: The Period of the Northern Dynasty Part Four: The Southern Dynasty Part Five: The Culture in the Period ofWei, Jin and Northern & Southern Dynasties Chapter Seven: Extreme Prosperity in the Chinese Empire: Sui, Tang, and the Five Dynasties Part One: A Short-lived Union: The Sui Dynasty Part Two: The Prosperity of Zhenguan Part Three: Enthronement of Wu Zetian and Prosperity of the Kaiyuan Years Part Four: The Rebellion of An and Shi and the Upcoming Collapse of the Tang Dynasty Part Five: Culture in the Sui and Tang Dynasties Part Six: Five Dynasties and Ten States Chapter Eight: A Civil-led Empire: The Northern and Southern Song Dynasties Part One: The Northern Song Dynasty Part Two: The Southern Song Dynasty Part Three: The Economy and Culture of the Song Dynasty Chapter Nine: An Empire on Horseback: The Yuan Dynasty Part One: "Yellow Perils" Spread All Over Eurasia Part Two: The Political Situation of the Yuan Dynasty Part Three: The Economy and Culture in the Yuan Dynasty Chapter Ten: An Empire Stuck in Absolutism: The Ming Dynasty Part One: Political Governance of the Ming Dynasty Part Two: The Economy and Culture of the Ming Dynasty Chapter Eleven: The Last Empire: The Qing Dynasty Part One: The Political Situation Just After the Establishment of the Qing Dynasty Part Two: The Economic Development of the Qing Dynasty Part Three: The Culture of the Qing Dynasty Chapter Twelve: Rebirth Under the Baptism of Blood and Fire: The Republic of China Part One: The Early Period of the Republic of China Part Two: Ten Years of Civil War Part Three: The War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945) Part Four: The War of Liberation Part Five: The Economy of the Republic of China Part Six: The Culture in the Era of the Republic of China