1. The Formative Period: Cultural Heroes / Anonymous -- Good Emperors / Ssu-ma Chʼien -- In The Seventh Month / Anonymous -- Prince Chʼung-erh / Tso Chʼiu-ming -- Feng Hsüan / Anonymous -- Ching Kʼo The Assassin / Ssu-ma Chʼien -- 2. The Philosophers. A Gentleman's Code / Confucius -- Autumn Flood / Chuang Chou -- Universal Love / Mo Ti -- A Private Complaint / Han Fei -- 3. The Grand Unifications. The Evil Of The Chʼin / Chia Yi -- The Advisability Of Dividing Large Feudatories Into Small Ones / Chu-fu Yen -- The Harmony Between Heaven And Man / Tung Chung-shu -- The Plight Of The Peasantry / Tung Chung-shu -- The Market Stabilization Program / Pan Ku -- The Seven Feminine Virtues / Pan Chao -- 4. Disintegration And Amalgamation. I Have No Ambition For Myself / Tsʼao Tsʼao -- Barbarian Chieftain And Sinicized Monarch / Fang Hsüan-ling And Wei Shou -- The Nine-rank System / Liu Yi -- Tʼao Chʼien / Fang Hsüan-ling [and Others] -- Buddhism During The North Wei / Wei Shou -- 5. Sui And Tʼang. A Letter Of Warning To The King Of Korea / Yang Chien (sui Wen-ti) -- The Last Days Of Sui Yang-ti / Ssu-ma Kuang -- On The Art Of Government / Tʼang Tʼai-tsung -- Taxation During The Tʼang Dynasty / Liu Hsü -- The Story Of The Curly Beard / Tu Kuang-tʼing -- 6. The Two Sungs (1). Bureaucratic Affluence / Chao Yi -- Two Views On The Civil Service Examination / Ssu-ma Kuang And Ou-yang Hsiu -- Wang An-shih / Tʼo-tʼo -- Two Views On The New Program / Ssu-ma Kuang And Wang An-shih -- Last Days Of The North Sung / Ting Tʼeh-chʼi -- 7. The Two Sungs (2). The Absolute / Chou Tun-yi -- On Reading And Other Matters / Lu Chiu-yüan -- On The Observations Of The Mind / Chu Hsi -- Differences Between Lu Chiu-yüan And Chu Hsi / Huang Tsung-hsi -- Pavilian Of Transcendence / Su Shih -- A New Bodhisattva / Anonymous -- 8. YÜan. Yeh-lü Chʼu-tsʼai / Sung Lien -- Lamaism / Sung Lien -- Homicide / The Yüan Code -- 9. Ming. A Comparison Of Two Emperors / Chao Yi -- Cheng Ho's Voyages / Chang Tʼing-yü [and Others] -- Grand Eunuch Wei / Chang Tʼing-yü Et Al. -- On Law / Huang Tsung-hsi -- Innate Knowledge / Wang Shou-jen -- A Broken Lute / Pao-wen Lao-jen And Li Dun-jen -- 10. Chʼing. The Head-shaving Decree / Shun-chih -- On Good Government And Other Matters / Kʼang-hsi -- Ho-shen's Twenty Crimes / Chia-chʼing -- Origin Of The Hungmen Society / Li Dun-jen -- On Learning / Yen Yüan -- My Wife / Shen Fu. Translations And Introductions By Dun J. Li. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

The Civilization of China. (English and Chinese Edition)

Li, Dun Jen, 1920-

Dun Jen Li

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

New York: Scribner

United States, United States of America

First American Edition, 1975

New York, 1974, ©1975

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