The open empire : a history of China to 1600 / Valerie Hansen
- Bib ID:
- 2190641
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hansen, Valerie, 1958-
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- Description:
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- New York, N.Y. ; London : W.W. Norton, c2000
- xvii, 458 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0393973743
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Contents
- Maps xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- The Use of Pinyin xvii
- Introduction 3
- The Goals of this Book 3
- The Model of the Dynastic Cycle 5
- Archeological Sources 6
- Literary Sources: The Use of Fiction 8
- Artistic Sources: What Paintings Reveal 9
- Structure of the Book 10
- Part I: Inventing China
- (ca. 1200 B.C.-A.D. 200) 15
- 1 The Beginnings Of The Written Record
- (Ca. 1200 B.C.-771 B.C.) 17
- Dragon Bone Soup and Early Chinese Writing 20
- The Discoveries at Anyang 28
- Shang Relations with Other States 36
- The Zhou Conquest of the Shang 47
- 2 The Age Of The Warrior And The
- Thinker: Double Ears And Confucius
- (77o B.C.-22i B.C.)
- The Commentary of Mr. Zuo and the Society
- It Describes 57
- The World of Confucius 67
- A World Breaking Apart: The Differences among
- Confucius's Disciples 79
- 3 The Creation Of Empire
- (221 B.C.-A.D. 200) 97
- The Legalist State 100
- The Founding of the Han Dynasty 112
- The World of the Regional Rulers:
- The Mawangdui Finds 117
- The Han Dynasty under Emperor Wu 126
- Economic Problems during the Han Dynasty 130
- The Restoration of the Later Han 135
- The Rise of the Organized Daoist Church 144
- Part Ii: Facing West
- (A.D. 200 -1000) 151
- 4 China'S Religious Landscape
- (200 - 600) 153
- The First Buddhists in China 155
- Buddhism in Central Asia: The Example of
- the Kucha Kingdom 163
- Contact between India and China 170
- The Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) 175
- Religious Life in South China 185
- 5 China'S Golden Age (589 - 755) 191
- How the Sui Dynasty Brought the Empire Together 192
- The Fall of the Sui Dynasty and the Founding
- of the Tang 196
- Daily Life in the Capital 203
- Daily Life in Rural Areas 213
- 6 The An Lushan Rebellion And Its
- Aftermath (755 - 960) 221
- The An Lushan Rebellion 221
- The Discovery of the Library Cave at Dunhuang 245
- Dunhuang in the Years after 755 249
- Part Iii: Facing North
- (1000-1600) 259
- 7 Coming To Terms With Money:
- The Song Dynasty (960-1276) 261
- The First Commercial Revolution and Its Effects 261
- The Founding of the Song 265
- The New Policies: Supporters and Opponents 269
- Remembering the North 280
- Life under the Southern Song (1127-1276) 289
- 8 The Northern Dynasties:
- Non-Chinese Rule In North
- China (907-1215) 299
- The Khitans 300
- The Rise of the Jurchen 315
- Jin Rule after the 1141 Peace with the South 320
- Scholarly Culture under the Jin 326
- The Division of North and South 331
- 9 The Mongols (Ca. 1200 -1368) 335
- The Origins of the Mongol Confederation 336
- Western Visitors to the Khan's Court 342
- The Mongol Conquest of South China 347
- Zhao Mengfu and the Art of Heightened
- Expressiveness 359
- The Fall of the Mongols 365
- 10 Continuing The War Against
- The Mongols: The Ming Dynasty
- (1368-1644) 369
- The Ming Founder and the System He Designed 371
- The Voyages of the Yongle Emperor 376
- Social Change under the Ming 387
- The Second Commercial Revolution of the
- Ming Dynasty 405
- Epilogue 409
- Notes 415
- Suggestions for Further Reading 427
- Acknowledgments and Credits 437
- Index 441.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-436) and index.
- Subject:
- China -- History
- Also Titled:
- History of China to 1600
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