Early China
Douban
A Social and Cultural History
Li Feng
overview
Early China chronology; Map of China; 1. Introduction: early China and its natural and cultural demarcations; 2. The development of complex society in China; 3. Erlitou and Erligang: early states expansion; 4. Anyang and beyond: Shang and contemporary bronze cultures; 5. Cracking the secret bones: literacy and society in Late Shang?; 6. The inscribed history: Western Zhou State and its bronze vessels; 7. The creation of paradigm: Zhou bureaucracy and social institutions; 8. Hegemons and warriors: social transformation of the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC–481 BC); 9. The age of territorial states: warring states politics and institutions; 10. Philosophers as statesmen: in light of recently discovered texts; 11. The Qin Unification and Qin Empire: who were the Terra-Cotta Warriors?; 12. Expansion and political transition of the Han Empire; 13. State and society: bureaucracy and social orders under the Han Empire; 14. Ideological changes and their reflections in Han culture and Han art.
contents
Early China chronology;
Map of China; 1. Introduction: early China and its natural and cultural demarcations;
2. The development of complex society in China;
3. Erlitou and Erligang: early states expansion;
4. Anyang and beyond: Shang and contemporary bronze cultures;
5. Cracking the secret bones: literacy and society in Late Shang?;
6. The inscribed history: Western Zhou State and its bronze vessels;
7. The creation of paradigm: Zhou bureaucracy and social institutions;
8. Hegemons and warriors: social transformation of the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-481 BC);
9. The age of territorial states: warring states politics and institutions;
10. Philosophers as statesmen: in light of recently discovered texts;
11. The Qin Unification and Qin Empire: who were the Terra-Cotta Warriors?;
12. Expansion and political transition of the Han Empire;
13. State and society: bureaucracy and social orders under the Han Empire;
14. Ideological changes and their reflections in Han culture and Han art.
