Chinese History: A Manual

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Harvard Univ Asia Center, 2000 - 1181 sivua

Since publication of the first edition in 1998, Chinese History: A Manual has become an indispensable guide to researching the civilization and history of China. Updated through January 2000, the second edition discusses some 4,300 primary, secondary, and reference works, an increase of 1,500 titles over the first edition. The temporal coverage has been expanded to include the Republican period; sections on nonverbal salutations, weights and measures, money, and furniture have been added; the chapters on language, etymology, people, geography, chronology, warfare, leishu, food, and the Chinese world order have been thoroughly revised; and the subject index has been enlarged to include 2,500 technical terms.

 

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Recent Historiographical Trends
1
The Five Phases wuxing
7
The Dynasties
10
Tables
14
Component Parts of Characters
53
Definitions of Dao i
70
The Ages of
99
Geography
131
Miscellaneous Histories
518
Government Institutions
522
Huiyao
523
Shitong+iš
526
The Qing Examination System
529
Official Communications
532
Law
539
War
554

The Origins of the Names of the Provinces
137
The Contents of Local Gazetteers
155
Chronology
170
The Tiangan
176
The Twelve Animal Signs
184
Chinese Hours in Imperial Times 12 chen
211
Big Numbers
221
PreQin
236
Conversion of Historic Values
243
Guides and Encyclopaedias
254
Locating Books
261
The History Branch in the Siku Classification
270
Dynastic Bibliographies
272
Locating Secondary Sources
293
Archaeology
341
PreQin Archaeology
356
Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cultures
359
Prehistoric Signs and Symbols
373
OracleBone Inscriptions
389
Evolution and Structure
407
Main Script Forms
408
Modern Movable Typefaces
410
Epigraphy
427
From Bamboo Strips to Printed Books
444
Excavated and Transmitted Texts
454
Main Textual Sources for PreQin History 46571
465
The Shisanjing + Thirteen Classics
476
The Classics Branch in the Siku Classification
478
Historical Genres
481
Primary and Secondary Sources
483
Archives and Other Collections of Original Documents
487
The Standard Histories 50305
493
Annals
495
Standard Histories
501
Monographs in the Standard Histories
512
Topically Arranged Histories
516
Other Primary Sources
565
Myth and Religion
567
Literary Anthologies and Collected Works
593
Leishu
601
The Imperial Encyclopaedia 60607
605
Biji 筆記
610
Philosophical Works
613
Popular Literature
617
Agriculture Food and the Environment
625
Medicine
658
Technology and Science
667
Calligraphy Painting and Music
686
Womens Studies
697
NonHan Peoples Inside China
707
NonHan Peoples Outside China
721
NonHan Peoples and Countries in the Histories 73637
736
Foreign Accounts of China
750
Primary Sources by Period
773
Guides
775
Qin and Han
780
Wei Jin NanBei Chao
808
Sui Tang and Five Dynasties
818
Song
844
Liao Xi Xia Jin and Yuan
862
Ming
879
Qing
898
The Republic
981
Libraries
1008
Publishers
1053
Index of Terms Explained
1065
Index of Names
1081
Index of Book and Periodical Titles
1103
Subject Index
1159
319
1168
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