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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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John E. Wills
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ILLUSTRATIONS ix
- PREFACE xi
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
- NOTE ON ROMANIZATION xvii
- A SUMMARY TIME LINE xix
- 1. Yu 1
- 2. Confucius (Kongzi) 11
- 3. The First Emperor of Qin (Qin Shihuang) 33
- 4. Sima Qian 51
- 5. Wang Mang 72
- 6. Ban Zhao 90
- 7. Zhuge Liang 100
- 8. Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch 114
- 9. Empress Wu 127
- 10. Su Dongpo 149
- 11. Yue Fei 168
- 12. Qiu Chuji, the Daoist 181
- 13. Wang Yangming 201
- 14. Zheng Chenggong (Coxinga) 216
- 15. The Qianlong Emperor 231
- 16. Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King 259
- 17. Liang Qichao 274
- 18. The Kuomintang Legacy 301
- 19. Mao Zedong 335
- 20. Names in the News 360
- Afterword to the 2012 Edition 381
- Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading 387
- Index 397
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ILLUSTRATIONS ix
- PREFACE xi
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
- NOTE ON ROMANIZATION xvii
- A SUMMARY TIME LINE xix
- 1. Yu 1
- 2. Confucius (Kongzi) 11
- 3. The First Emperor of Qin (Qin Shihuang) 33
- 4. Sima Qian 51
- 5. Wang Mang 72
- 6. Ban Zhao 90
- 7. Zhuge Liang 100
- 8. Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch 114
- 9. Empress Wu 127
- 10. Su Dongpo 149
- 11. Yue Fei 168
- 12. Qiu Chuji, the Daoist 181
- 13. Wang Yangming 201
- 14. Zheng Chenggong (Coxinga) 216
- 15. The Qianlong Emperor 231
- 16. Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King 259
- 17. Liang Qichao 274
- 18. The Kuomintang Legacy 301
- 19. Mao Zedong 335
- 20. Names in the News 360
- Afterword to the 2012 Edition 381
- Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading 387
- Index 397
