Chapters in this book

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