Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. The United Nations Series IX
3. Editor's Preface XI
4. Contents XV
5. List of Illustrations XXXI
6. The Chinese National Anthem, San Mm Chu I XXXVII
7. Part One. BACKGROUND
8. CHAPTER I. Molding Forces 3
9. CHAPTER II. Dominant Ideas 18
10. CHAPTER III. Some Revelations of Recent Excavations 29
11. Part Two. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
12. CHAPTER IV. Antiquity: To the Fall of Shang (c a. 1028 B.C.) 41
13. CHAPTER V. The Greatness of Chou (ca. 1027-ca. 221 B.C.) 54
14. CHAPTER VI. From the Fall of Chou to the Fall of T’ang (ca. 221 B.c-A.D.go6) 72
15. CHAPTER VII. From the Fall of T’ang to the Fall of Ch'ing (go6-igi2) 89
16. CHAPTER VIII. Chinese Society and the Dynasties of Conquest 112
17. CHAPTER IX. The Republic: Phase of War-Lordism (ign-ig28) 127
18. CHAPTER X.The Republic: Phase of Resurgence (1928-1946) 145
19. CHAPTER XI. The Social Revolution 166
20. CHAPTER XII. International Relations: The Twentieth Century 200
21. Part Three. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
22. CHAPTER XIII. Chinese Thought 221
23. CHAPTER XIV. Folk Religion 231
24. CHAPTER XV. Confucianism 245
25. CHAPTER XVI. Neo-Confucianism 254
26. CHAPTER XVII. Taoism 266
27. CHAPTER XVIII. Buddhism 290
28. CHAPTER XIX. Christianity 301
29. CHAPTER XX. Trends in Contemporary Philosophy 312
30. Part Four. THE ARTS, LITERATURE, AND EDUCATION
31. CHAPTER XXI. Calligraphy, Poetry, and Painting 333
32. CHAPTER XXII. Art 348
33. CHAPTER XXIII. Architecture 363
34. CHAPTER XXIV. Drama 372
35. CHAPTER XXV. Traditional Literature: Mature and Limitations 386
36. CHAPTER XXVII. Letters and Arts in the War Tears 406
37. CHAPTER XXVIII. China: A Frontier in American Literature 420
38. CHAPTER XXIX. Modern Education 427
39. CHAPTER XXX. China's Examination System and the West 441
40. Part Five. ECONOMICS AND RECONSTRUCTION
41. CHAPTER XXXI. Economic Development 455
42. CHAPTER XXXII. Agriculture 466
43. CHAPTER XXXIII. International Trade 492
44. Part Six. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
45. CHAPTER XXXIV. China among the Mations 509
46. Notes and references 519
47. A Selected Bibliography 547
48. Index 563