BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 PEOPLE -- SELECTED ETHNIC GROUPS -- BAI -- DAUR -- DONG -- HANI -- HUI -- LAHU -- LISU -- MANCHU -- MIAO -- MONGOL -- NAXI -- SHE -- TIBETAN -- TUJIA -- UIGHUR -- WA -- YI -- ZHUANG -- CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, FESTIVALS, AND SPORTS IN DAILY LIFE -- CHAPTER 2 CHINESE CUISINE -- EMERGENCE OF A CUISINE -- COMMON FOODS AND TRADITIONS -- GREAT CHINESE SCHOOLS -- BEIJING -- SICHUAN -- ZHEJIANG AND JIANGSU -- FUJIAN -- GUANGDONG -- CHAPTER 3 CHINESE LANGUAGES AND WRITING SYSTEM -- SINO-TIBETAN -- ALTAIC -- OTHER LANGUAGES -- LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SINITIC (CHINESE) LANGUAGES -- MODERN STANDARD CHINESE (MANDARIN) -- STANDARD CANTONESE -- MIN LANGUAGES -- OTHER SINITIC LANGUAGES OR DIALECTS: HAKKA, WU (SUZHOU AND SHANGHAI), AND XIANG -- HISTORICAL SURVEY OF CHINESE -- RECONSTRUCTION OF CHINESE PROTOLANGUAGES -- EARLY CONTACTS -- PRE-CLASSICAL CHINESE -- HAN AND CLASSICAL CHINESE -- POST-CLASSICAL CHINESE -- THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM -- PRE-CLASSICAL CHARACTERS -- QIN DYNASTY STANDARDIZATION -- TWENTIETH CENTURY -- CHAPTER 4 CONFUCIANISM -- THOUGHT OF CONFUCIUS -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- FORMATION OF THE CLASSICAL CONFUCIAN TRADITION -- MENCIUS: THE PARADIGMATIC CONFUCIAN INTELLECTUAL -- XUNZI: THE TRANSMITTER OF CONFUCIAN SCHOLARSHIP -- THE CONFUCIANIZATION OF POLITICS -- DONG ZHONGSHU: THE CONFUCIAN VISIONARY -- CONFUCIAN ETHICS IN THE DAOIST AND BUDDHIST CONTEXT -- CONFUCIAN REVIVAL -- SONG MASTERS -- CONFUCIAN LEARNING IN JIN, YUAN, AND MING -- AGE OF CONFUCIANISM: QING CHINA -- MODERN TRANSFORMATION -- CHAPTER 5 DAOISM -- LAOZI AND THE DAODEJING -- INTERPRETATION OF ZHUANGZI -- BASIC CONCEPTS OF DAOISM -- COSMOLOGY -- MICROCOSM-MACROCOSM CONCEPT -- RETURN TO THE DAO -- CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION -- CONCEPTS OF THE HUMAN IN SOCIETY -- WUWEI -- SOCIAL IDEAL OF PRIMITIVISM.

IDEAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE -- IDENTITY OF LIFE AND DEATH -- RELIGIOUS GOALS OF THE INDIVIDUAL -- SYMBOLISM AND MYTHOLOGY -- EARLY ECLECTIC CONTRIBUTIONS: YIN-YANG, QI, AND OTHER IDEAS -- YIN AND YANG -- QI -- WUXING -- YANG ZHU AND THE LIEZI -- GUANZI AND HUAINANZI -- DAOISM IN CHINESE CULTURE -- DAOIST CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHINESE SCIENCE -- DAOIST IMAGERY -- INFLUENCE ON SECULAR LITERATURE -- INFLUENCE ON THE VISUAL ARTS -- DAOISM IN THE MODERN ERA -- CHAPTER 6 BUDDHISM -- CULTURAL CONTEXT -- LIFE OF THE BUDDHA -- SPREAD TO CENTRAL ASIA AND CHINA -- CHINA -- THE EARLY CENTURIES -- DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE TANG DYNASTY (618-907) -- BUDDHISM AFTER THE TANG -- SANGHA, SOCIETY, AND STATE -- MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS -- SANGHAS -- INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE SANGHA -- SOCIETY AND STATE -- MAHAYANA: THE MAIN CHINESE TRADITION -- BASIC TEACHINGS -- MAHAYANA SCHOOLS AND THEIR TEXTS -- VAJRAYANA -- POPULAR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES -- CALENDRIC RITES AND PILGRIMAGE -- RITES OF PASSAGE AND PROTECTIVE RITES -- CHAPTER 7 CHINESE ART -- ART AS A REFLECTION OF CHINESE CLASS STRUCTURE -- LINEARITY -- CHARACTERISTIC THEMES AND SYMBOLS -- MAJOR TYPES: CHINESE BRONZES -- SHANG DYNASTY (C. 1600-1046 BCE) -- ZHOU DYNASTY (1046-256 BCE) -- QIN (221-207 BCE) AND HAN DYNASTIES (206 BCE-220 CE) -- MAJOR TYPES: CHINESE POTTERY -- STYLISTIC AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- THREE KINGDOMS (220-280 CE) AND SIX DYNASTIES (220-589 CE) -- SUI (581-618) AND TANG (618-907) DYNASTIES -- FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960) AND TEN KINGDOMS (902-978) -- SONG (960-1279), LIAO (907-1125), AND JIN (1115-1234) DYNASTIES -- MAJOR TYPES: CHINESE PAINTING -- ZHOU DYNASTY (1046-256 BCE) -- QIN (221-207 BCE) AND HAN (206 BCE-220 CE) DYNASTIES -- THREE KINGDOMS (220-280) AND SIX DYNASTIES (220-589) -- SUI (581-618) AND TANG (618-907) DYNASTIES -- FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960) AND TEN KINGDOMS (902-978).

SONG (960-1279), LIAO (907-1125), AND JIN (1115-1234) DYNASTIES -- YUAN DYNASTY (1206-1368) -- MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) -- QING DYNASTY (1644-1911/12) -- SINCE 1912 -- OTHER VISUAL ARTS: JADE AND LACQUERWORK -- MEANING OF JADE -- COMPOSITION OF JADE -- HISTORY -- CHINESE LACQUERWORK -- CHAPTER 8 CHINESE MUSIC -- ANCIENT ARTIFACTS AND WRITINGS -- AESTHETIC PRINCIPLES AND EXTRAMUSICAL ASSOCIATIONS -- TONAL SYSTEM AND ITS THEORETICAL RATIONALIZATION -- MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP OF PITCHES -- SCALES AND MODES -- EXTRAMUSICAL ASSOCIATIONS -- CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUMENTS -- HAN DYNASTY: MUSICAL EVENTS AND FOREIGN INFLUENCES -- TANG DYNASTY -- THRIVING OF FOREIGN STYLES -- COURTLY MUSIC -- SONG AND YUAN DYNASTIES -- CONSOLIDATION OF EARLIER TRENDS -- MUSIC THEATRE -- MING AND QING DYNASTIES -- FORMS OF THE 16TH-18TH CENTURIES -- JINGXI -- OTHER VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL GENRES -- PERIOD OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR -- COMMUNIST PERIOD -- CHAPTER 9 CHINESE PERFORMING ARTS -- FORMATIVE PERIOD -- TANG PERIOD -- SONG PERIOD -- YUAN PERIOD -- MING PERIOD -- QING (MANCHU) PERIOD -- TWENTIETH AND 21ST CENTURIES -- CHAPTER 10 CHINESE ARCHITECTURE -- ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE ARCHITECTURE -- STYLISTIC AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- SHANG DYNASTY (C. 1600-1046 BCE) -- ZHOU DYNASTY (1046-256 BCE) -- QIN (221-207 BCE) AND HAN (206 BCE-220 CE) DYNASTIES -- THREE KINGDOMS (220-280) AND SIX DYNASTIES (220-589) -- SUI (581-618) AND TANG (618-907) DYNASTIES -- FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960) AND TEN KINGDOMS (902-978) -- SONG (960-1279), LIAO (907-1125), AND JIN (1115-1234) DYNASTIES -- YUAN DYNASTY (1206-1368) -- MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) -- QING DYNASTY (1644-1911/12) -- INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN STYLES -- INTO THE 21ST CENTURY -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.