A HISTORY OF CHINA
by WOLFRAM EBERHARD of the University of California
Illustrated
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley and Los Angeles 1969
First published in U. S. A. by University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles California
Second printing 1955 Third printing 1956 Second edition (revised by the author and reset) 1960 Reprinted 1966 Third edition (revised and enlarged) 1969
To My Wife
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
THE EARLIEST TIMES
Chapter I: PREHISTORY
1 Sources for the earliest history 7 2 The Peking Man 8 3 The Palaeolithic Age 8 4 The Neolithic Age 9 5 The eight principal prehistoric cultures 10 6 The Yang-shao culture 12 7 The Lung-shan culture 15 8 The first petty States in Shansi 16
Chapter II: THE SHANG DYNASTY (c. 1600-1028 B.C.)
1 Period, origin, material culture 19 2 Writing and Religion 22 3 Transition to feudalism 24
ANTIQUITY
Chapter III: THE CHOU DYNASTY (c. 1028-257 B.C.)
1 Cultural origin of the Chou and end of the Shang dynasty 29 2 Feudalism in the new empire 30 3 Fusion of Chou and Shang 32 4 Limitation of the imperial power 36 5 Changes in the relative strength of the feudal states 38 6 Confucius 40 7 Lao Tzu 45