A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]

Name: A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]
Author: Eberhard, Wolfram

Eberhard, Wolfram

China -- History

1 Development of the gentry-state                                   71
2 Situation of the Hsiung-nu empire; its relation to the
  Han empire. Incorporation of South China                          75
3 Brief feudal reaction. Consolidation of the gentry                77
4 Turkestan policy. End of the Hsiung-nu empire                     86
5 Impoverishment. Cliques. End of the Dynasty                       90
6 The pseudo-socialistic dictatorship. Revolt of the "Red
  Eyebrows"                                                         93
7 Reaction and Restoration: the Later Han dynasty                   96
8 Hsiung-nu policy                                                  97
9 Economic situation. Rebellion of the "Yellow Turbans".
  Collapse of the Han dynasty                                       99
10 Literature and Art                                              103


Chapter VII: THE EPOCH OF THE FIRST DIVISION
OF CHINA (A.D. 220-580)

(A) _The three kingdoms_ (A.D. 220-265)

1 Social, intellectual, and economic problems during the
  period of the first division                                     107
2 Status of the two southern Kingdoms                              109
3 The northern State of Wei                                        113

(B) _The Western Chin dynasty_ (265-317)

1 Internal situation in the Chin empire                            115
2 Effect on the frontier peoples                                   116
3 Struggles for the throne                                         119
4 Migration of Chinese                                             120
5 Victory of the Huns. The Hun Han dynasty (later renamed
  the Earlier Chao dynasty)                                        121

(C) _The alien empires in North China, down to the Toba_
(A.D. 317-385)

1 The Later Chao dynasty in eastern North China (Hun; 329-352)     123
2 Earlier Yen dynasty in the north-east (proto-Mongol;
  352-370), and the Earlier Ch'in dynasty in all north
  China (Tibetan; 351-394)                                         126
3 The fragmentation of north China                                 128
4 Sociological analysis of the two great alien empires             131
5 Sociological analysis of the petty States                        132
6 Spread of Buddhism                                               133

(D) _The Toba empire in North China_ (A.D. 385-550)

1 The rise of the Toba State                                       136
2 The Hun kingdom of the Hsia (407-431)                            139
3 Rise of the Toba to a great power                                139
4 Economic and social conditions                                   142
5 Victory and retreat of Buddhism                                  145

(E) _Succession States of the Toba_ (A.D. 550-580):
_Northern Ch'i dynasty, Northern Chou dynasty_

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A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]

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