• Oracle Bone Inscriptions of the Late Shang Dynasty [PDF] Warfare• Oracle Bone Inscriptions of the Late Shang Dynasty: On Warfare [PDF] Women: Childbearing• Oracle Bone Inscriptions of the Late Shang Dynasty: On Childbearing [PDF] 1000 BCE - 300 CEConfucianismConfucius/Kong Fuzi/Kong Qiu, 551-479 BCE Mencius/Mengzi/Meng Ke, 4th Century BCE Xunzi/Xun Qing/Xun Kang, ca. 310-ca. 219 BCE DaoismLaozi, ca. 3rd Century BCE Zhuangzi/Zhuang Zhou, ca. 360-280 BCE Zhou Dynasty Government: Confucius, Mencius, Laozica. 600 BCE Confucius/Kong Fuzi/Kong Qiu, 551-479 BCE Lord Shang/Gongsun Yang/Shang Yang, d. 338 BCE Mencius/Mengzi/Meng Ke, 4th Century BCE Laozi, ca. 3rd Century BCE Qin Dynasty Government: The Legalist Philosophers Han Fei and Li SiHan Fei, d. 233 BCE Li Si, d. 208 BCE Han Dynasty GovernmentCourt of Emperor Zhao, 81 BCE Dong Zhongshu, ca. 195-ca. 105 BCE Warfare: Zhou PeriodConfucius/Kong Fuzi/Kong Qiu, 551-479 BCE Sunzi/Sun Wu, Eastern Zhou Period (770-221 BCE) Agriculture, Han PeriodHan Emperor Wen, r. 180-157 BCE Women and FamilyConfucius/Kong Fuzi/Kong Qiu, 551-479 BCE Western Han Period, 206 BCE-8 CE Ban Zhao, ca. 48-ca. 116 CE Literature: The Classic of Odes (Book of Songs); Poetry from the State of ChuEastern Zhou, ca. 771 to 256 BCE State of Chu, reign of King Huai, 328 to 299 BCE Literature: Sima QianSima Qian, 145?-85? BCE, whose father Sima Tan (d. 110 BCE) was Grand Historian at court of Han Emperor Wu (r. 141-87 BCE) 300 - 600Buddhism in ChinaLotus Sutra, composed after 483 BCE Mouzi, latter years of the Eastern Han (ca. 220 CE) WomenLotus Sutra, composed after 483 BCE Northern and Southern Dynasties Period, 317-589 CE Literature: "A Song of Seven Sorrows"; "Peach Blossom Spring"Wang Can, 177-217 CE Tao Qian, 376-427 CE 600 - 1000Buddhism in China: The Chan (Zen) School of BuddhismHuineng, 638-713, Sixth Patriarch of the Chan (Zen) school Linji Yixuan, d. 867, founder of the Linji (Rinzai) school Buddhism in China: Reactions of Confucianists and Daoists to the influence of Buddhism during this periodHan Yu, 768-824 Emperor Wuzong, r. 841-846 • Emperor Wuzong's Edict on the Suppression of Buddhism: The Edict of the Eight Month [PDF] Tang Dynasty Government: Effective Rulership, the Law, and TaxesEmperor Taizong, r. 626-649 Zhangsun Wuji, d. 659 Yang Yan, 727-781; Lu Zhi, 754-805 Reflections on WarEmperor Taizong, r. 626-649 Li Bo, 701-762 Du Fu, 712-770 Slavery in Tang China• Deed of a Sale of a Slave [PDF] Women & FamilySong Ruozhao, 8th century Yan Zhitui, 531-591 • Record of Family Division [PDF] Tang Poets: Wang Wei, Li Bo, Du Fu Wang Wei, 699-761 Li Bo, 701-762 Du Fu, 712-770 1000 - 1450Neo-ConfucianismLu Jiuyuan (Lu Xiangshan), 1139-1193 Zhu Xi, 1130-1200 Song Dynasty Government: Reform under the Neo-ConfucianistsWang Anshi, 1021-1086 Cheng Hao, 1032-1085 Ming Dynasty Government: Promotion of Social Order and MoralityEmperor Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang), 1328-1398 • Village Ordinances: "Prohibition Ordinance" [PDF] Military: The Northern Song Defeated by the Jurchen JinYue Fei, 1103-1142 Agriculture; Growth of Cities and urban Life during the Song and Yuan DynastiesChen Pu (Chen Fu), 1076-1154 Unknown Author, ca. 1235 WomenYuan Cai, ca. 1140-ca. 1195 Empress Xu, d. 1407 Literature of Scholar-Officials and Military OfficersYue Fei, 1103-1142 Sima Guang, 1019-1086 Su Shi (Su Dongpo), 1036-1101 Women Writers• Poem to be Sung to the Tune of "Southern Song" (Nan-ge-zi) [PDF] 1450 - 1750Neo-Confucianism during the MingWang Yangming, 1472-1529 Books of Moral Instruction, Ming and QingYuan Huang, 1533-1606 • Selections from The Twenty-four Exemplars of Filial Piety [PDF] • Selections from Meritorious Deeds at No Cost [PDF] Christianity Enters ChinaYang Guangxian, 1597-1669 Zhang Xingyao, 1633-c. 1715 Provincial and Imperial Government under the QingReign of Qing emperors Kangxi (r. 1662-1722) and Yongzheng (r. 1723-1735) Lan Dingyuan, 1680-1733 Chen Hongmou, 1696-1771 Women• Selections from The Twenty-four Exemplars of Filial Piety [PDF] Lu Kun, 1536-1618 Essays, Poems and Fantasy Tales of the QingLi Yü (Li Liweng), 1611-ca. 1680 Yuan Mei, ca. 1716-ca. 1798 Li Ju-chen, ca. 1763-ca. 1830 1750 - 1919"Self-Strengthening" and "Learning from the West"Feng Guifen, 1809-1874 Yan Fu, 1854-1921 Liang Qichao, 1873-1929 Calls for Radical Social ReformHan Yi (Pseudonym, possibly written by Liu Shipei, 1884-1917) He Zhen (wife of Liu Shipei, 1884-1917) The May Fourth Movement (ca. 1916-1920s)• Before and After the May Fourth Movement The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864)• Excerpts from The Land System of the Heavenly Kingdom (Tianzhao tianumu zhidu): "The Taiping Economic Program" [PDF] • Excerpts from Ode for Youth [PDF] The Years of Reform: Prologue to Revolution• From Reform to Revolution, 1842 to 1911 Chu Chengbo's 1895 memorial to Qing emperor Guanxu (1871-1908, r. 1875-1908) Kang Youwei's 1898 memorial to Qing emperor Guanxu (1871-1908, r. 1875-1908) Reform Imperial Edict of 1901 (Issued by the Empress Dowager Cixi, 1835-1908) International Relations: China and Europe (Macartney Embassy, Opium War) • Macartney and the Emperor • The Opium War and Foreign Encroachment WomenHe Zhen (wife of Liu Shipei, 1884-1917) 1900 - 1950The May Fourth Movement (ca. 1916-1920s) • Before and After the May Fourth Movement Chen Duxiu, 1879-1942 Chiang Kai-shek, 1887-1975 Hu Shi, 1891-1962 Liang Shuming, 1893-1988 Rebuilding ChinaLiang Qichao, 1873-1929 Sun Yat-sen, 1866-1925 Chiang Kai-shek, 1887-1975 Mao Zedong (1893-1976) and the Chinese Revolution• The Long March (1934-1936) • Commonly Read Speeches and Writings of Mao Zedong (1927-1945) • Mao Zedong on War and Revolution • From "The Dictatorship of the People's Democracy": On Leaning to One Side (Speech, 1949) [PDF] Communism in ChinaMao Zedong, 1893-1976 Li Shaoqi, 1898-1969 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)Chiang Kai-shek, 1887-1975 • Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Saito on the Conflict in the Far East [PDF] Mao Zedong (1893-1976) on War and Revolution• Mao Zedong on War and Revolution • Report on the Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan (March 1927) [PDF] • Selections from On Guerilla Warfare (1927) [PDF] Society and Family: Raising ChildrenZhu Ziqing, 1898-1948 Farmers and the Chinese Revolution • Farmers and the Chinese Revolution 20th-century LiteratureHu Shi, 1891-1962 Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren), 1881-1936 Mao Dun (Shen Yanbing), 1896-1981 1950 - 2000"Hundred Flowers" Period• Intellectual Opinions from the Hundred Flowers Period (1957) [PDF] Land Reform, Socialized Agriculture, The Great Leap Forward• From the People's Daily: "How China Proceeds with the Task of Industrialization" (1953) [PDF] Mao Zedong, 1893-1976 Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)• The Sixteen Points: Guidelines for the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966) [PDF] Socialism and Democracy in China after Mao ZedongWei Jingsheng, b. 1950 Deng Xiaoping, 1904-1997 • From the Office of the CCP Dehong Dai Nationality and Qingbo Autonomous Zhou Committee: “Several Questions in Strengthening and Perfecting the Job Responsibility Systems of Agricultural Production” (1980) [PDF] • How Should the Criteria for Admission to the Communist Youth League Be Administered After Installation of the Production Responsibility System? (1981) [PDF] Fang Lizhi, b. 1936 • From the People's Daily: "Bourgeois and Socialist Democracies Compared" (March 1990) [PDF] Tiananmen Square Demonstrations (1989)• The May 13 Hunger Strike Declaration (1989) [PDF] • Interview at Tiananmen Square with Chai Ling China's Political System since 1949 • The Chinese Political System and the Communist Party China's Foreign Policy; U.S.-China RelationsMao Zedong, 1893-1976 • Taiwan and U.S.-China Relations Since 1949 LiteratureHao Ran, 1932-2008 |