Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Introduction.
1: People.
2: Selected Ethnic Groups.
3: Cultural Institutions, Festivals, and Sports in Daily Life.
4: Chinese Cuisine.
5: Emergence of a Cuisine.
6: Common Foods and Traditions.
7: Great Chinese Schools.
8: Chinese Languages and Writing system.
9: Sino-Tibetan.
10: Altaic.
11: Other Languages.
12: Linguistic Characteristics of Sinitic (Chinese) Languages.
13: Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin).
14: Standard Cantonese.
15: Min Languages.
16: Other Sinitic Languages or Dialects: Hakka, Wu (Suzhou and Shanghai), and Xiang.
17: Historical Survey of Chinese.
18: The Chinese Writing System.
19: Confucianism.
20: Thought of Confucius.
21: Formation of the Classical Confucian Tradition.
22: Confucian Ethics in the Daoist and Buddhist Context.
23: Modern Transformation.
24: Daoism.
25: Laozi and the Daodejing.
26: Interpretation of Zhuangzi.
27: Basic Concepts of Daoism.
28: Concepts of the Human in Society.
29: Early Eclectic Contributions: Yin-Yang, Qi, and Other Ideas.
30: Daoism in Chinese Culture.
31: Daoism in the Modern Era.
32: Buddhism.
33: Cultural Context.
34: Life of the Buddha.
35: Spread to Central Asia and China.
36: China.
37: Sangha, Society, and State.
38: Mahayana: The Main Chinese Tradition.
39: Vajrayana.
40: Popular Religious Practices.
41: Chinese Art.
42: Art as a Reflection of Chinese Class Structure.
43: Linearity.
44: Characteristic Themes and Symbols.
45: Major Types: Chinese Bronzes.
46: Major Types: Chinese Pottery.
47: Major Types: Chinese Painting.
48: Other Visual Arts: Jade and Lacquerwork.
49: Chinese Music.
50: Ancient Artifacts and Writings.
51: Aesthetic Principles and Extramusical Associations.
52: Tonal System and Its Theoretical Rationalization.
53: Classification of Instruments.
54: Han Dynasty: Musical Events and Foreign Influences.
55: Tang Dynasty.
56: Song and Yuan Dynasties.
57: Ming and Qing Dynasties.
58: Period of the Republic of China and the Sino-Japanese War.
59: Communist Period.
60: Chinese Performing Arts.
61: Formative Period.
62: Tang Period.
63: Song Period.
64: Yuan Period.
65: Ming Period.
66: Qing (Manchu) Period.
67: Twentieth and 21st Centuries.
68: Chinese Architecture.
69: Elements of Traditional Chinese Architecture.
70: Stylistic and Historical Development.
71: Conclusion.
Glossary.
For Further Reading.
Index.