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
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  • THE EARLIEST TIMES
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • ANTIQUITY
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  • Chapter III: THE CHOU DYNASTY (c. 1028-257 B.C.)