INTRODUCTION 1
FROM THE HAN TO THE T′ANG DYNASTY 7
THE SUNG PERIOD 38
Landscapists and Poet-Painters 38
Historians and Theoreticians 73
CH＇AN BUDDHISM AND ITS RELATION TO PAINTING 91
THE YUAN PERIOD 109
THE MING PERIOD 123
Historical Theories and Methods of Study 123
AEsthetic Principles and Technical Questions 153
THE CH＇ING PERIOD 169
New Individual Departures 169
Traditional Principles Reasserted 193
APPENDIXES 219
INDEX OF CHINESE NAMES，TERMS AND BOOKS 239