中国古代史 Period before the Opium War of 1840
中国历史的开篇——先秦 The Dawn of Chinese History—The Pre-Qin Period概述 Introduction 2
中国境内最早的人类 The Earliest Human Beings in China 6
开天辟地的创世神话 The Great Myth of the Creation of Man in Ancient China 8
华夏之祖 Ancestors of the Chinese Nation 10
大禹治水 Yu the Great Harnesses the Flood 12
武王伐纣 King Wu Attacks King Zhou 14
周公东征 Duke Zhou's Conquest of the East 18
春秋五霸 The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period 20
战国七雄 The Seven Powers of the Warring States Period 24
大教育家孔子 Confucius,the Great Educator 28
诸子百家 The"Hundred Schools of Thought"and Their Exponents 30
世界第一部兵书——《孙子兵法》 The Art of War—The World First Treatise on Military Science 34
封建大一统时期——秦、汉 The Period of Great Feudal Unity—The Qin and Han Dynasties概述 Introduction 36
中国的第一位皇帝——秦始皇 Qinshihuang,the First Emperor in Chinese History 38
万里长城 The Great Wall 42
大泽乡起义 The Dazexiang Uprising 44
刘邦与项羽 Liu Bang and Xiang Yu 46
汉武大帝 Emperor Wudi the Great of the Han Dynasty 50
张骞出使西域 Zhang Qian's Mission to the Western Regions 52
昭君出塞 Zhaojun Goes Beyond the Great Wall as a Bride 54
司马迁与《史记》 Sima Qian and His Records of the Historian 56
科学家张衡 Zhang Heng,a Pioneering Scientist 58
“医圣”张仲景与“外科鼻祖”华佗 Zhang Zhongjing,the Saint of Medicine and Hua Tuo,the Founder of Surgery 60
封建国家的分裂和民族大融合时期——三国、两晋、南北朝 The Division of China Once More and the Intermingling of Ethnic Groups—The Three Kingdoms,the Two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties概述 Introduction 62
曹操 Cao Cao 66
诸葛亮 Zhuge Liang 70
赤壁之战 The Battle of the Red Cliff 74
西晋八王之乱 Eight Kings'Insurrection in the Western Jin Dynasty 78
淝水之战 The Battle of Feishui 80
孝文帝改革 The Reforms of Emperor Xiaowen 84
花木兰代父从军 Hua Mulan Joined the Army in Place of Her Father 86
“书圣”王羲之与“画绝”顾恺之 Wang Xizhi,the Saint of Calligraphy,and Gu Kaizhi,the Matchless Painter 88
数学家祖冲之 Zu Chongzhi,the Remarkable Mathematician 92
封建社会的繁荣时期——隋、唐 The Heyday of Feudal Society—The Sui and Tang Dynasties概述 Introduction 94
隋朝大运河 The Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty 96
贞观之治 The Benign Administration of the Zhenguan Reign Period 98
女皇帝武则天 Wu Zetian,China's First Female Monarch 100
开元盛世 The Flourishing Kaiyuan Reign Period 102
繁盛的长安城 The Heyday of Chang'an 104
松赞干布与文成公主 Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng 106
玄奘西游 Xuanzang's Journey to the West 108
鉴真东渡 Jianzhen Crosses the Ocean to Japan 112
三大石窟 The Three Famous Grottoes 114
科举制 The Imperial Civil Examination System 118
封建社会的继续发展和民族政权并立时期——五代、辽、宋、夏、金、元 The Continued Development of Feudal Society and the Coexistence of Ethnic Regimes—The Five Dynasties,and the Liao,Song,Xia,Jin and Yuan Dynasties概述 Introduction 120
杯酒释兵权 Relieving the Generals of Their Commands at a Feast 122
赤胆忠心的杨家将 The Loyal Generals of the Yang Family 124
秉公执法的“包青天” Bao the Upright Judge 126
忠心报国的岳飞 General Yue Fei,a Paragon of Loyalty 130
历史名臣文天祥 Wen Tianxiang,a Renowned Minister 132
成吉思汗与忽必烈 Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan 136
马可·波罗来华 Marco Polo's Travels in China 140
四大发明 The Four Great Inventions 142
《清明上河图》 Riverside scene on the Pure Brightness Festival 146
司马光与《资治通鉴》 Sima Guang and the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government 148
统一的多民族国家进一步发展和封建社会由盛而衰时期——明、清（鸦片战争以前） The Period of Further Development of the Unitary Multi-ethnic Country and the Decline of Feudal Society—The Ming and Qing Dynasties(Before the Opium War of 1840)概述 Introduction 150
明朝开国皇帝朱元璋 Zhu Yuanzhang,the First Emperor of the Ming Dynasty 152
郑和下西洋 Zheng He's Voyages to the Western Seas 156
戚继光抗倭 Qi Jiguang Repels Japanese Pirates 158
清官海瑞 Hai Rui,an Upright and incorruptible Official 160
闯王李自成 Daring King Li Zicheng 162
郑成功收复台湾 Zheng Chenggong Recovers Taiwan 164
康乾盛世 The Golden Age of Three Emperors 166
科学巨匠与巨著 Great Scientists and Their Contributions 170
中国近代史 Modern Period 176
概述 Introduction 176
林则徐与虎门销烟 Lin Zexu and the Destruction of Opium at Humen 178
第一次鸦片战争 The First Opium War 182
太平天国农民运动 The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement 184
第二次鸦片战争 The Second Opium War 188
洋务运动 The Westernization Movement 190
中日甲午战争与《马关条约》 Sino-Japanese War of 1894 and the Treaty of Shimonoseki 192
戊戌变法 The Reform Movement of 1898 194
义和团运动 The Yihetuan Movement 198
孙中山与辛亥革命 Dr.Sun Yat-sen and the Revolution of 1911 202
“五四”运动 The May 4th Movement 206
中国共产党的成立 The Founding of the Communist Party of China 210
第一次国共合作 The First Round of KMT-CPC Cooperation 214
北伐战争 The Northern Expedition 216
南昌起义 The Nanchang Uprising 218
一万五千里长征 The Long March of 25 000 li 220
“九一八”事变 The September 18th Incident 224
华北事变与“一二·九”运动 The Huabei Incident and the December 9th Movement 226
西安事变 The Xi'an Incident 228
“七七”事变 The July 7th Incident 230
平型关大捷 The Victory at Pingxing Pass 232
南京大屠杀 The Nanking Massacre 234
台儿庄战役 The Taierzhuang Campaign 236
华侨与抗日战争 Overseas Chinese and the Anti-Japanese War 238
重庆谈判 The Chongqing Negotiations 242
解放战争 The War of Liberation 244
现代中国 Contemporary Period 248
概述 Introduction 248
毛泽东与新中国的建立 Mao Zedong and the Founding of New China 250
抗美援朝保家卫国 The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea 252
周恩来与新中国外交 Zhou Enlai and New China's Diplomacy 254
邓小平与改革开放 Deng Xiaoping and the Reform and Opening-up Policies 256
香港回归 Hong Kong's Return to China 258
澳门回归 Macao's Return to China 260
载人航天飞行的巨大成就 Great Achievement in Manned Spaceflight 262
中国体育走向世界 China as a World Power in Sports 264
附录 Appendix 268
中国历史年代简表 A Brief Chronology of Chinese History 268