Preface 1
The Origin of Chinese Culture 5
The Xia,Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties:Early States and Bronze Civilization 17
The Spring ＆ Autumn and Warring States Periods:Vassals Contend for Hegemony and Social Reform 29
Qin and Han Dynasties:Establishment and Development of a Great Unified Country 51
Wei,Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties:Regime Division and Ethnic ConCentration 75
Sui and Tang Dynasties:a Prosperous and Open Age 93
Song and Yuan Dynasties:Diverse Cultural Collisions and Great Socio-economic Development 117
Ming and Qing Dynasties(before the Opium War):Prosperity of Farming Civilization and Crisis before Modern Times 145
Fall and Struggle of Modern China 185
Exploration Progress of the People's Republic of China for Socialist Modernization 197