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CONTENTS
Conventions
VIII
LiosftF igurxie s
IntroduOcntg iuoind:a anncdpe e rplex1 ity
1 Tradit1i5o n
2 Communi4t1y
3 Ident5i9t y
4 View7 9
5 Personh1o05o d
6 Practi13c1e
7 Experie1n6c1 e
8 Plac1e8 1
9 Moderni2t01y
Biibolghrya2 p27
Inde2x4 9
CONVENTIONS
Thep resbeonotuk t iltirzaedsi tCihoinnacelhs aer acmtoedresr;n
Mandarpirno nunciPaitniyoRinonsm ;a nizawtiitoohcn c,a sional
rerfeentcoWe a de-Gihliesst;o preirciaold ibzaastoeindCo hnni ese
dynasatnidse tsa;n deadrn duimzebrisnygs tfeomDrsa oitsetx tual
collecbtaisooenndms y T tilIen dteoDx a oiCsoetlc lti(oThnrsee
PinPerse 2ss02,0) .
Chniese orhyii ssdt ivideod t hiefno lltowidnygn satiaensd
periso.d
Shan(gc 1a.06 0-0145B CE)
Zho(u01 45-2B5C6E )
Western/(0E14a5r-7l7y1B C E)
Eaesrtn/L(a7t17e-r2 5B6C E)
SprianngAd u tum(n70 7-48B0C E)
WarriSntga t(e4s8 02-2B2 CE)
Qin( 212-206B CE)
Han( 20B2C E2-20C E)
Wesrtne/Elay( r220B CE-C9E )
Eaesrtna/tLe(r2 52-20)
SiDxy nast/iPeesroifDo di suonn( i22508-19 )
Su(i5 81-618)
Tang( 681-907)
FivDey ntaisaensTd e nK ingdom(s9 -09779)
Son(g9 602-719)
North(e9r6n0 1-271)
Southe(r1n71 -12279)
Yua(n21 60-1368)
Min(g1 683-1644)
Qign( 1464-1911)
RepubolfCi hci n(a11 19-41949;9 -)
People's oRfCe hpiun(ba9l1 4i9c- )
CONVENTIONS ix
Thef ollowaibnbgr eviaartueis oefndos ir m portDaanoti tsxetut al
collections.
DH Dunuhanmga nuispctrs
DZ Zhengtdoanogzg aa nndX ud aozang
JH Daozajningug ah
JHLD aozajnignu gah lu
JY Daozajnigy ao
XB Daozaxnubgi an
ZH Zhognhuad aozang
ZW Zagnwadia oshu
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Unleostsh eriwnicdsaeit eadlt,lr anosnlasar tmeiy o wn.
Theb ook uaslestsoh f eol lowaibnbgr eviations:
abbr. abbreviated
b. born
BCE Beofrteh Ceo mmoEnr a
c. century
ca. CIrca
CE CommoEnr a
d. compare
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x CONVENTIONS
Note
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FivDey nastainedTs e nK ingdoamrsee xtremceolmyp laenxdc onsist
ofm any difdfyenraesnttTi heisas.l siost ruoef t heS ondgy nasty,
whicahc tuaelxliys ctoendc urrweinttthlh yr oeteh e"rn on-Chinese"
dynastKiheistL:ai na Toa,n guXti xiaan,dJ urchJeinn .
LITS OFF IGURES
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71. TrnasmisosfiS ocnr ipt1u72r es
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