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The City of Intellectuals Beijing Through the centuries is an
illustrated documentary book about Beijing's local history and
traditional cultures.The whole book,with detailed historcal materials
and beautiful Pictures,is a chronicle of Beijing's evolution in the last
500 thousand years,espcially that in the Yuan,mingand Qing
dynasties,after which Beijing became an international metropolis.For
Beijing's politics,trades and religions in each era.the book emphasizes
the cultures,arts.gardens.architures,imperial lives and common people's
traditions.So,this booknot only has an overall and systematic content
about Beijing,but also has its values in cultures and arts;it gives us
both a historical narration and an international angle to represent the
historical views of the ancient capital city Beijing.
About Author
Mr.Yan,
Chongnian is a professor of the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences and
Deputy President of China Society of the Forbidden City.His researches
are focused on the history of Manchuria,the history of the Qing Dynasty
and Beijing's history.His theses collections include;Theses on the
Manchurian Culture,Theses on the History of Beijing,Early These on the
History of Beijing,Theses on Yuan Chonghuan,etc;his academic works
include,Biography of Nurhachi,Biography of Yuan Chonghuan,the Reign of
Taizu in the General History of the Qing Dynasty,the Reignof Taizong in
the general History of the Qing Dynasty.
Table of Contents
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
A CRADLE OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION
THE BRILLIANCE OF ANCIENT YAN CIVILIZATION
IMPORTANT STRONGHOLD UNDER THE QIN,HAN,SUI,AND TANG DYYNASTIES
THE ETHNIC MINORITIES MAKE BEIJING THEIR CAPITAL
CAMBALUC OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE
BEIJING UNDER THE MING AND QING DYNASTIES
A Brief Chronology of Yuan,Ming,and Qing Dynasties
A Brief Chronology of Beijing
EPILOGUE
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