Table of Contents

Chapter One Chinese History 1
1.1 The Awakening in China 1
1.2 The Tribute System 10
Chapter Two Chinese Philosophy 16
2.1 The Ethical Philosophy of the Chinese 16
2.2 Confucianism 21
2.3 Buddhism 26
2.4 Taoism 29
Chapter Three Chinese Language and Character 34
3.1 The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry 34
3.2 Six Classes of Chinese Characters 51
Chapter Four Chinese Literature 57
4.1 The Distinction Between Chinese Literature that Instructs and Literature that Pleases 57
4.2 Tang Poetry 70
4.3 Liaozhai’s Own Record 81
Chapter Five Chinese Arts 87
5.1 Chinese Calligraphy 87
5.2 Chinese Painting 93
5.3 Chinese Lute 100
5.4 Wei Qi and Sun Tzu’s Art of War 110
Chapter Six Traditional Chinese Medicine 118
6.1 Chinese Herbal Medicine 118
6.2 Philosophical and Historical Groundwork 123
Chapter Seven Chinese Discoveries and Education 128
7.1 Chinese Discoveries 128
7.2 Education and Literary Examinations 132​