BAI SHOUYI ANOUTLINE HISTORY OF CHINA=An Outline History of China (Revised Edition) (English)

Author: Bai Shouyi
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Publishing Time: 2002-01-01
Features: China is a country with a long history and ancient civilization. Over the past 50 centuries, it has created an extensive and profound civilization, as well as a varied and colorful cultural heritage. An Outlining History of China gives a brief introduction to the long historical course of development of China from ancient times up to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The book first gives an outline of contemporary Chinese geography, population, ethnicity, and history. It then describes ancient human activities, and the social and historical meanings of ancient mythologies, and legends, and gives a concise account of the rise and fall of the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. There follow, in detail or in brief, as appropriate, introductions to the politics, economy, military affairs, culture, laws, invention, cultural relics, etiquette and customs, relationships between classes and ethnic groups in China, and between China and foreign countries, plus an enlightening description of the country's modern social reforms. There is an index at the back of the book for convenience of reference. This book is aimed at foreign university students, and readers at or above college level.
Author Bio: Bai Shouyi (1909-2000) was born in Kaifeng, Henan Province and educated at Zhongshan and Yanjing universities. Beginning his teaching career in 1939, he taught for more than 40 years, first at Nanjing University, then at Nanjing University, and later at Beijing Teachers University where he served as head of both the Department of History and the Institute of History. Professor Bai's many-sided academic interests are reflected in the courses he taught on such subjects as general historiography, historical materialism, and a general history of China.