A History of Chinese Literature
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A HISTORY OF CHINESE LITERATURE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
BOOK THE FIRST THE FEUDAL PERIOD (B.C. 600-200)
CHAPTER I LEGENDARY AGES—EARLY CHINESE CIVILISATION—ORIGIN OF WRITING
CHAPTER II CONFUCIUS—THE FIVE CLASSICS
CHAPTER III THE FOUR BOOKS—MENCIUS
CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS
Chapter V POETRY—INSCRIPTIONS
CHAPTER VI TAOISM—THE “TAO-TÊ-CHING”
BOOK THE SECOND THE HAN DYNASTY (B.C. 200—A.D. 200)
CHAPTER I THE “FIRST EMPEROR”—THE BURNING OF THE BOOKS—MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS
CHAPTER II POETRY
CHAPTER III HISTORY—LEXICOGRAPHY
CHAPTER IV BUDDHISM
BOOK THE THIRD MINOR DYNASTIES (A.D. 200-600)
CHAPTER I POETRY—MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE
CHAPTER II CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP
BOOK THE FOURTH THE T’ANG DYNASTY (A.D. 600-900)
CHAPTER I POETRY
CHAPTER II CLASSICAL AND GENERAL LITERATURE
BOOK THE FIFTH THE SUNG DYNASTY (A.D. 900-1200)
CHAPTER I THE INVENTION OF BLOCK-PRINTING
CHAPTER II HISTORY—CLASSICAL AND GENERAL LITERATURE
CHAPTER III POETRY
CHAPTER IV DICTIONARIES—ENCYCLOPÆDIAS—MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
BOOK THE SIXTH THE MONGOL DYNASTY (A.D. 1200-1368)
CHAPTER I MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE—POETRY
CHAPTER II THE DRAMA
THE FLOWERY BALL.
CHAPTER III THE NOVEL
BOOK THE SEVENTH THE MING DYNASTY (A.D. 1368-1644)
CHAPTER I MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE—MATERIA MEDICA—ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER II NOVELS AND PLAYS
CHAPTER III POETRY
BOOK THE EIGHTH THE MANCHU DYNASTY (A.D. 1644-1900)
CHAPTER I THE “LIAO CHAI”—THE “HUNG LOU MÊNG”
CHAPTER II THE EMPERORS K’ANG HSI AND CH’IEN LUNG
CHAPTER III CLASSICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE—POETRY
CHAPTER IV WALL LITERATURE—JOURNALISM—WIT AND HUMOUR—PROVERBS AND MAXIMS
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
INDEX
FOOTNOTES
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