Publisher's Synopsis
This book is about the Chinese civilization from the earliest days to the end of the Chinese dynasty. The period coincided with the emergence of slavery and its transition to feudalism. The dynasties covered in this volume are Hsia, Shang, Chou and Ch'in. It is a long history starting from the abode of the Peking Man on the Dragon Bone Hill not very far from Peking to the lower basin of the Huang Ho river-the cradle of the Chinese civilization in the north and then to the appearance of the Chinese language, state machinery, the Spring and the Autumn and the Warring States period and the formation of the first feudal empire in China under Ch'in dynasty. The most important of the Hundred Schools of Thought-Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism and Legalism-have been covered in this book. Written in the lucid style, this book will be of interest both to the students and the general readers.
