Calendar and chronology / Edward L. Shaughnessy Environment of ancient China / David N. Keightley China on the eve of the historical period / Kwang-chih Chang Language and writing / William G. Boltz Shang archaeology / Robert Bagley Shang : China's first historical dynasty / David N. Keightley Western Zhou history / Edward L. Shaughnessy Western Zhou archaeology / Jessica Rawson Waning of the Bronze Age : material culture and social developments, 770-481 B.C. / Lothar von Falkenhausen Spring and autumn period / Cho-yun Hsu Warring states : political history / Mark Edward Lewis Art and architecture of the warring states period / Wu Hung Classical philosophical writings / David Shepherd Nivision Warring states natural philosophy and occult thought / Donald Harper Northern frontier in pre-imperial China / Nicola Di Cosmo Heritage left to the empires / Michael Loewe. |