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Front Matter
F1 Purpose
F2 Contents
F4 Sitemap
Units
1.1 Land
1.11 China Proper
1.111 The Great Wall
1.112 Yellow River
1.113 Yangtze River
1.12 Outer China
1.2 People
2.21 Bronzes from Fu Hao's Tomb
2.211 Piece-Mold Techniques
2.31 Bronzes from Count Yu's Tomb
2.32 Jades from Count Yu's Tomb
2.4 Warring States Tomb of Marquis Yi
2.41 Inscriptions
2.43 Musical Instruments
2.431 Restoration of the Bells
2.44 Bronzes from Marquis Yi's Tomb
2.45 Lacquer Objects
2.46 Gold and Silver
2.51 Diagram of Tomb
2.52 Bronze Objects
2.53 Jade Objects
3 Buddhism
3.1 Images
3.11 Buddhas
3.12 Bodhisattvas
3.13 Other Divinities
3.14 Groups of Images
3.2 Temples
3.21 Cave Temples
3.22 Urban Temples
3.3 Practice
3.31 Monks and Nuns
3.32 Lay People
4.1 Script Types
4.2 Techniques of Transmission
4.4 Tang Calligraphy
4.21 Early Tang Court Calligraphy
4.22 Other Script Types
4.23 Religious Writings
4.24 Individualist Styles
4.5 Calligraphy in Modern China
5.1 Siegecraft
5.2 Crossbows
5.3 Spears and Clubs
5.4 Catapults
5.5 Warships
6 Painting
6.1 Painting as a Social Record
6.11 Urban Life
6.111 Shops and Commerce
6.112 Means of Transportation
6.113 Individuals on the Street
6.12 Private Life
6.121 The Private Realm of the Literati
6.1211 The Night Revels of Minister Han Xizai
6.21 Landscape Painting
6.211 Northern Song Landscape Painting
6.2111 Guo Xi's Early Spring
6.212 Southern Song Landscape Painting
6.213 Yuan Landscape Painting
6.22 Court Painting
6.221 Paintings with Political Agendas
6.222 Bird and Flower Painting
6.23 Scholar Painting
6.231 Figures and Animals
6.232 Bamboo, Plum, and Other Plants
7 Homes
7.11 Fengshui
7.12 Earth as a Building Material
7.13 Roof Tiles
7.14 Wooden Framing
7.15 Regional Variation
7.151 Cave Dwellings
7.16 Decorative Elements
7.2 Interiors
7.21 Kang
7.22 Beds
7.23 Furniture
8 Gardens
8.2 Garden Design
8.21 Rocks and Mountains
8.22 Water
8.23 Buildings
8.24 Plants
8.241 Paving Patterns
8.3 The Garden as a Site for Social Activity
8.5 Garden of the Master of Nets
9 Clothing
9.12 Evidence from Photographs
9.121 Men
9.122 Women
9.13 Making Cloth
9.131 Sericulture
9.21 Adaptations to Western Styles
9.211 Qipao
9.212 Mao Suits
9.213 Western-Style Suits
9.23 Weddings
10 Graphic Arts
10. 1 Commercial Advertisements
10.11Calendar Posters
10.111 Folk Calendars
10.12 Magazine Advertisements
10.13 Book Covers
10.2 Political Propaganda
10.21 Woodcuts
10.22 PRC under Mao
10.221 Leaders and Role Models
10.222 Science and Technology
10.223 Youth and Education
10.224 Cultural Revolution
10.3 Contemporary Graphic Arts
10.31 Four Modernizations Era
10.32 Contemporary Advertising