Chapter One: Legends and Historical Facts from Remote Antiquity
Part One: Pangu, Fuxi and Nuwa
Part Two: Information about Ancient China Gleaned from Archeological Finds
Part Three: Chinese Remote Antiquity in Ancient Documents
Part Four: The Common Ancestors of the Chinese Nation - Yandi and Huangdi
Chapter Two: Countries in Embryonic Form: The Xia and Shang Dynasties
Part One: The Xia Dynasty: First Country with Written Records in China
Part Two: The Shang Dynasty: A Period of Great Prosperity in a Slave Society
Chapter Three: The Period When Oriental Civilization Rose above the
Horizon: The Zhou Dynasty
Part One: The Western Zhou Dynasty
Part Two: The Spring and Autumn Period
Part Three: The Warring States Period
Part Four: The Culture of the Zhou Dynasty
Chapter Four: The First Great Unification of China: The Qin Dynasty
Part One: Systems of the Qin Dynasty
Part Two: The Tyrannical Rule of the First Emperor
Part Three: Peasant Uprisings in the Late Qin Dynasty
Chapter Five: The Development of a Great National Unity: The Han Dynasty
Part One: The Western Han Dynasty
Part Two: The Eastern Han Dynasty
Part Three: The Culture of the Qin and Han Dynasties
Chapter Six: The Trend of Reconciliation during a Period of Disunity: The Three Kingdoms, Jin, the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Part One: The Period of the Three Kingdoms
Part Two: The Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties and the Sixteen Kingdoms of Five Ethnic Groups
Part Three: The Period of the Northern Dynasty
Part Four: The Southern Dynasty
Part Five: The Culture in the Period ofWei, Jin and Northern & Southern Dynasties
Chapter Seven: Extreme Prosperity in the Chinese Empire: Sui, Tang, and the Five Dynasties
Part One: A Short-lived Union: The Sui Dynasty
Part Two: The Prosperity of Zhenguan
Part Three: Enthronement of Wu Zetian and Prosperity of the Kaiyuan Years
Part Four: The Rebellion of An and Shi and the Upcoming Collapse of the Tang Dynasty
Part Five: Culture in the Sui and Tang Dynasties
Part Six: Five Dynasties and Ten States
Chapter Eight: A Civil-led Empire: The Northern and Southern Song Dynasties
Part One: The Northern Song Dynasty
Part Two: The Southern Song Dynasty
Part Three: The Economy and Culture of the Song Dynasty
Chapter Nine: An Empire on Horseback: The Yuan Dynasty
Part One: "Yellow Perils" Spread All Over Eurasia
Part Two: The Political Situation of the Yuan Dynasty
Part Three: The Economy and Culture in the Yuan Dynasty
Chapter Ten: An Empire Stuck in Absolutism: The Ming Dynasty
Part One: Political Governance of the Ming Dynasty
Part Two: The Economy and Culture of the Ming Dynasty
Chapter Eleven: The Last Empire: The Qing Dynasty
Part One: The Political Situation Just After the Establishment of the Qing Dynasty
Part Two: The Economic Development of the Qing Dynasty
Part Three: The Culture of the Qing Dynasty
Chapter Twelve: Rebirth Under the Baptism of Blood and Fire: The Republic of China
Part One: The Early Period of the Republic of China
Part Two: Ten Years of Civil War
Part Three: The War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945)
Part Four: The War of Liberation
Part Five: The Economy of the Republic of China
Part Six: The Culture in the Era of the Republic of China