Contents
Preface 01
Chapter I The Evolution of the Great Wall from the Stone Age to the Song and Yuan Dynasties
PART 01 From Primitive City Walls to the Great Wall of the Warring States Period 002
PART 02 The Great Wall of the Qin and Han Dynasties 011
PART 03 The Great Wall of Wei, Jin (220-420) and Song Dynasties 021
Chapter II Integrated Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty
PART 01 Great Wall Construction in the Ming Dynasty 034
PART 02 System of Integrated Defense by Nine Towns of Strategic Importance along the Great Wall 044
PART 03 Operational Principles of the Defensive Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty 069
PART 04 Architectural Structure of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty 083
PART 05 Livehood of Garrison in the Ming Dynasty 092
Chapter III Where is the Great Wall Today?
PART 01 Impregnable Defense for Beijing Built by National Support 102
PART 02 Nanshan Road Frontier Wall: Jerry-built Great Wall Guarding the Ming Imperial Tombs 122
PART 03 Qi Jiguang Supervises Construction of Yanshan Great Wall 132
PART 04 Low-profile Great Wall in Taihang Mountain 146
PART 05 Great Wall in Zhangjiakou: Guarding the West of Beijing 164
PART 06 War and Peace—Destiny of the Great Wall in Northern Shanxi Province 176
PART 07 Hexi Corridor—Westernmost Part of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty 191
PART 08 Dilemma at Hetao: Offence or defense? 210
PART 09 Mysterious Liaodong Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty in Eastern Liaoning Province 221
Chapter IV The Great Wall in Modern Times
PART 01 From Strategic Fortification to Trade Channel 232
PART 02 Great Wall Section at Bataizi Reflecting Fusion of Modern
Chinese and Western Civilizations 238
PART 03 The Battles of Great Wall in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression 244
PART 04 A Long Way to Go to Protect the Great Wall 255
Appendix The Great Wall of China Unique in Many Aspects 264