Hammond K. From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History

The teaching company, 2004. - 139 p.
The lectures in this course explore the history and culture of China, spanning a vast temporal and spatial domain and developing several themes to help understand this ancient and complex society. We will proceed in an essentially chronological passage through the unfolding of China’s political and cultural evolution, with particular attention to important ideas and individuals and the roles they have played in shaping both China’s historical past and its dynamic present.
Lecture One Geography and Archaeology.
Lecture Two The First Dynasties.
Lecture Three The Zhou Conquest.
Lecture Four Fragmentation and Social Change.
Lecture Five Confucianism and Daoism.
Lecture Six The Hundred Schools.
Lecture Seven The Early Han Dynasty.