Title: Chinese civilization and society : a sourcebook /
Authors: Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947-
Publisher: Free Press,
Year: 1981
Subjects: China History Sources.; China Civilization Sources.
Contents: The Classical period. The metal bound box -- Hexagrams -- Songs and poems -- The battle of Chin and Ch'u -- Confucius -- Chuang Tzu. The Han Dynasty. The debate on salt and iron -- Rules for visiting -- Social relations -- Two women -- The interaction of yin and yang -- Local cults -- Uprisings. The era of division and the T'ang dynasty. Ko Hung's autobiography -- Dedicatory colophons -- A woman's hundred years -- The examination system -- Household registration -- Slaves -- Family division. The Sung and Yuan dynasties. Book of rewards and punishments -- Precepts of the Perfect Truth Taoist sect -- Ancestral rites -- The shrew -- The problems of women -- Rules for the Fan lineage's charitable estate -- The attractions of the capital -- The mutual responsibility system -- On farming -- A schedule for learning -- Kuo Pi's diary. The Ming dynasty. Proclamations of the Hung-wu emperor.