Sources of Chinese Tradition, Vol. 1
Contributors: William Theodore De Bary (Editor); Irene Bloom (Editor)
Edition: second edition edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: March 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 944
ISBN-13: 9780231109390
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Cultural studies; Oriental religions; Social history; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Asia - China; Customs & Traditions; History / Asia; Anthropology - Cultural; China; Civilization; Sources
First sentence: Traditional accounts of early China present the Shang as the second historical dynasty (ca. 1554-1045/1040 B.C.E.), succeeding to the Xia and succeeded by the Zhou (1045/1040-256 B.C.E.).