The Cambridge History of China: Volume 5, Sung China, 960–1279 AD, Part 2

John W. Chaffee, Denis Twitchett

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9780521243308
• eBook ISBN:
  9781316235737
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European Renaissance History
• Index: History

This is the second of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty, which together provide a comprehensive history of China from the fall of the T'ang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279. With contributions from leading historians in the field, Volume 5, Part Two paints a complex portrait of a dynasty beset by problems and contradictions, but one which, despite its military and geopolitical weakness, was nevertheless economically powerful, culturally brilliant, socially fluid and the most populous of any empire in global history to that point. In this much anticipated addition to the series, the authors survey key themes across ten chapters, including government, economy, society, religion, and thought to provide an authoritative and topical treatment of a profound and significant period in Chinese history.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Frontispiece
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of tables and figures
• List of maps
• List of abbreviations
• Preface
• Introduction: reflections on the Sung
• 1 Sung government and politics
• 2 The Sung fiscal administration
• 3 A history of the Sung military
• 4 Chinese law and legal system: Five Dynasties and Sung
• 5 Sung education: schools, academies, and examinations
• 6 Economic change in China, 960–1279
• 7 China's emergence as a maritime power
• 8 Sung society and social change
• 9 Reconceptualizing the order of things in Northern and Southern Sung
• 10 The rise of the Tao-hsüeh Confucian fellowship in Southern Sung
• Bibliography
• Index