A History of Chinese Literature - Herbert Allen Giles 1973
Introduction to the New Edition
The Feudal Period(B.C. 600-200)
LEGENDARY AGES—EARLY CHINESE CIVILISATION—ORIGIN OF WRITING
The Han dynasty (B.C. 200-A.D. 200)
THE “FIRST EMPEROR”—THE BURNING OF THE BOOKS—MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS
Minor dynasties (A.D. 200-600)
POETRY—MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE
The T'ang Dynasty (A.D. 600-900)
CLASSICAL AND GENERAL LITERATURE
The Sung Dynasty (A.D. 900-1200)
THE INVENTION OF BLOCK-PRINTING
HISTORY—CLASSICAL AND GENERAL LITERATURE
DICTIONARIES—ENCYCLOPAEDIAS—MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
The Mongol dynasty (A.D. 1200-1368)
MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE-POETRY
The Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644)
MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE—MATERIA MEDICA—ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF AGRICULTURE
The Manchu Dynasty (A.D. 1644-1900)
THE “LI AO CHAI”—THE “HUNG LOU MÊNG”
THE EMPERORS K’ANG HSI AND CH’IEN LUNG
CLASSICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE—POETRY
WALL LITERATURE—JOURNALISM—WIT AND HUMOUR—PROVERBS AND MAXIMS