32
4 Limitation of the imperial power 36
5 Changes in the relative strength of the feudal states 38
6 Confucius 40
7 Lao Tzu 45

Chapter IV: THE CONTENDING STATES (481-256 B.C.):

DISSOLUTION OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM

1 Social and military changes 51
2 Economic changes 53
3 Cultural changes 57

Chapter V: THE CHIN DYNASTY (256-207 B.C.)

1 Towards the unitary State 62
2 Centralization in every field 64
3 Frontier Defence. Internal collapse 67

_THE MIDDLE AGES_

Chapter VI: THE HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C.-A.D. 220)

1 Development of the gentry-state 71
2 Situation of the Hsiung-nu empire; its relation to the
Han empire. Incorporation of South China 75
3 Brief feudal reaction. Consolidation of the gentry 77
4 Turkestan policy. End of the Hsiung-nu empire 86
5 Impoverishment. Cliques. End of the Dynasty 90
6 The pseudo-socialistic dictatorship. Revolt of the "Red
Eyebrows" 93
7 Reaction and Restoration: the Later Han dynasty 96
8 Hsiung-nu policy 97
9 Economic situation. Rebellion of the "Yellow Turbans".
Collapse of the Han dynasty 99
10 Literature and Art 103

Chapter VII: THE EPOCH OF THE FIRST DIVISION
OF CHINA (A.D. 220-580)

(A) _The three kingdoms_ (A.D. 220-265)

1 Social, intellectual, and economic problems during the
period of the first division 107
2 Status of the two southern Kingdoms 109
3 The northern State of Wei 113

(B) _The Western Chin dynasty_ (265-317)

1 Internal situation in the Chin empire 115
2 Effect on the frontier peoples 116
3 Struggles for the throne