Period Before the Opium War of 1840 --
The Dawn of Chinese History--The Pre-Qin Period --
Introduction: The Earliest Human Beings in China: The Great Myth of the Creation of Man in Ancient China: Ancestors of the Chinese Nation: Yu the Great Harnesses the Flood: King Wu Attacks King Zhou: Duke Zhou's Conquest of the East: The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period: The Seven Powers of the Warning States Period: Confucius, the Great Educator: The "Hundred Schools of Thought" and Their Exponents: World First Treatise on Military Science --
The Period of Great Feudal Unity--The Qin and Han Dynasties --
Introduction: Qinshihuang, the First Emperor in Chinese History: The Great Wall: The Dazexiang Uprising: Liu Bang and Xiang Yu: Emperor Wudi the Great of the Han Dynasty: Zhang Qian's Mission to the Western Regions: Zhaojun Goes Beyond the Great Wall as a Bride: Sima Qian and His Records of the Historian: Zhang Heng, a Pioneering Scientist: Zhang Zhongjing, the Saint of Medicine and Hua Tuo, the Founder of Surgery --
The Division of China Once More and the Intermingling of Ethnic Groups--The Three Kingdoms, the Two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties --
Introduction: Cao Cao: Zhuge Liang: The Battle of the Red Cliff: Eight Kings' Insurrection in the Western Jin Dynasty: The Battle of Feishu: The Reforms of Emperor Xiaowen: Hua Mulan Joined the Army in Place Of Her Father: Wang Xizhi, the Saint of Calligraphy, and Gu Kaizhi, the Matchless Painter: Zu Chongzhi, the Remarkable Mathematician --
The Heyday of Feudal Society--The Sui and Tang Dynasties --
Introduction: The Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty: The Benign Administration of the Zhenguan Reign Period: Wu Zetian, China's First Female Monarch: The Flourishing Kaiyuan Reign Period: The Heyday of Chang'an: Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng: Xuanzang's Journey to the West: Jianzhen Crosses the Ocean to Japan: The Three Famous Grottoes: The Imperial Civil Examination System --
The Continued Development of Feudal Society and the Coexistence of Ethnic Regimes--The Five Dynasties, and the Liao, Song, Xia, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties --
Introduction: Relieving the Generals of Their Commands at a Feast: The Loyal Generals of the Yang Family: Bao the Upright Judge: General Yue Fei, a Paragon of Loyalty: Wen Tianxiang, a Reowned Minister: Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan: Marco Polo's Travels in China: The Four Great Inventions: Riverside scene on the Pure Brightness Festival: Sima Guang and the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government --
The Period of Further Development of the Unitary Multi-ethnic Country and the Decline of Feudal Society--The Ming and Qing Dynasties (Before the Opium War of 1840) --
Introduction: Zhu Yuanzhang, the First Emperor of the Ming Dynasty: Zheng He's Voyages to the Western Seas: Qi Jiguang Repels Japanese Pirates: Hai Rui, an Upright and Incorruptible Official: Daring King Li Zicheng: Zheng Chenggong Recovers Taiwan: The Golden Age of Three Emperors: Great Scientists and Their Contributions --
Introduction: Lin Zexu and the Destruction of Opium at Humen: The First Opium War: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement: The Second Opium War: The Westernization Movement: Sino-Japanese War of 1894 and the Treaty of Shimonoseki: The Reform Movement of 1898: The Yihetuan Movement: Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the Revolution of 1911: The May 4th Movement: The Founding of the Communist Party of China: The First Round of KMT-CPC Cooperation: The Northern Expedition: The Nanchang Uprising: The Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army: The September 18th Incident: The Huabei Incident and the December 9th Movement: The Xi'an Incident: The July 7th Incident: The Victory at Pingxing Pass: The Nanking Massacre: The Taierzhuang Campaign: Overseas Chinese and the Anti-Japanese War: The Chongqing Negotiations: The War of Liberation --
Introduction: Mao Zedong and the Founding of New China: The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea: Zhou Enlai and New China's Diplomacy: Deng Xiaoping and the Reform and Opening-up Policies: Hong Kong's Return to China: Macao's Return to China: Great Achievement in Manned Spaceflight: China as a World Power in Sports --
Appendix: A Brief Chronology of Chinese History.
