Daily life in ancient China

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of Figures and Maps = viii
• Preface = xi
• Weights and Measures = xv
• List of Journals and Abbreviations = xvii
• INTRODUCTION = 1
• Why Daily Life? = 1
• The Synopsis = 5
• 1 THE STAGE = 11
• The Land = 11
• The Rivers = 14
• Shang = 18
• Bronze Culture = 20
• Divination = 21
• Food and Drink = 23
• Dress = 25
• Living Space = 26
• Zhou = 26
• Confucian Ideals = 29
• The Dao and Its Proponents = 32
• 2 GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND ELITE IDEOLOGY = 36
• The County and Local Government = 37
• The Commandery = 40
• Central Government = 41
• Ideological Foundation of the State = 44
• The Legalist Approach to Government = 48
• The Recruitment of Government Officials = 51
• 3 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND LAW = 55
• The Social Structure of the Shang and Zhou = 56
• Han Social Structure = 60
• Law and Social Life = 63
• The Development of Household Registration = 63
• Household Registration and Freedom of Movement = 64
• Control of Property = 68
• Marriage, Family, and Gender Relations = 70
• Agricultural Laws = 73
• Activities Outside of the Farming Context = 75
• The Impact of Law on Daily Life = 77
• 4 COUNTRY LIFE = 79
• Geographic Characteristics of an Agricultural Economy = 80
• Agricultural Cycle = 83
• Farming Technology = 84
• Soil Technology = 85
• Irrigation = 89
• Natural Disasters : Droughts and Floods = 91
• Agriculture and Subsistence Economy = 94
• Farmers and Commercial Activities = 96
• Artificial Disasters : Farmers and Taxes = 98
• 5 CITIES AND URBAN LIFE = 101
• The Physical Layout of the Capitals = 102
• Ward, Street, and Residence = 107
• The City as a Commercial Center = 110
• The City as an Education Center = 118
• The City as a Military Garrison = 120
• The City as a Ritual Center = 121
• The City as a Stage for Luxury and Prosperity = 124
• Cities in the Provinces = 126
• 6 PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND IDEOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS = 129
• Weaving Industry = 130
• Lacquer Wares = 132
• Iron Production = 135
• Salt = 136
• Wine = 138
• Commodity Prices = 140
• Income and Expenditure = 141
• Ideological Constraints = 145
• 7 PRACTICAL TECHNOLOGY = 149
• Measuring Systems : Weight, Length, Volume = 150
• Time Measurement = 154
• Calendar System = 156
• Transportation System = 158
• Medicine = 165
• 8 LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, GAMES, AND FESTIVALS = 170
• Festivals Related to the Agricultural Cycle = 170
• Entertainment Activities = 175
• Daily Pastimes = 180
• 9 GLIMPSES OF EMOTIONAL LIFE = 186
• The Emperor = 187
• The Empress = 188
• The Princess = 189
• The Concubines and Court Ladies = 190
• Gender Relations = 191
• The Disillusioned Literati = 195
• A Soldier's Letter to His Mother = 200
• Filial Bonds = 201
• 10 DEATH, BURIAL, AND THE HOPE FOR A HAPPY AFTERLIFE = 207
• The Soul = 208
• Where Have All the Ghosts Gone? = 209
• House of Eternity = 213
• Lavish Burial and Social Convention = 216
• Funerary Rituals and Customs = 219
• Hope for a Happy Afterlife = 222
• Immortality = 225
• CONCLUSION : CONTINUATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF LIFE EXPERIENCE = 233
• The Rise and Fall of the Han State = 233
• The End of the Han and the Beginning of the Era of Division = 238
• The Nomadic Inroads and Cultural Transformation = 239
• Continuation and Transformation of Life Experience = 240
• Bibliography = 245
• Index = 255