The Grass and the Crops

Bo Yin

The Grass and the Crops

The Integration of Two Worlds into the Chinese Civilization

by Bo Yin (Author)
©2023, Monographs, 12, 300 Pages
History & Political Science

Focusing on the integration of the Chinese civilization over the last four millennia, this book outlines the history of clashes, interactions, and fusion between the Huaxia civilization and the Grassland civilization, the two major powers shaping the history of China, from multiple perspectives. It particularly emphasizes how the two regional civilizations adapted themselves in response to each other throughout their evolution, and how they eventually combined to reach the pinnacle of a unified shining Chinese civilization. This book is a macroscopic delineation of the Chinese civilization aiming at helping readers better understand the origin of the Chinese identity, the Chinese nation, and its future.

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The Prologue
1 The Twin Peaks: The World of Grass and the World of Crops
1. From Star-studded to Moon-lit
2. A Historical Excursion: The Shang People Never Heard of the Xia Dynasty
3. The World of Shang and Zhou: The Central Land and the Four Regions
4. A Historical Excursion: Was the Aryans to Blame for the Fall of the Shang Dynasty?
5. The North Shrouded in the Mist
6. Before and after the Battle of Baideng: War and Peace between the Two Worlds
7. The Plot of Mayi and the Inscription of Yanran
8. A Historical Excursion: The Xiongnu Grew Crops Too
2 The Melting Pot of Hu and Han: A Hybrid Regime Model Centered on Huaxia
1. The Han Dynasty Waiting for Its Savior
2. The Way to Luoyang
3. Dancing on the Stage of Asia
4. From the Great Tang to the Small Tang
3 Victory of the North: Hybrid Regimes Centered on the Grassland
1. The New Rural Development of the Khitan
2. A Historical Excursion: China was once called Cathay
3. The Fleeting Glory of the Jurchens
4. To the South: Hope is Where Waterways Are
4 The World in One Empire: The Unitary Regime of the Yuan Dynasty
1. Genghis Khan, the Nomad Who Reshaped the Grassland
2. The Three Pillars of the Great Yuan Dynasty
3. A Historical Excursion: The Clear-sky Blue of the Yuan Dynasty
4. Zhu Di, a Mongol in the Disguise of a Ming Emperor
5 The All-in-One Regime of the Qing Dynasty
1. The Tributary System, the Korean Peninsula Affairs and the Silver Flow
2. Huang Taiji: Who Am I?
3. An Elegy for the Grassland Civilization
4. The Qing Dynasty of the World
5. A Historical Excursion: Columbus and Silver Jewelry of the Miao People
Afterword

Pages:

12, 300

Year:

2023

ISBN (HARDBACK):

9781433193170 (Active)

ISBN (EPUB):

9781433193194 (Active)

ISBN (PDF):

9781433193187 (Active)

DOI:

10.3726/b19093

Language:

English

Keywords:

Integration, identity, Chinese, Grass, ancient Chinese civilization, Civilization, Crops, Grasslands, Worlds

Published:

New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Oxford, Wien, 2023. XII, 300 pp.

A graduate of the prestigious Peking University, the author Bo Yin once worked as the editor-in-chief of World Heritages magazine. He is currently Vice President of Peiwen International Education, a member of the Chinese Cultural Relics Academy, and a historical writer.

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