Division Integration From Chunqiu To Wudai

AY2016/2017 Semester 1

Focusing on a period that was characterized by repeated division and integration in Chinese history, this subject covers the periods of Spring-Autumn, Warring States, Qing, Han, Wei, Jin, South-North, Sui, Tang, and the Five Dynasties. It discusses, among others, the political institutions, territorial expansion and contraction, economic conditions, social changes, religious development, and cultural transformation and pluralism throughout this period. The influence of the non-Han culture and its interaction with the Han culture will also be explored.