{"product_id":"2940013469105","title":"ANCIENT CHINA SIMPLIFIED","description":"NAMES OF CHIEF LOCALITIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHOU: at first a principality in South Shen Si and part of Kan\u003cbr\u003eSuh, subject to Shang dynasty; afterwards the imperial dynasty\u003cbr\u003eitself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTS'lN: principality west of the above. When the Chou dynasty moved\u003cbr\u003eits capital east into Ho Nan, Ts'in took possession of the old\u003cbr\u003eChou principality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTSIN: principality (same family as Chou) in South Shan Si (and in\u003cbr\u003epart of Shen Si at times).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTS'I: principality, separated by the Yellow River from Tsin and\u003cbr\u003eYen; it lay in North Shan Tung, and in the coast part of Chih Li.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTS'U: semi-barbarous principality alone preponderant on the Yang-\u003cbr\u003etsz River.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWU: still more barbarous principality (ruling caste of the same\u003cbr\u003efamily as Chou, but senior to Chou) on the Yang-tsz _embouchure_\u003cbr\u003eand Shanghai coasts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYÜEH: equally barbarous principality commanding another\u003cbr\u003e_embouchure_ in the Hangchow-Ningpo region. Wu and Yüeh were\u003cbr\u003eat first subordinate to Ts'u.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYEN: principality (same family as Chou) in the Peking plain, north\u003cbr\u003eof the Yellow River mouth,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHUH and PA: in no way Chinese or federal; equivalent to Central\u003cbr\u003eand Eastern Sz Ch'wan province.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHÊNG: principality in Ho Nan (same family as Chou).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUNG: principality taking in the four corners of Ho Nan, Shan\u003cbr\u003eTung, An Hwei, and Kiang Su (Shang dynasty family).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCH'ÊN: principality in Ho Nan, south of Sung (family of the\u003cbr\u003ePloughman Emperor, 2250 B.C., preceding even the Hia dynasty).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWEI: principality taking in corners of Ho Nan, Chih Li, and Shan\u003cbr\u003eTung (family of the Chou emperors).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTS'AO: principality in South-west Shan Tung; neighbour of Lu, Wei,\u003cbr\u003eand Sung (same family as Chou).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTS'AI: principality in Ho Nan, south of CH'ÊN (same family as\u003cbr\u003eChou).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLU: principality in South-west Shan Tung, between Ts'ao and Ts'i\u003cbr\u003e(its founder was the brother of the Chou founder).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHÜ: very small principality in Ho Nan, south of Cheng (same\u003cbr\u003eobscure eastern ancestry as Ts'i),\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eK'I: Shan Tung promontory and German sphere (of Hia dynasty\u003cbr\u003edescent); it is often confused with, or is quite the same as,\u003cbr\u003eanother principality called _Ki_ (without the aspirate).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe above are practically all the states whose participation in\u003cbr\u003eChinese development has been historically of importance,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMES OF CHIEF PERSONAGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONFUCIUS: after 500 B.C. premier of Lu; traced his descent back\u003cbr\u003ethrough the Chou dynasty vassal ruling family of Sung to the Shang\u003cbr\u003edynasty family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTSZ-CH'AN: elder contemporary of Confucius; premier of Cheng;\u003cbr\u003etraced his descent through the vassal ruling family of Cheng to\u003cbr\u003ethe Chou dynasty family: date of death variously stated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKWAN-TSE: died between 648 and 643 B.C., variously stated; premier\u003cbr\u003eof Ts'i; traced his descent to the same clan as the ruling dynasty\u003cbr\u003eof Chou.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYEN-TSZ: died 500 B.C.; premier of Ts'i; traced his descent to a\u003cbr\u003elocal clan, apparently eastern barbarian by origin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWEI YANG: died 338 B.C.; premier of Ts'in; was a concubine-born\u003cbr\u003eprince of the vassal state of Wei, and was thus of the imperial\u003cbr\u003eChou dynasty clan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHUH HIANG: lawyer and minister of Tsin; belonged to one of the\u003cbr\u003e\"great families\" of Tsin; was contemporary with Tsz-ch'an. HIANG\u003cbr\u003eSÜH: diplomat of the state of Sung; pedigree not ascertained,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKI-CHAH: son, brother, and uncle of successive barbarian kings of\u003cbr\u003eWu, whose ancestors, however, were the same ancestors as the\u003cbr\u003eorthodox imperial rulers of the Chou dynasty; contemporary of Tsz-\u003cbr\u003ech'an.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMES OF THE SO-CALLED \"FIVE PROTECTORS\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(ONLY THE TWO FIRST OF THE FIVE WERE SO OFFICIALLY; THE TWO LAST\u003cbr\u003eWERE SO, EVEN OFFICIALLY, THOUGH NEVER COUNTED AMONGST THE FIVE.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. MARQUESS OF Ts'i (not of imperial Chou clan, perhaps of\u003cbr\u003e\"Eastern Barbarian\" origin).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. MARQUESS OF TSIN (imperial Chou clan).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. DUKE OF SUNG (imperial Shang dynasty descent),\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. \"KING\" OF T'SU (semi-barbarian, but with remote imperial\u003cbr\u003eChinese legendary descent).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. EARL OF TS'IN (semi-Tartar, with legendary descent from remote\u003cbr\u003eimperial Chinese).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. \"KING\" OF Wu (semi-barbarian, but of imperial Chou family\u003cbr\u003edescent).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. \"KING\" OF YÜEH (barbarian, but with legendary descent from\u003cbr\u003eultra-remote imperial Chinese).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_OPENING SCENES_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning of dated history--Size of ancient China--Parcelled out\u003cbr\u003einto fiefs--Fiefs correspond to modern _hien_ districts--\u003cbr\u003eMesne lords and sub-vassals--Method of migration and colonizing--\u003cbr\u003eCourse of the Yellow River in 842 B.C.--Distant fiefs in Shan Tung\u003cbr\u003eand Chih Li provinces of to-day--A river which subsequently became","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145681846512,"sku":"2940013469105","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013469105_p0.jpg?v=1763581661","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013469105","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}