| | TABLE OF CONTENTS: | List of Illustrations | | | Preface | | | Acknowledgments | | | Note on Romanization | | | A Summary Time Line | | | 1 | Yu | 3 | | 2 | Confucius (Kongzi) | 11 | | 3 | The First Emperor of Qin (Qin Shihuang) | 33 | | 4 | Sima Qian | 51 | | 5 | Wang Mang | 72 | | 6 | Ban Zhao | 90 | | 7 | Zhuge Liang | 100 | | 8 | Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch | 114 | | 9 | Empress Wu | 127 | | 10 | Su Dongpo | 149 | | 11 | Yue Fei | 168 | | 12 | Qiu Chuji, the Daoist | 181 | | 13 | Wang Yangming | 201 | | 14 | Zheng Chenggong (Coxinga) | 216 | | 15 | The Qianlong Emperor | 231 | | 16 | Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King | 259 | | 17 | Liang Qichao | 274 | | 18 | The Kuomintang Legacy | 301 | | 19 | Mao Zedong | 335 | | 20 | Names in the News | 360 | | Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading | 381 | | Index | 389 |
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