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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Foreword to the Second Edition | |
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| Remarks on the Second Edition | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Legacy of Early Chinese Records | |
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| Communication with the Spirits | |
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| Government Documents and Archives | |
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| Recorders, Users, and Custodians | |
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| Private Writings and Collections | |
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| Burning of Books | |
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| Restoration of Ancient Works | |
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| Popularization of Religious Literature | |
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| Records on Bones and Shells | |
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| Origin and Nature of Bone and Shell Inscriptions | |
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| Discovery and Study of Bone Records | |
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| Vocabulary and Forms of Shang Writing | |
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| Types of Bone Materials and Methods of Inscribing | |
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| Content and Arrangement of Oracle Inscriptions | |
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| Non-Oracle Bone Records | |
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| Inscriptions on Metals and Clay | |
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| Nature and Types of Bronze Inscriptions | |
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| Styles and Usage of Bronze Inscriptions | |
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| Mirror Inscriptions | |
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| Numismatic Inscriptions Inscriptions on Seals and Sealing Clay | |
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| Inscriptions on Pottery Vessels Inscriptions on Bricks and Tiles | |
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| Engravings on Stone and Jade | |
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| Stone Drams and Monuments | |
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| Stele, Precipice, and Grave Inscriptions | |
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| Confucian Classics on Stone | |
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| Buddhist and Daoist Writings on Stone | |
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| Inscriptions on Jade | |
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| Origin and Technique of Ink Squeezes | |
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| Documents on Bamboo and Wood | |
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| Evolution of Book Materials | |
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| Bamboo Tablets of the Warring States and Qin Periods | |
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| Tablets of Han to Jin Dynasties | |
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| Preparation of Bamboo and Wood for Writing | |
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| Size and Forms of Ancient Tablets | |
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| Columns and Styles of Writing | |
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| Units and Kinds of Ancient Documents | |
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| System of Binding and Sealing | |
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| Silk as Writing Material | |
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| Origin of Sericulture | |
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| Date of Using Silk for Writing | |
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| Discoveries of Silk Documents | |
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| Ancient Paintings on Silk | |
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| Materials and Format of Silk Books | |
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| Special Uses of Silk for Writing | |
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| Paper and Paper Manuscripts | |
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| Definition and Origin of Paper | |
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| Cai Lun and Papermaking | |
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| Popularity and Spread of Paper | |
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| Theories of Western Origin of Paper | |
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| Discoveries of Early Paper Specimens | |
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| Paper Documents from Dunhuang | |
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| Materials and Methods of Papermaking | |
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| Processing and Treatment of Paper | |
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| System of Paper Rolls | |
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| Implements and Tools for Writing | |
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| Origin of the Writing Brush | |
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| Forms of the Brush-Pen | |
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| Writing Fluid and Pigments | |
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| Ink of Lampblack | |
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| Lacquer and Mineral Ink | |
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| Materials and Forms of Ink-Slabs | |
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| Book Knife as Eraser | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Types of Writing Materials | |
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| Transmission of Ancient Literature | |
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| Dates of Different Inscriptions | |
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| Development of the Chinese Book | |
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| Methods of Writing and Duplication | |
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| Styles of Chinese Script | |
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| Growth of Vocabulary | |
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| Order of Chinese Writing | |
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| Social and Intellectual Development | |
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| Afterword: Paleo Graphic Discoveries in China Since 1960 | |
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| Major Archaeological Discoveries, 1899-2000 | |
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| Chronology of Chinese Culture, Books, and Writing | |
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| Glossary | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |