Division to
Unification in
Imperial
China
The Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty (220 – 907)
Jing Liu
a graphic novel history from stone bridge press
Berkeley CA
CHINA
understanding
through comics
Volume 2
Published by Stone Bridge PressP.O. Box 8208 • Berkeley, California 94707tel 510-524-8732 • [email protected] • www.stonebridge.com
Text and illustrations © 2016 Jing Liu.
First edition, 2016.
Book design and layout by Linda Ronan.
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America.
library of congress cataloging-in-publication data
Names: Liu, Jing (Author of graphic novels), author, illustrator.
Title: Foundations of Chinese civilization / Jing Liu.
Description: First edition. | Berkeley : Stone Bridge Press, 2016. | Series:
Understanding China through comics | Includes bibliographical references
and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016009755 (print) | LCCN 2016012382 (ebook) | ISBN
9781611720273 (alk. paper) | ISBN 9781611729184 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: China—History—Comic books, strips, etc. | Graphic novels.
Classification: LCC DS735 .L576 2016 (print) | LCC DS735 (ebook) | DDC
931—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016009755
pISBN 978-1-61172-030-3
eISBN 978-1-61172-920-7
Contents
Previously in Understanding China through Comics 6
UNDERSTANDING CHINA THROUGH COMICS: Volume 2 11
Age of Division, 220 – 589 12
Last days of the Han 14 The Three Kingdoms 21 Rise of the aristocracy 28 Profound Learning movement 33 The Jin Dynasty, 265 – 420 39 Barbarians conquer the capital 44 Chinese culture moves south 46 Battle of Fei River 50 The Northern and Southern dynasties, 420 – 589 57 Buddhism spreads to China 58 Taoism becomes a religion 66 Taoist practices 70 Buddhism vs. Taoism 72 The balance between north and south 75
The Sui Dynasty, 589 – 618 78
Improved governance and national projects 82 A “small” problem shatters the Sui 85 Empire collapses 94
The Tang Dynasty, 618 – 907 96
Life in a golden age 104 Challenges to political stability 107 First female emperor 109 Chan Buddhism 114 Tang restoration 120 An Lushan rebellion 123 Decentralized power 128 Buddha’s money 133 “My flower shall slay all other flowers” 135
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