China's terracotta warriors: the first emperor's legacy

Contents

Foreword / Zhao Rong -- Director's foreword / Kaywin Feldman -- Acknowledgments -- Map and chronology -- Five decisive events in the rise of the State of Qin / Jeffrey Riegel -- From the "barbarian" land: recent discoveries in the archaeology of the Qin in Gansu / Liu Yang -- City, palace, and burial: an archaeological perspective on Qin culture in Shaanxi / Liu Yang -- Objects from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods / Liu Yang -- The first emperor: his life, achievements, and vision / Liu Yang -- The Qin Army and its antecedents / Albert E. Dien -- Inheritance and innovation: Qin bronze, gold, and jade / Liu Yang -- The discovery and excavation of the Terracotta Army / Yuan Zhongyi -- The first emperor's tomb complex / Liu Yang -- The making of the Terracotta Army / Liu Yang -- The first emperor's army: realism, naturalism, symbolism / Edmund Capon -- What happened to the first emperor's afterlife spirit? / Eugene Wang -- Objects from the Qin Dynasty / Liu Yang -- Glossary of Chinese characters -- Further reading -- Image credits -- Index.