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Emperor Yang of Sui (

, r. 605–617), 149, 204n38
Emperor Yongzheng.
See
Yongzheng Emperor
empire, Chinese,
5–6;
collapse of, 162–164, 170; in comparative perspective, 7–9, 11, 186n14, 186n15; durability of, 1–4, 11, 74, 100–103, 130–131, 135, 159–161; ideological prowess of, 3–4, 17, 19–20, 25, 41, 130, 185n5; magnitude of, 2122, 35, 119, 185n4; and modern nationstate, 9, 165–166, 183; and steppe empires, 37–38.
See also
emperor; foreign policy; intellectuals; stability; unity

-235-

Engels, Friedrich, 202n3
“engrossers” (
jianbing

), 115, 144
“equal feld” system, 62–63, 111–112, 116, 199n17
equality, 9, 141–144, 153, 200n36, 203n20; diplomatic, 34, 39.
See also
egalitarianism; “equal feld” system
erudites (
boshi

), 21, 86, 158
ethnic groups, non-Chinese, 4, 6–7, 11, 24, 32–34, 41, 102; in modern China, 165, 167, 182.
See also
Han, ethnic designation; minorities; nomads
ethnicity, 2, 8, 74
eunuchs, 6, 27,
59, 65
, 77,
99
, 154.
See also
Wei Zhongxian
Europe, 1, 9, 15, 17, 33, 58, 106, 185n4
examinations, imperial, 60, 64,
96
, 120, 148; abolished in 1905, 170, 176; cultural impact of, 91–92, 114, 130, 199200n22; and elite co-optation, 105; in Han, 87, 109; in Ming, 157; and NeoConfucianism, 93; adopted by rebels, 143, 157, 203n25; and social status, 77, 92, 105, 113, 130; in Song, 91–93, 113114, 117; in Tang, 111–112
family: elite, 105, 116, 133; emperor’s, 24, 45, 67, 159, 161; extended, 2, 176; hierarchy in,
59;
values of, endorsed by the state, 121, 126–129, 201n59.
See also
fliality; patriarch
Fan Ying (

fl. 150 CE), 198n53
Fan Zhongyan (

, 989–1052), 76–77, 196n1
fascism, 164
federalism, in Republican China, 166, 205n6, 205n8
Ferghana valley, 35
feudalism, in China, 141, 159, 203n18
fliality, 79, 109, 126–129
Finland, 189n42
First Emperor of Qin (

, r. as King of Qin, 246–221 BCE; as Emperor, 221210 BCE), 19, 22, 24, 33–34, 88, 107, 149, 189n53, 192n25; image of, 192n27, 197n32, legitimacy of, 20–21; reshapes pantheon, 193n39; steles of, 20, 192n24; as a True Monarch, 53–55, 72
Fitzgerald, John, 205n8
Fletcher, Joseph (1934–1984),
69
Forbidden City, 58, 67
foreign policy, of imperial China, 32, 3436, 117.
See also
“peace of relatives”; tribute system
Former Qin dynasty (

, 350–394), 38
Fu Jian (

, 338–385), emperor of the
Former Qin dynasty (r. 357–385), 38, 190n68
Fujian Province, 11, 167
Gansu Province, 36
gentry, 105, 122, 125, 130, 155.
See also
elite, local
God Almighty, of the Abrahamic religions, 58, 73
gods, Chinese, 58
Goldstone, Jack A., 8, 186n14, 186n15
Gongyang
commentary (
Gongyang zhuan

), 35, 190n58, 197n30
governors, 25, 29; in Qin, 22; in Qing, 2425, 163; in Tang, 26–28.
See also
local administration; prefectures
Gramsci, Antonio (1891–1937), 4, 185n6.
See also
hegemony, cultural
Great Leap Forward (1958–1961), 179, 206n28
Great Mongol State (since 1206; Yuan dynasty since 1271), 70.
See also
Mongols; Yuan dynasty
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), 152, 173, 179, 185n3, 206–7n29, 207n30
Great Wall, 37, 39, 189n54
Great Xi dynasty (

, 1644–1646), 157
Green Sprouts policy, 115, 118
Gu Yanwu (

, 1613–1682), 63, 125, 194n47
Guai Bo-
gui
(

) inscription, 187n4
Guangdong Province, 167
Guomindang, GMD (a.k.a. Kuomintang, KMT, “Nation’s Party”), 167–168, 172173, 177

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