Outline of ancient China

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient China:

Ancient China – China under the rule of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, beginning around 2070 B.C. and extending until approximately 256 B.C.

Locations in ancient China

 * List of Bronze Age sites in China

Regions of ancient China

 * Regions of ancient China during the Xia and Shang dynasties
 * Nine Provinces
 * Ji Province
 * Jing Province
 * Liang Province
 * Qing Province
 * Xu Province
 * Yan Province
 * Yang Province
 * Yong Province
 * Yu Province

Government and politics of ancient China

 * Political thought in ancient China
 * Mandate of Heaven
 * Ancient Chinese states
 * Interstate relations during the Spring and Autumn period
 * Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
 * Aristocracy in ancient China (nobility)

Rulers in ancient China

 * Kings of the Xia dynasty
 * Yu the Great
 * Qi
 * Tai Kang
 * Zhong Kang
 * Xiang
 * Shao Kang
 * Zhu
 * Huai
 * Mang
 * Xie
 * Bu Jiang
 * Jiong
 * Jin
 * Kong Jia
 * Gao
 * Fa
 * Jie
 * Kings of the Shang Dynasty
 * Early Shang period
 * Da Yi
 * Da Ding
 * Da Jia
 * Bu Bing
 * Da Geng
 * Xiao Jia
 * Da Wu
 * Lü Ji
 * Zhong Ding
 * Bu Ren
 * Jian Jia
 * Zu Yi
 * Zu Xin
 * Qiang Jia
 * Zu Ding
 * Nan Geng
 * Xiang Jia
 * Yin period
 * Pan Geng
 * Xiao Xin
 * Xiao Yi
 * Wu Ding
 * Zu Geng
 * Zu Jia
 * Lin Xin
 * Kang Ding
 * Wu Yi
 * Wen Wu Ding
 * Di Yi
 * Di Xin

Ancient Chinese law

 * Traditional Chinese law

Military of ancient China

 * Ancient Chinese armor
 * Crossbow
 * Military thought
 * During the Zhou Dynasty
 * Six Secret Teachings – attributed to Lü Shang (aka Jiang Ziya), a top general of King Wen of Zhou, founder of the Zhou dynasty
 * During Warring States period – great period for military strategy; of the Seven Military Classics of China, four were written during this period:
 * The Art of War – attributed to Sun Tzu, a highly influential study of strategy and tactics.
 * Wuzi – attributed to Wu Qi, a statesman and commander who served the states of Wei and then Chu.
 * Wei Liaozi – of uncertain authorship.
 * The Methods of the Sima – attributed to Sima Rangju, a commander serving the state of Qin.

Ancient Chinese history, by period
History of ancient China
 * Neolithic China (c. 8500) – predates ancient China
 * Bronze Age China
 * Xia dynasty (c. 2070)
 * Shang dynasty (c. 1600)
 * Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC|BCE)
 * Western Zhou (1046–771 BC)
 * Iron Age China
 * Zhou dynasty (continued)
 * Eastern Zhou
 * Spring and Autumn period (771 – 476 BC)
 * Warring States period (475 – 221 BC)

Ancient Chinese history, by region

 * ''See also Regions of ancient China, above


 * Ancient history of Beijing
 * Ancient history of Shanghai
 * Ye

Ancient Chinese history, by subject

 * See the rest of this outline

Works on ancient Chinese history

 * Records of the Grand Historian
 * The Cambridge History of Ancient China
 * Twenty-Four Histories

Culture of ancient China

 * Architecture in ancient China
 * Ancient Chinese wooden architecture
 * Dogs in ancient China
 * Games in ancient China
 * Chuiwan
 * Cuju
 * Go
 * Liubo
 * Mythology of China
 * Chinese creation myth
 * Chinese dragon
 * Ancient Chinese urban planning
 * Women in ancient and imperial China

Performing arts in ancient China

 * Juggling in ancient China
 * Music in ancient China
 * Yayue

Language in ancient China

 * Old Chinese or Archaic Chinese
 * Classical Chinese or Literary Chinese
 * History of names in ancient China
 * History of Chinese personal names
 * History of Chinese surnames in ancient China
 * Origin of Chinese surnames
 * Eight Great Surnames of Chinese Antiquity
 * Evolution of written Chinese
 * Oracle bone script – earliest confirmed evidence of the Chinese script yet discovered is the body of inscriptions carved on oracle bones from the late Shang dynasty (c. 1200–1050 BC).
 * Chinese bronze inscriptions
 * Seal script

Literature in ancient China

 * Ancient Chinese classics

People in ancient China

 * Ancient Chinese philosophers
 * Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors

Philosophy in ancient China
Ancient Chinese philosophy
 * Hundred Schools of Thought
 * School of Names
 * Ancient Chinese philosophers

Economics and infrastructure of ancient China

 * Economic history of ancient China
 * Coinage in ancient China

Science and technology of ancient China

 * Chariots in ancient China
 * Xi Zhong
 * Bamboo and wooden slips
 * Crossbow