The Genesis of East Asia, 221 B.C.-A.D. 907

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series editor’s preface vii acknowledgments ix maps x East Asia in the Early Han Dynasty x East Asia circa a.d. 500 xi Maritime Asia in the Sixth Century xii O N E introduction 1 T W O E PLURIBUS SERICUM 8 China, Plural 11 The Sinification of China (How China Became Chinese) 18 “The More Things Change . . .”: The Tenacity of Diversity 25 T H R E E civilizing mission: conceiving east asia 30 Mission Civilisatrice 38 The Diplomatic Order 53 Back from Babel: The Kanji Sphere 60 F O U R beyond east asia: global connections 78 Foreign Trade 78 Buddhist Internationalization 94 contents F I V E nuclear implosion 109 The Fourth-Century “Barbarization” of Northern China 116 Re-Genesis: Urban Nomads, Sui and Tang 128 S I X before vietnam 145 Southern Yue 145 Imperial Entrepôt 151 Orphan Empire 155 S E V E N the birth of korea 165 Chinese Colonies 165 Native Diversity 168 Singular Korea 173 E I G H T japan: insular east asia 183 Immigration 183 Becoming Japanese 194 A Separate Sun—Japan’s All-under-Heaven 201 N I N E conclusion: sinification and its discontents 215 endnotes 229 select bibliography 263 index 325 vi contents ...