目录

Prehistoric Period f1700th millennium-21st century BC）
1 Pan Gu Shi（shi mearit mister）
A Legendary Hero Cutting open Earth and Sky
2 Fu Xi Shi（shi meant mister）
An Ancestor Created Chinese Earliest Civilization
3 NvWa（nvmeantfemale）
A Heroin Patching up the Sky
4 YanDi＆Huang Di（dimeantking）
Founders of a Unified Nation of China
5 Chang’e＆HouYi
A Couple Important to Chinese Culture
6 Yao＆Shun
Two Wise Emperors Founding Eadiest Dynasties
7 Yu
Yu the Great Conquered the Flood
Shang Dynasty（1600—1046 BC）
The Appearance ofEarliest Letters＆Bronze Wares
8 EmperorZhou
A Notorious Tyrant in Early Era
Zhou Dynasty
West Zhou Dynasty（1046。771 BC）
Made China as a Nation"Upholding Proprieties and Ethics"
9 EmperorWu
Founder of Zhou Dynasty
East Zhou Dynasty The Spdng&Autumn Period（770 476 BC）
An lmportant Period for the Making of Chinese Traditional
Culture
10 Confucius
A Most Important Philosopher in Chinese History
11 Laozi
Founder of Taoism School
12 GuanZhong&BaoShuya
Set a Shining Example on Honest＆Faithful Friendship
13 SunWu
A Strategist Wrote the Book Sun’s Military Strategy
14 Gou Jian
Yue's Emperor Known for His Unthinkable Revenge
15 XiShi
The First Beauty In Chinese History
16 Fan Li
A Tycoon in Ancient Era
17 BianQue
An Earliest Known Physician
18 Yu Boya＆ZhongZiqi
Two"Friends of Know—Music

East Zhou Dynasty The Warring States Pedod（475-221 BC）
Also a Period Important for the Making of Chinese Traditional Culture
19 Mencius
The Most Impodont Successor of Confucius School
20 Zhuangzi
I aozi’s Successor
……

Qin Dynasty （221-206 BC）
Initiated a Centralized Power System in China Han Dynasty
West Han （or Former Han） Dynasty （206 BC-25 AD）
Made China an Unprecedented Powerful and Prosperous Country Made Great Success on Politics， Military and Culture
Latter Han （East Han） Dynasty （25-220）
Kept the Prosperity of Former Han
The Three Kingdoms Period （220-280）
The Trilateral Struggles Made the Appearance of Numerous Household Names of Heroes and Their Stories
Jin Dynasty
West Jin Dynasty （265-371）
A Corrupted and Short-Lived Regime
The South & North Dynasties （420-589）
The Period Ethnic Minority Powers Continued to Occupied North China
Tang Dynasty （618-907）
Chinese Feudal Society Reached Its Heyday
The Five & Ten States Period （907-960）
A Short-Time Separation between Tang and Song Dynasties
Song Dynasty North Song Dynasty（960-1127）
Appeared Prosperity of Culture，But NationalStrengthturned a Downfall
South Song Dynasty （1127-1279）
A Regime Founded by Song Family Members in the South
Yuan Dynasty （1206-1368）
An Ethnic Mongolian Regime The Minority for the First Time Founded a Unified Country in China
Ming Dynasty （1368-1644）
China's Feudal Society Reached Its Later Stage
Qing Dynasty （1616-1911）
An Ethnic Manchu Regime Appeared Powerful in Early years， But Became Corrupted to the Core in Late Stage

内容摘要

　　《中华历史一百人（中英对照）》是通过讲述人的故事来反映中国历史和文化的一次尝试。因为历史教科书是比较枯燥乏味的，而人的故事是生动、也往往是传奇的。《中华历史一百人（中英对照）》一共讲述一百零四人故事（实际上一百零四篇短文，有的一篇包含两人或以上），选录着重在他们对中华民族的历史发展和文化形成做出的贡献。中华民族上下五千年，从史前时代的传说英雄到晚清风云人物，历史人物何止千万，因此，这里”中华历史一百人”是重量级人物中重量级人物，每个名字都是中华文化的一个重要符号。