ForewordThe Evolution of Chinese Music Ancient Times The Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties The Spring and Autumn Period & the Warring States Period The Qin and Han Dynasties The Period of the Three Kingdoms, the Western and Eastern Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties The Sui and Tang Dynasties The Song and Yuan Dynasties The Ming and Qing Dynasties After 1840The Connotation of Ancient Music of China Propriety and Music in Confucianism The Dao (natural way) of Heaven The Inwardness of ZenVarieties of Chinese National MusicalInstruments A Large Musical Instrument System Varieties of Unique Local MusicChinese Folk Songs Haozi Generated together with Labor Free and Lyrical Mountain Songs Beautiful and Melodious DittySinging and Dancing of Ethnic Groups Muqarn of the Uygur Minority Tibetan Folk Songs and Dances Mongolian Folk Songs Dong's Ka Lau Miao's Folk Songs and Musical InstrumentsQuyi Music of China Singing Tunes with Storytelling Singing while WalkingChinese Music of the Time Emergence of New Music Culture Improvement of Chinese Instrumental Music The Birth of New Opera From Mass Songs to Pop Songs Creation New Music in New AgeThe Sino-foreign Exchange of Music Starting with the Pitch Pipe The Spread of Chinese MusicAppendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties