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The beginning of Chinese civilization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Chêng Tê-K'un
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The origins of man and the beginnings of culture in China were taken for granted in traditional Chinese history. Man was either simply evolved in the creation of the world or created by supernatural beings. In historical times all the peoples of China were recognized as the descendants of Huang-ti, the Yellow Emperor, and the basic cultural practices were attributed to the various rulers in remote antiquity. They formed a continuous sequence with its beginnings in the third millennium BC, followed by a succession of dynasties for some 5,000 years until the present day.

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Antiquity , Volume 47 , Issue 187 , September 1973, pp. 197 - 209
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1973

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