Table of Contents

Preface
List of figures
List of abbreviations
Abbreviated book titles
Introduction
Part I
1: Word Classes and Constituents
2: Noun Phrases 1
3: Nominal Clauses
4: Verbal Clauses
5: Objects and Questions
6: Noun Phrases 2
7: Adverbial Modification
8: Prepositional Phrases I
9: Prepositional Phrases II
10: Reference to Time
11: Complements
12: Nominalization
13: Themes
14: Anteposition and Inversion
15: Complex Sentences 1
16: Complex Sentences 2
Part II
17: Lunyu
18: Mengzi
19: Xunzi
20: Zuozhuan
21: Guoyu
22: Laozi
23: Zhuangzi
24: Mozi
25: Guanzi
26: Military Texts
27: Shangjun shu
28: Han Feizi
29: Lüshi chunqiu
30: Zhanguo ce
31: Shiji
32: Yijing
33: Ritual Texts
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Kai Vogelsang is Professor of Sinology at the Asien-Afrika-Institut, University of Hamburg. He has published widely on Chinese language, culture, and history. His most recent works include Geschichte Chinas [History of China] (5th edition; Reclam, 2018) and Shangjun shu: Schriften des Fürsten von Shang (Kröner Verlag, 2017).