CONTENTS

1. Preface
2. Translator’s Introduction
3. Introduction: On the Historical Formation of “China” and the Dilemma of Chinese Identity
4. 1. Worldviews: From “All-under-Heaven” in Ancient China to the “Myriad States” in the Modern World
5. 2. Borders: On “Chinese” Territory
6. 3. Ethnicity: Including the “Four Barbarians” in “China”?
7. 4. History: Chinese Culture from a Long-Term Perspective
8. 5. Peripheries: How China, Korea, and Japan Have Understood One Another since the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
9. 6. Practical Questions: Will Cultural Differences between China and the West Lead to Conflict?
10. Afterword
11. Notes
12. Index