Chinese Music History: Newsletter #3

This is the third newsletter of the Chinese Music History project. Since our last edition, the following has happened.

• The extensive guqin website of John Thompson was included in the our reference list.
• New articles have been started such as Qin Monk Faction, Zhu Wenji, Yan Cheng, Bo Ya, etc.
• Our history breakdown into dynasties got extended:

China, 8000–2000 B.C.	Xia Dynasty (2100 BC – 1600 BC)
China, 2000–1000 B.C.	Xia Dynasty (2100 BC – 1600 BC), Shang Dynasty (1600 BC – 1050 BC)
China, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.	Eastern Zhou Dynasty (771 BC – 256 BC), Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC), Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 9 AD)
China, 1–500 A.D.	Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD – 220 AD)
China, 500–1000 A.D.:	Tang Dynasty (618 – 907), Northern Song Dynasty (960 – 1127)
China, 1000–1400 A.D.	Northern Song Dynasty (960 – 1127), Southern Song Dynasty (1127 – 1279), Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644)
China, 1400–1912 A.D.	Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1912)
China, 1912–1949 A.D.	Republic of China era (1912–1949)

• Each history article also received a map showing the geographical span of each dynasty. In future we hope to be able to add an interactive map to each article.
• In discussion with John Thompson, we have defined ways between traditional music of China and how Westerners defined music,

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