烽火臺下埋盡了英雄猛將殘垣壁上書滿了血色春秋兩千年風霜雨雪故國與家園的更替戰爭與和平的交織長城內外滄海桑田

●Contents Preface 01Chapter I The Evolution of the Great Wall from the Stone Age to the Song and Yuan DynastiesPART 01 From Primitive City Walls to the Great Wall of the Warring States Period 002PART 02 The Great Wall of the Qin and Han Dynasties 011PART 03 The Great Wall of Wei, Jin (220-420) and Song Dynasties 021Chapter II Integrated Great Wall of the Ming DynastyPART 01 Great Wall Construction in the Ming Dynasty 034PART 02 System of Integrated Defense by Nine Towns of Strategic Importance along the Great Wall 044PART 03 Operational Principles of the Defensive Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty 069PART 04 Architectural Structure of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty 083PART 05 Livehood of Garrison in the Ming Dynasty 092Chapter III Where is the Great Wall Today?PART 01 Impregnable Defense for Beijing Built by National Support 102PART 02 Nanshan Road Frontier Wall: Jerry-built Great Wall Guarding the Ming Imperial Tombs 122PART 03 Qi Jiguang Supervises Construction of Yanshan Great Wall 132PART 04 Low-profile Great Wall in Taihang Mountain 146PART 05 Great Wall in Zhangjiakou: Guarding the West of Beijing 164PART 06 War and Peace—Destiny of the Great Wall in Northern Shanxi Province 176PART 07 Hexi Corridor—Westernmost Part of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty 191PART 08 Dilemma at Hetao: Offence or defense? 210PART 09 Mysterious Liaodong Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty in Eastern Liaoning Province 221Chapter IV The Great Wall in Modern TimesPART 01 From Strategic Fortification to Trade Channel 232PART 02 Great Wall Section at Bataizi Reflecting Fusion of ModernChinese and Western Civilizations 238PART 03 The Battles of Great Wall in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression 244PART 04 A Long Way to Go to Protect the Great Wall 255Appendix The Great Wall of China Unique in Many Aspects 264

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魏敏:劉曉濤 著 梁媛 編 錢清 譯