Contents

Foreword

I. Legendary Emperors' Mausoleums (c. 5,000-6,000 B.C.)

Mausoleums of the yellow Emperor

Yao Mausoleum

Shun Mausoleum

Yu Mausoleum

II. Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259-210 B.C.)

III. Mausoleums of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. -A. D. 220)

Maoling Mausoleum of Emperor Wu Di Tomb of General Huo Qubing

IV. Mausoleums of the Three Kingdoms (220-265)

Huiling Mausoleum and Zhuge Liang Memorial Temple

V. Imperial Mausoleums of the Six Dynasties (229-589)

VI. Imperial Mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty (618-907)

Zhaoling Mausoleum

Qianling Mausoleum

VII. Tombs of Early Tibetan Kings

VIII. Yongling Mausoleum of the State of Former Shu (903-925)

IX. Two Mausoleums of the Southern Tang Dynasty (937-975)

X. Imperial Mausoleums of the Song Dynasty (960-1279)

XI. Imperial Tombs of Western Xia (1032-1227)

XII. Imperial Mausoleums of the Kin Dynasty (1115-1234)

XIII. Imperial Tombs of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)

XIV. Imperial Mausoleums of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

Imperial Tombs of the Central Capital

Xiaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Tai Zu

Ming Tombs

XV. Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

Four Imperial Tombs North of the Great Wall

East Imperial Tombs

West Imperial Tombs

Appendix I Tombs of Confucius and Guan Yu

Appendix II List of Imperial Tombs and Mausoleums Through the Ages in China

Appendix III Index