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This new five-part series takes a look at the history and culture of China, from the time of Mr Kong, (known as Kong Fu to the Chinese and as Confucius to the outside world) to the present day.  

Filmed entirely on location in China, this informative and entertaining series presents the astonishing story of China, its people and its culture over the past two thousand years.

THE FIVE PROGRAMS INCLUDE:
1. The Middle Kingdom: The Democratic Viewpoint, Geography, The Dynasties, Confucius, China Today.
2. Matters of the Mind: Superstition, Confucian Commentators, Taoism, Buddhism, Tibet, Sung Education.
3. Heart and Soul: Bronzes, Ceramics, the Character Script, Poetry, Literature.
4. From Harmony to Discord: Music, Gardens, Painting, Science, The Descent into Chaos.
5. The Rough Road to Freedom: Japan, The End of the Empire, Communism, Overseas Chinese, the current Dilemma.

PART 2
1. Introduction
2. Superstition: The Book of Changes
3. Commentators on the Works of Confucius
4. The First Emperor
5. The Han Dynasty
6. Daoism
7. Buddhism
8. China and Tibet
9. Sung Education and the Mandarin Bureaucracy
10. Sung Education Patterns of Study

PART 3
1. Introduction
2. Art and the Bronzes
3. Ceramics
4. The Chinese Character Script
5. Poetry
6. Literature
7. Epilogue

PART 4
1. Introduction
2. Music and Theatre
3. Houses, Gardens and the Honorable Man
4. Painting and the Honorable Man
5. Science
6. The Descent into Chaos

PART 5
1. Introduction
2. The Taiping Rebellion
3. Japan
4. The Boxers and the End of the Empire
5. Japan and the Communist Takeover
6. China and the Communists
7. Overseas Chinese
8. China: The Great Dilemma