LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES 6 LIST OF PLATES 7 INTRODUCTION: BUDDHISM 9 I Archaic art : bronzes and jades 35 II The Great Wall and the sculptures of the Han dynasty 50 III Yün-Kang 74 IV Lung-Mên 102 V Tun-Huang 124 VI Mai-Chi-Shan 160 VII Ceramics and painting 197 VIII The tombs of the Ming emperors 212 IX Chinese architecture : Peking and the Forbidden City 228 Appendix: Sources of Chinese Buddhist art 260 Plates 141-157 263 Notes on the plates 267 BIBLIOGRAPHY 268 INDEX 271