Chapter I Why is the term "the Central Kingdom"?
Chapter II Mount Songshan: The Center of Heaven and Earth
Chapter III The Nation"s Grand Events: The Three Han Que Gates, the
Zhongyue Temple and Sacrifices on Mountains
Section One The Three Han Que Gates: The Earliest Tangible Evidence to Sacrifices on
Mountains
Section Two From the Taishi Shrine to the Zhongyue Temple: Sacrifices on the Central
Sacred Mountain
ChapterIV The Observatory in the Center of Earth: The World of
Astronomy in Ancient China
Section One Culture Reflected in Astronomy
Section Two Obsession with "the Center of Earth" in Ancient China
Section Three The Giant Sundial Built by Guo Shoujing at the Center of Earth
Chapter V The Chan Buddhism and Martial Art: Localization of Buddhism
at Mount Songshan
Section One The Cradle of the Chan Buddhism Deep in the Luxuriant Woods of
Mount Shaoshi
SectionTwo The Huishan Temple: A Witness to the Growth of Chinese Chan
Buddhism
Section Three Motion and Tranquility: Martial Art and Chan
Chapter VI The Songyang Academy of Classical Learning: A Frontier of
New Confucianism
Section One An academy Growing out of a Temple
SectionTwo A Place of Rebirth of Confucianism: The Witness to the Crisis and
Rejuvenation of Confucianism
Chapter VII Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism at Mount Songshan:
From Rivals to Being in Harmony
Section One Taoism: The First Step on Mount Songshan
SectionTwo Harmony Between Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism at Mount
Songshan
Chapter VIII An Architectural Epitome
Section One An Example of the Official Architecture: Hngzao Fashi and the Main Hall
of the Chuzu Temple
Section Two Innumerable pagodas in the Pagoda Forest in the Shaolin Temple
Section Three A Milestone Work of Chinese Pagodas
Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix I Tour Map of Historic Monuments of Mount Songshan
Appendix II Emperors who Offered Sacrifices to Mount Songshan
Appendix III The Pagoda Forest of the Shaolin Temple
Appendix IV Important Pictures on the Three Han Que Gates
Appendix V Important Structures within the Zhongyue Temple
Appendix VI Important Steles and Other Cultural Relics at Mount Songshan
