Wei Jingsheng, 154–156
Wei kingdom, 46
Wen, Emperor, 75–76
Wen Jiabao, 170–171
West Bank, 6
West Germany, 142
Wilber, Harry Lee, 39, 43
“Wild wall,” 145
Women, 78–89, 91, 110–111, 165
Wood, Frances, 111
Wordless scripture, 138–140, 177
World Heritage Sites, 143
World Monuments Fund, 143
World War I, 35
World War II, 109
Wu, Emperor, 48, 76
Wu Sangui, 106
Wudi, Emperor, 47
Wuling, King, 69
Xenophobia, 39
Xia, 172
Xia dynasty, 46
Xi’an, 45, 56, 60, 105
Xian cheng (walled town), 71
Xiang River, 48
Xianyang, 45, 47, 54–55, 60
Xidan Democracy Wall, 154–158
Xing Danwen, 162
Xinhua News Service, 16
Xinjiang Province, 76
Xiongnu tribes, 48–49, 52, 55, 68–
69, 71–76, 78–81, 89, 91, 104,
108, 121, 136
Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, 158–
160, 167; Ghosts Pounding the
Wall, 159–160, 163–164, 184
Xu Xingzhi, 132
Xu Yihui, 162
Xuanzang, 139
Xunzi, xvii
Yale University, 131
Yalu River, 76
Yan kingdom, 46, 69, 87
Yan’an, 131, 135
Yang Liwei, 23
Yangshan, 71
Yangtze River, 53
Yangzhou, 110
Yanshan Mountains, 184
Yao Ming, 13
Yellow Emperor, 47
Yellow River, 46, 49, 51–53, 69, 71,
104
Yiqu tribes, 67–68
Yongle, Emperor, 100–101
Yu Hua: Brothers, 172–178
Yu Qian, General, 94, 102–103
Yu Zujun, 105
Yuan (currency), 19, 151–154
Yuan (embankment), 31
Yuan dynasty, 33, 95–96, 99, 101,
109–110, 112, 128, 136
Yuan Muzhi, 137
Yule, Henry, 111, 119–120
Yulin, 105
Yumenguan, 76
Yunyang, 71
Zhang (barrier), 31
Zhang Dali, 124
Zhang Yimou, 60–65, 146
Zhao kingdom, 45–46, 69
Zhaoxiang, King, 67
Zheng. See First Emperor
Zheng He, 100–101
Zhengtong, Emperor, 94, 101–104
Zhengzhou, 166
Zhongguo, 40–41
Zhongyuan, 167–168
Zhou dynasty, 41, 45, 47
Zhu Qiyu, 102–103
212
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