(D) _The Toba empire in North China_ (A.D. 385-550)

1 The rise of the Toba State 136
2 The Hun kingdom of the Hsia (407-431) 139
3 Rise of the Toba to a great power 139
4 Economic and social conditions 142
5 Victory and retreat of Buddhism 145

(E) _Succession States of the Toba_ (A.D. 550-580):
_Northern Ch'i dynasty, Northern Chou dynasty_

1 Reasons for the splitting of the Toba empire 148
2 Appearance of the (Gök) Turks 149
3 The Northern Ch'i dynasty; the Northern Chou dynasty 150

(F) _The southern empires_

1 Economic and social situation in the south 152
2 Struggles between cliques under the Eastern Chin
dynasty (A.D. 317-419) 155
3 The Liu-Sung dynasty (A.D. 420-478) and the Southern
Ch'i dynasty (A.D. 479-501) 159
4 The Liang dynasty (A.D. 502-556) 161
5 The Ch'en dynasty (A.D. 557-588) and its ending by the
Sui 162
6 Cultural achievements of the south 163


Chapter VIII: THE EMPIRES OF THE SUI AND
THE T'ANG