Volume 1: 1. Introduction: The history of children and their lives in the Qin and Han dynasties 2. Birth rights and infant fate 3. Infant health and basic living conditions 4. Children’s games: recreational life 5. Childhood enlightenment education Volume 2: 1. The emergence of child prodigies 2. Labouring children and child labour 3. Social disasters, social crimes, and child victims 4. Children’s lives in the upper social strata Volume 3: 1. Minors’ labour service responsibility and identity inheritance 2. Young officials: Opportunities for underage participation in politics 3. Youths, evil youths, and social order 4. Ambiguous sentimentality 5. The supernatural status of “celibate boys and girls”
Biography
Zijin Wang (王子今) is a distinguished professor at Renmin University of China. He currently serves as a consultant for the Chinese Society of Qin and Han History Research and as Vice President of the Chinese Heluo Culture Research Association. His research focuses on the history and archaeology of the Qin and Han dynasties, as well as unearthed documents.
