新版人文中國：中國酒（簡體書）

The Chinese do not see wine as one of the necessities of life, but in theirsocial life the culture of wine as a distinct cultural form has made andcontinues to make an impact on the way the Chinese live. Chinese alcoholicdrinks are chiefly made from grain. Throughout the long history of China, withits large population and long-term reliance on agriculture, the ups and downsof the wine trade have been closely bound up with political, economic andsocial conditions. The fluctuations in the grain harvest were like a barometerfor the ups and downs of the wine business. The successive ruling dynastiesissued or relaxed restrictions on wine production according to the grainharvests to make sure that people had enough to live on.

《中國酒(英文版)》由五洲傳播出版社出版。

Preface
The Invention of Chinese Wine
Where does Wine ComeFrom?
Wine in Sacrifice——a Holy Means of Invocation, an Offering in the Holy Rite
The Varieties of Alcohol and Their Appreciation
Chinese Wine and its Most Famous Types
Chinese Spirits and Their Most Famous Types
Beer in China
Wine Made in China
A New Force in the World Wine Landscape
Wine Drinking Rituals and Customs
Flagon Fine and Goblet Rare
Wine Rituals and Wine Morality
Drinking Games
Folk Customs and Wine
Drinking Styles
Hospitality and Drinking
Wine and Holidays
Wines Therapeutic Value and Regular Usage
Legends of Wine
Wine and Politics
"Lifting My Drink and Singing a Song"
Poetry and Wine
From Wine Restaurants to Bars
Traditional Wine Restaurants
Bars——Leisure Venues in the Cities
Consumption of Imported Wine
Appendix： Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties

For sacrificial rituals there was a whole set of regulations,which not only stipulated what wines were to be used but also prescribed the vessels in which it was to be served.
The culture of Shang and Zhou times had the ritual system at its heart,and sacrifice was an important part of this system.The inscriptions preserved on bronzes have a great deal of material related to sacrificial ritual,some of which confirms the classical texts,and some of which supplements their omissions.Sacrificial rituals in antiquity fall into two main types,sacrifices to ancestors and military rites.The offerings to ancestors include regularly reoccurring offerings to all ancestors and particular offerings to the more closely related dead.The most important and solemn of the military offerings was the sacrifice of captives.
In antiquity,especially under the Western Zhou,when major sacrifices were carried out the most important element was the "offerings to the impersonator." What was the-shi ? When sacrifices were carried out,the role of the recipient of the cult,whether ancestor or spirit,was acted by a living person.The choice of someone for this impersonator role was strictly regulated.For state sacrifices the part was usually taken by a senior minister;the cult activities of ordinary people were mostly directed towards their ancestors,and at that time an impersonator was generally chosen from among the dead man's grandsons.The impersonator's function was very important,and whatever his original status,once the ritual began he represented the ancestor or divinity throughout its progress,and even the ruler of the state had to make obeisance to him and offer him wine and other sacrificial goods.