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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                         

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The First Division—the Imperial Annals
Chapter I, The Annals of Emperor Kao-tsu.
Introduction to Chapter I	1
Text, Translation, and Notes	27
Appendix I, The Conjunction of the Five Planets in Tung-ching	151
Appendix II, The Han Dynasty's Earlier Calendar	154
Appendix III, The Method Used in Checking Recorded Eclipses	161
Appendix IV, The Eclipses During the Reign of Emperor Kao-tsu	165
Chapter II, The Annals of Emperor Hsiao-hui.
Introduction to Chapters II & III	167
Text, Translation, and Notes	173
Appendix, The Eclipses During the Reign of Emperor Hui	188
Chapter III, The Annals of the Empress of Kao-tsu.
Text, Translation, and Notes	191
Appendix, The Eclipses During the Reign of the Empress of Kao-tsu	211
Chapter IV, The Annals of Emperor Hsiao-wen.
Introduction to Chapter IV	214
Text, Translation, and Notes	221
Appendix I, Standard Weights and Measures of Han Times	276
Appendix II, The Sacred Field	281
Appendix III, The Eclipses During the Reign of Emperor Wen	284
Appendix IV, Solar Eclipses During the First Fifty Years of the Former Han Dynasty	288
Chapter V, The Annals of Emperor Hsiao-ching
Introduction to Chapter V	291
Text, Translation, and Notes	303
Appendix I, An Official's Charter	334
Appendix II, Solar Eclipses During the Reign of Emperor Ching	335
Map, China at the Beginning of the Former Han Period	end.