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CONTENTS

• Preface
  ix
• Introduction
  1
• Table of Dynasties and Kingdoms
  13
• Map of Places in Biographies
  14
• Shih Pao-ch'ang's Preface to Lives of the Nuns
  15
• 1. The Chin Dynasty (265-317 / 317-420)
  17
• 2. The Sung Dynasty (420-479)
  36
• 3. The Ch'i Dynasty (479-502)
  67
• 4. The Liang Dynasty (502-557)
  87
• Appendix A: The Text
  107
• Appendix B: The Mānatta Ritual
  112
• Notes
  113
• Chinese Character Glossary of
  Names, Terms, and Titles
  155
• Bibliography
  169
• Index
  181

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