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Contents
Preface xi
Translators' Note xiii
PART ONE; PROLEGOMENON
1. Introduction 3
2. Palace Women in the Early Empire 9
3. Women in Early Imperial History and Thought 26
4. Empresses and Consorts of the Three States 46
5. Records of the Three States 61
PART TWO: TRANSLATION
Records of the Three States: The Book of Wei 89
Fascicle 5: Empresses and Consorts
Records of the Three States: The Book of Shu 115
Fascicle 34: Consorts and Sons of the Two Sovereigns
Records of the Three States: The Book of Wu 122
Fascicle 50: Consorts and Concubines
APPENDIXES
Appendix I: Tables 137
Appendix II: Character Count in the San guo zhi and Its
Commentary 149Abbreviations 151
Notes 153
Bibliography 229
Index 255
Maps follow page 81
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