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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 149

  • Abbreviations 151

  • Notes 153

  • Bibliography 229

  • Index 255

• Maps follow page 81

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