University of Virginia Library


ix

TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                               
The First Division—the Imperial Annals 
Chapter VI, The Annals of Emperor Hsiao-wu.  Page 
Introduction to Chapter VI 
Text, Translation, and Notes  27 
Appendix I, The Establishment of Year-periods  121 
Appendix II, Punishments by Altering the Clothing  123 
Appendix III, The Eighth Month Fermented Wine Offering  126 
Appendix IV, The Competitive Games  129 
Appendix V, The Blood-sweating Horses of Ferghana  132 
Appendix VI, Eclipses in the Reign of Emperor Wu  136 
Chapter VII, The Annals of Emperor Hsiao-chao. 
Introduction to Chapter VII  143 
Text, Translation, and Notes  151 
Appendix I, Required Military Service  176 
Appendix II, Eclipses in the Reign of Emperor Chao  178 
Chapter VIII, The Annals of Emperor Hsiao-hsüan. 
Introduction to Chapter VIII  180 
Text, Translation, and Notes  199 
Appendix I, The Tabu on Imperial Personal Names  266 
Appendix II, The Discussion of the Classics in the Shih-ch'ü
Pavilion
 
271 
Appendix III, Eclipses in the Reign of Emperor Hsüan  275 
Chapter IX, The Annals of Emperor Hsiao-yüan. 
Introduction to Chapter IX  277 
Text, Translation, and Notes  299 
Appendix I, The Nature of the "Clerkly Writing"  339 
Appendix II, The Victory of Han Confucianism  341 
Appendix III, Eclipses During the Reign of Emperor Yüan  354 
Chapter X, The Annals of Emperor Hsiao-ch'eng. 
Introduction to Chapter X  356 
Text, Translation, and Notes  373 
Appendix, Eclipses During the Reign of Emperor Ch'eng  419 
Addenda and Corrigenda to Volume One  423