Table of Contents

Contents: Chinese history and world history; The Tzyjyh Tongjiann Kaoyih and the sources for the history of the period 730-763; The Shun-tsung Shih-lu; Liu K'o, a forgotten rival of Han Yü; Neo-Confucianism and neo-legalism in T'ang intellectual life, 755-805; Chinese historical criticism: Liu Chih-chi and Ssu-ma Kuang; A Sogdian colony in Inner Mongolia; Registration of population in China in the Sui and T'ang periods; The An Lu-shan rebellion and the origins of chronic militarism in late T'ang China; The origins and nature of chattel slavery in China; Index.

About the Author

Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada