Table of Contents

Preface; Conventions; List of abbreviations; Part I. The Bureaucratic Apparatus: 1. Introduction; 2. The bureaucratic apparatus; Part II. The Compilation of the Historical Record: 3. Introduction; 4. The court diaries (Ch'i-chii chu); 5. The inner palace diaries (Nei Ch'i-chii chu); 6. The record of administrative affairs (Shih-cheng chi); 7. The daily calandar (Jih-li); 8. Biographies; 9. Histories of institutions, historical encyclopedias, and collections of documents; 10. The veritable records (Shih-lu); 11. The national history (Kuo shih); Part III. The Chiu T'ang shu: 12. The compilation of the Chiu T'ang shu; 13. The Chiu T'ang shu and its sources: the basic annals; 14. The Chiu T'ang shu and its sources: the monographs; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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