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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments . . vii
Note on Translation and Use of Foreign Terms . . ix

Chapter 1 Introduction . . 1
Chapter 2 Violence, Honor, and Manhood . . 21
Chapter 3 Taidong: The Mountains and Beyond . . 58
Chapter 4 Fire and Fury . . 87
Chapter 5 Tales from the Jianghu . . 115
Chapter 6 Wine, Women, and Song . . 176
Chapter 7 Conclusion: Faces of the Gods . . 204

Notes . . 213
Glossary . . 247
Bibliography . . 255
Index . . 269

Acknowledgments . . ix
Notes on Conventions . . xii
Weights and Measures . . xv

Introduction: Travel, Culture, and the Song Literati . . 1
CHAPTER 1 A Transient Life: Travel and the Song Literati . . 19
CHAPTER 2 The Infrastructure of Travel: Water Routes and Official Highways . . 43
CHAPTER 3 Readying for Departure: Paperwork and Procedures . . 69
CHAPTER 4 Government Assistance for Official Travel: Porter-Guards, Means of Transport, and Lodging . . 83
CHAPTER 5 Rituals of Departure: Farewell Parties . . 111
CHAPTER 6 Travelers and Their Local Hosts: Receptions, Entertainment, and Their Cost . . 130
CHAPTER 7 Sightseeing and Site Making: Visiting and Inscribing Places . . 154
CHAPTER 8 Elite Travel, Famous Sites, and Local History: Huangzhou after Su Shi's Time . . 180
Epilogue: The Native, the Local, and the Empire . . 207

Abbreviations . . 211
Notes . . 217
Glossary . . 261
References . . 269
Index . . 289

Preface . . ix
Acknowledgments . . xiii
Introduction . . xv

CHAPTER ONE Individual Agency and Universal, Centralized Authority in Early Mohist Writings . . 1
CHAPTER TWO Centralizing Control: The Politics of Bodily Conformism . . 29
CHAPTER THREE Decentralizing Control and Naturalizing Cosmic Agency: Bodily Conformism and Individualism . . 54
CHAPTER FOUR Two Prongs of the Debate: Bodily Agencies vs. Claims for Institutional Controls . . 77
CHAPTER FIVE Servants of the Self and Empire: Institutionally Controlled Individualism at the Dawn of a New Era . . 104
CHAPTER SIX Conclusion . . 121

Postscript: A Note on Chinese Individualism, Human Rights, and the Asian Values Debate . . 131
Notes . . 137
Works Cited . . 189
Index . . 201