CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Translator’s Introduction
- Chronology of Dynasties and Historical Periods
- Ming Reign Periods
- Selections from Miscellaneous Records from the Bean Garden
- CHAPTER ONE
Social Life - CHAPTER TWO
Family and Gender - CHAPTER THREE
Politics and Government - CHAPTER FOUR
Deities, Spirits, and Clergy - CHAPTER FIVE
Knowledge, Technology, and the Natural World - Chinese Character Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index