CONTENTS
Note on Names and Translations
1. Transparent Language: Origin Myths and Early Modern Aspirations of Recovery
2. The Rhetoric of Bluff: Paradox, Irony, and Self-Contradiction
3. Sartorial Signs and Li Zhi’s Paradoxical Appearance
4. Money and Li Zhi’s Economies of Rhetoric
5. Dubious Books and Definitive Editions
6. Provoking or Persuading Readers? Li Zhi and the Incitement of Critical Judgment