tian. See Heaven

tianming. See Mandate of Heaven

tombs, 71–72, 76, 100, 103, 114, 229, 233, 236

Tongzhi, Emperor, 58

traditions. See biographies

“Treatise on State Sacrifices,”, 43, 162, 188

“Treatise on the Five Phases,”, 8

“Treatises,”See also “Documents”, 25–27, 29, 31, 37, 39, 41–43, 47, 50, 52, 55, 141, 159, 162, 165–166, 188–189, 217, 219, 247, 252, 261, 263

Twitchett, Denis, xviii

usurpation. See throne, usurping; Wang Mang

van der Sprenkel, Otto B., 3, 85–86, 241, 246

virtue, womanly, 100

Voltaire, 139

wandering knights ( youxia),, 12, 90, 196, 200, 234

Wang Ao, 174

Wang Chong, 121–122, 127, 219, 245, 248

Wang Feng, 74, 79, 230

Wang Hong, 104, 107, 237

Wang Huo, 109, 240

Wang Ji, 42, 194

Wang Kuang, 136, 174

Wang Ling, 72–173, 190, 257

Wang Mang, Emperorpassim,passim,, 8, 37, 80–84, 94–100, 105–120, 132–143, 156–179, 197, 210–241, 246–248

Wang Mang, Emperor (continued )

See also Han dynasty, interregnum

and the Five Phases, 113–115, 163–164

mourning, 80, 232

usurpation, 81–83, 95–97, 100, 106, 108, 110, 112–114, 117, 119, 134, 140, 143, 177–178, 238–239, 247

Wang Mingtong, 3, 49, 258

Wang, Q. Edward, xv, xviii

Wang Quji, 104, 237

Wang Shou, 112, 241

Wang Xianqian, 56, 58–60

Wang Yu, 109, 240

Wang Zhengjun, Dowager/Empress, 46, 80–82, 97, 99–100, 107, 115, 230

Warring States, 85, 136, 226, 258

Watson, Burton, xviii, 35, 168

Wei Ao, 83–86, 95, 120, 132, 135–136, 169, 175, 233, 256

Wei dynasty, 182

Wei Xian, 45, 65, 194, 225

Wei Zheng, 28, 179, 214, 259, 283

Weiyang Palace, 104, 163–164, 237, 240

Wen, Emperor, 39, 44, 182, 186–187, 191, 211, 216, 236

Wen of Lu, Duke, 157

Wenxin diaolong. See The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons

Western Han, xvii, 31, 53, 98, 106, 108, 117–118, 127, 137, 145, 149, 151, 165, 168, 172, 174, 178, 212, 250, 256

White Snake, slaying of, 156–162, 170, 253