dynastic cycle, 38, 133, 159–163, 165–166, 217

dynastic history, 37–38, 180

Eastern Han, xiv, 28, 31, 34–35, 57, 60, 126, 128, 132, 140, 149, 159, 162, 168, 174, 181–182, 212, 242–244, 256

Eastern Palace, 28, 89, 121, 215

Eastern Pavilion, 26, 55, 217

Eastern Zhou, 71

editions. See specific names

editors, xiv, 20, 28–34, 36, 47–48, 58, 122, 215, 220, 235

Eight Trigrams, 165, 253

emanations. See omens

emperor. See also specific names

actions/behavior of, 4, 7–8, 15, 33, 77–78, 95, 142–143, 149–151, 154, 166–168, 175–176, 179, 231, 251–252, 261

and chariots, 75, 86–87, 102, 117, 143, 229, 237

as last ruler, 144, 147, 167, 178

criticisms of, 4, 6–8, 77, 87, 146, 179

empressSee also specific names, 39–40, 46, 70–71, 73, 81–82, 87–89, 97–100, 105, 109, 112–113, 115, 130–131, 134, 164, 177, 186–187, 197, 219, 228, 234–236, 239

“Essay on the Kingly Mandate,”, 5, 20, 43, 67, 84–85, 96, 118, 136, 141–142, 157, 168–169, 178, 149

Eulogy (zan),, xvii, 13, 44–46, 179, 220, 253, 255, 258

eunuchs, 103, 130–131

Explanation of Writings and Graphs (Shuowen jiezi),, 36, 235, 254

Family Instructions of the Yan Clan (Yanshi jiaxun),, 60

famine, 110, 171–172

Fan Chong, 110, 240

Fan, King of Si at Poyang, 28, 214–215

Fan Shupi. See Ban Biao

Fan Xuanzi, 157, 254

Fan Ye, 13, 21–23, 26–27, 39, 43, 49, 51–52, 66, 84–85, 120, 122–128, 130–132, 156, 208, 210, 218, 246

Feng Shan sacrifice, 43, 63, 174

Feng Youlan, 159

filial piety, 23–24, 44, 46, 64–65, 72, 118, 121

Five ClassicsSee also Confucian, Classics, 11, 25, 129, 133, 200, 245, 251

Five Phases (wuxing),, 159, 219, 253

nourishment cycle of, 159–160

Phase Earth (Yellow), 114, 159–160, 162–164, 166, 178, 253, 255–256

Phase Fire (Red), 113–114, 156, 158–160, 162–166, 169–170, 178, 256

Phase Metal, 159–160, 166, 255

Phase Water, 159, 162–163, 226, 253, 255

Phase Wood, 159–160, 166, 255

Flattery, 62, 94, 105, 117, 124, 135, 141, 155

Foucault, Michel, 46