Beijian recension, 57–58

Bielenstein, Hans, 73, 239, 244–245

biographies [personal], 21–23, 32, 39, 43–44, 46, 54, 120, 126, 189, 213, 219–220, 222, 260

“Biography of Dong Zhongshu,”, xvii, 19, 212

Bona ben ershisishi series,, xviii, 57

books. See also text

as individual creation, 18

original draft of, 20, 25, 27–28, 33, 47, 49, 55

“true edition” of, 20, 28–34, 215

border region, 62, 126, 229–230

Butler, Samuel, 179

Caesar, Julius, xv

Cai Mo, 157, 224

Cai Yong, 181

calamities. See omens

Cao Cao, 109

Cao Pi, 182

Cao Shen, 11, 190, 201, 211, 261

career maneuvering, 4, 75–76, 80, 83, 85–86, 89, 106, 108–109, 134, 137, 168

Chan, Wing-tsit, 168

Changling, 72, 229

Changxing Ting (commune), 115, 241

Chao Cuo, 42, 259

“chapter and verse” style, 119, 121–122

chasing deer, 135–136, 166, 170

Chavannes, Edouard, xviii

Chen Hanzhang, 50, 220

Chen Ping, 11, 190, 201, 211, 261

Chen Qitai, 4, 209

Chen Ying, 172–173, 257

Chen Zong, 39, 125

Cheng, Emperor, 40, 44–46, 65, 72, 75, 77–80, 82, 86–89, 94–99, 109, 117–118, 134, 136–137, 143, 175, 177, 187, 218, 229–233, 235–237, 258

Chengdu, 261

Chijingzi, 106

Chong Jing, 131, 246

Chu Shaosun, 40, 54

Chu, state of, 67–70, 211, 226–228

Chun qiu Zuo zhuan. See Mr. Zuo’s Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn

Chunqiu. See Spring and Autumn Annals

Chunyu Zhang, 77, 230

Classic of Changes,, 123

Classic of Odes (Shijing),, 6–7, 23, 33, 74, 77, 87, 117, 141, 146–147, 149, 199, 227, 231–232, 235

Collected Works of the Historian of the Orchid Terrace Ban Gu (Ban lantai ji Chu-Han chunqiu),, 127

commentaries. See text, commentary of

See also History of the Han

Commentary of Mr. Zuo (Zuozhuan),, xix, 12, 34–35, 68–71, 78, 141, 199–200, 217, 227–228

“Communicating with the Hidden,”, 20, 68, 91, 119, 123, 184, 226

Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government (Zizhi tongjian),, 120, 180, 242, 259

Confucian, 10–14, 22, 41, 62, 66–67, 76, 78, 83, 88, 96, 105, 108, 111–112, 119, 129, 132–135, 137, 140, 143, 149, 168, 195, 212–213, 238, 242, 245, 248, 251