Hu Yun, 115, 241

Huan Tan, 83, 233

Huang Sheng, 149–150, 168, 171

Huangdi. See Yellow Emperor

Huanglao, 12

Hui, Emperor, 39–40, 70–71, 186–187, 211, 228

humaneness (ren),, 68–69, 173

Hundred Schools (baijia),, 119, 123, 242

Hymns, 81, 126–127, 129, 133, 155, 184–185, 244–245

“Hymn on the Southern Tour,”, 155, 185

Imperial Academy. See Grand Academy

imperial archives, xvii, 19, 25, 39, 41, 51, 54, 57, 67, 78, 219

imperial family, 62–63, 95, 97, 124, 132

identity, xix, 62, 108

Inner Mongolia, 80, 230, 236, 246

Intrigues of the Warring States (Zhanguoce),, 12, 199–200

Ji Yun, 212

Jia Kui, 127

Jia Yi, 42, 137, 162, 191

Jianan edition,, 57, 59

jianchu era,, 27, 29, 49–52, 220

Jiang Rubi, 57

Jiangdu, 212

Jiangxi, 214

jianping era,, 107

Jiantai (Terrace of Permeation/Bathing), 110, 240

jianwu era,, 21–22, 120, 122–123, 243

Jie, King, 147, 150, 167

jieyu (favored beauty),See also Ban Jieyu, 45, 65, 86, 88, 235

Jiguge edition, 58–59, 224

Jin louzi. See Master of the Golden Tower

Jin Zhuo, 45, 224

Jing, Emperor, 14, 27, 39–40, 150, 155, 186–187, 191–192, 211, 216, 261

Jing Fang, 42, 194, 219

Jingyou edition, xviii, 57–59, 207, 223

jingyou era,, 57

Jinhua Hall, 74

Jinling edition, 58–59, 224

Jiu Tangshu. See Old Tang History

Joyce, James, xix

juan (chapters),, 22, 31, 47–48

judgments

moral, xv–xvi, 7, 10, 13, 93

rendered, xvi, 13–14, 33, 141

Juyan Pass, 130, 246

Kaifeng, 254

Kern, Martin, 18

killing snakesSee also White Snake, slaying of, 155, 159–160, 162

kingdom, like a deer, 135–136, 170

Kong Guang, 112, 116, 195, 241

Kong Jia (Kong Shen), King, 157

Kong Xi, 123, 213

Kongxiang, 99, 236

La Bruyère, Jean de, 17, 211

last rulers, 144, 147, 167, 178

attachment to wine and sex, 167, 178, 231–232

Later Biographies,See also Ban Biao, 21–22, 53, 56, 66

Li Ping, 86, 88–89, 98, 233, 235, 258