Li Si, 7

Li Weixiong, 3, 35–37, 41, 208, 217–219

Li Yanshou, 28, 33

Li Yu, 123, 213, 237

Li Zidu, 110, 240

Liang Tong, 120, 242

Liang Yuandi, 36

Lin Pinshi, 255

The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons (Wenxin diaolong),, 180

Liu Bang, 142, 151, 157–160, 165, 167, 170, 172–174, 178, 211, 255, 257, 261

Liu Cang, king of Dongping, 50, 124, 184, 220, 232, 243

Liu clan. See Liu ruling family

Liu Ji. See Han Gaozu

Liu Jing, 115, 195, 241

Liu Kang, 176, 195

Liu Lei, 157

Liu ruling family, 5, 9, 15, 24, 37, 82, 97, 110, 118, 131–132, 134, 156–157, 171, 209, 245

and the Five Phases, 156–166

moral claims, 90, 95, 97, 107, 117, 134–135, 143, 238

reinstatement of, 9, 83, 85, 94–96, 107–108, 118, 134–135, 137, 140, 142–143, 156, 166–169, 174–182, 251–252

Liu Xiang, xvii, 22, 42, 53, 78, 159, 162–163, 180, 219, 221, 232, 237, 252, 255

Liu Xie, 93, 137, 180–181, 234, 259

Liu Xin. See Ai, Emperor

Liu Xuan, 110

Liu Zhiji, 21–23, 27, 33–34, 41, 43, 52–53, 212–213

Liu Zhilin, 28–34

Liu ZhiwenSee also Jianan edition; Qingyuan edition, 57

Loewe, Michael, 3, 19, 35, 57, 146, 163, 176, 212, 229, 242, 249, 252, 256

Loufan, 228–229

loyal. See remonstrations, loyal

Lü Bushu, 244

Lu, Duke, 174

Lu Jia, 199, 211

Lü Zhi. See Gao, Empress

Lunyu. See Analects of Confucius

Luo River, 165

Luoyang, 63, 120, 122, 128, 131–132, 244, 246

Ma Ban zuo shi niansui kao. See Yearly Account of the Historical Works of Sima Qian and Ban Gu

Ma Rong, 26–27, 33, 55–56, 214

Ma Xu, 26–27, 33, 42–43, 55–56, 214

Machiavelli, Niccolo, 144