White Tiger Hall, discussions atSee also General and Virtuous Disquisitions at White Tiger, 51, 128–129, 133, 184, 245

worthies, 84, 166

writing

act of, 3–5, 10–11, 15, 120, 142, 259–260

motivation for, xiii, xvi, 20–21, 23, 25, 30, 54, 62

Wu, Emperor, 21, 42, 52–53, 55, 63, 88, 94, 152–153, 193, 219, 221, 234, 258

Wu Fu, 174

Wu Han, 8

Wu of the Zhou, King, 144, 167, 249

Wugong, 114, 241

wuxing. See Five Phases

Wuying dian edition,, 57–59, 223

Xia dynasty, 64, 147, 157, 226, 252, 254

Xia Heliang, 101, 106, 236–237

Xian, Emperor, 34, 182, 216

Xiang Yu, 24, 43, 158, 172, 200, 211, 257

Xiao He, 11, 190, 201, 211, 261

Xiao Wuji, 26–27, 50, 214

Xie Xiao, 114–115, 241

Xihe, 80

Xin Dang, 115, 241

Xin dynasty, 22, 94, 116, 118, 136, 169

Xin Shi, 126

Xin Tang shu. See New Tang History

Xincheng, 99, 236

Xindu, 105, 235

Xiongnu, 75, 126, 130, 184, 196, 221, 246

Xu Shang, 74, 230

Xu Shen, 36, 217, 235, 248, 253–254

Xu (Xu Kua), Empress, 88, 234

Xuan, Duke, 69, 227–228

Xuan, Emperor, 40, 79, 94, 177, 186–187, 195

Xun Yue, 34–35, 216–217, 224, 253

Xuzhuan. See postface

Yan Shigu, 33, 35, 38, 41, 45–49, 59–60, 224, 226, 228–232, 234, 242, 254

Yan Zhitui, 60, 224

Yang Bojun, 146, 210–211, 227–228, 261

Yang Xiong, 22, 53, 83, 137, 195, 233

Yang Zhong, 127

Yang’an, 99, 236

Yanmen, 228

Yanni Hall, 74, 230

Yanshi jiaxun. See Family Instructions of the Yan Clan

Yao

as ancestor, 142, 157–158, 162, 164, 169, 173, 253–254

clan, 157

Mandate, 127, 165, 169, 178

Yao and Shun, 23–24, 72, 154, 174, 227, 253

Yaocheng, 254

Yaoqiu, 254

Yearly Account of the Historical Works of Sima Qian and Ban Gu (Ma Ban zuo shi niansui kao),, 124

Yellow Emperor (Huangdi),, 96, 113, 155, 160, 164, 199, 241, 247

Yellow River, 43, 165