Power and Politics in Tenth-Century China: The Former Shu Regime
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

ix

List of Tables

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

Chronology

xvi

Introduction

1

Chapter 1: Shu in the Tang Dynasty

21

Chapter 2: The Rise of Wang Jian, 884–903

41

Chapter 3: Wang Jian and the Military, 887–907

79

Chapter 4: Warfare and Diplomacy, 903–918

99

Chapter 5: Legitimizing a Regional Empire, 907–918

147

Chapter 6: Crisis and Collapse, 915–925

195

Conclusion

243

Appendix 1: Major Regional Regimes and Their Rulers in the Late Tang and Early Five Dynasties Periods

249

Appendix 2: Military Commands and Their Governors of Former Shu, 891–925

254