Wang Can, 12, 138, 140, 148, 183, 201

Wang Wei, 208

We Fought South of the Wall, 138

Weng Fanggang, 27

war, 2, 4, 16, 28, 40, 104, 121, 133, 137–138, 140–141, 145, 148, 153, 158, 167, 171, 182

Wen xuan, 12, 26–27, 31, 42, 122, 217

world upside down, 153

Xi, 23, 35, 50, 81–82, 185, 209, 221

Xiao Yingshi, 5, 11, 216

Xuanzong, 2, 12, 19–21, 48, 51–52, 91, 101, 105–106, 121–122, 161, 177–179, 185

Xunzi, 12, 86, 94–95, 97, 114, 124, 153–154, 183, 188, 208, 214, 217

Yao, 41, 49–50, 52, 57, 65, 77–78, 90–91, 123, 207, 213

Yan Yanzhi, 75

Yan Zhenqing, 6

Yang Guifei, 19–21, 30, 52, 72, 107, 126, 177, 179, 185

Yang Guozhong, 19–21, 70, 86, 126, 161, 177, 179, 182, 185

Yang Xiong, 10, 12, 19–21, 30, 51–52, 70–72, 76, 86–87, 92–95, 97, 107, 114, 122–124, 126, 161, 177, 179, 182, 185, 221

Ye Mengde, 15

Yi jing, 9, 41, 213, 221

yonghuai, 100, 122

Yu, 10, 12, 29, 32, 41, 47–48, 53, 55, 57–58, 65–69, 77–78, 80–81, 83, 123, 158–159, 184–185, 207, 220–221

Yuan Hongdao, 192

Yuan Jie, 5

yuefu ballad, 4, 120, 138

Zhang Hao, 75, 181

Zhaohun, 143, 148–149, 183, 220

Zhu Xi, 35

Zhuangzi, 88, 92–93, 123

Zhong yong, 72

Zuo zhuan, 12, 59, 104, 114, 214, 217