philosophy, xxii–xxiii, xxv, xl, xlv, xlix, 7–8, 13, 16, 37–38, 119, 202, 214, 274

See also Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism

Phúc Văn đường, 116

poetry, xxvi, xxxvi–xxxviii, xlv–xlvi, xlviii, 21, 23–30, 32, 35, 39, 89, 92, 104, 113–120, 122–130, 132–135, 145–146, 151, 163, 166–167, 170, 178–179, 192–203, 205, 208, 212–219, 226–227, 233, 235, 239, 241, 245–246, 248, 250–251, 257–258, 260–270, 272, 275–279, 281–282, 284–291, 351

See also Classic of Poetry

Polo, Marco, 69

primary eduction, xxix, xxxvi, 109, 113–119, 123–124, 133–136, 144–146, 158, 173, 199, 219, 297

See also primers

primers, xxxiv, xxxvi, 104, 113–128, 130, 132–145, 281

See also primary education

Prince Ōtomo, 277

Prince Ōtsu, 164

Prince Shōtoku, 52–53, 75

Princess Yamanobe, 164

principle (li), 12–13, 16–17, 38, 117, 120, 153, 164, 173, 202, 208, 214, 269, 274, 301

See also Lixue, Yili

printing, xxxv, xlix, 25, 43–44, 46–48, 61–65, 68–69, 73–78, 80, 90, 111, 122, 132, 168, 196, 217, 260, 301, 304, 313, 327, 331

qi. See material force

Qian Chu, 46–47

Qian Qianyi, 197

Qian Xuantong, 225

Qiao Sang, 119, 145

Qin Meng, 61

Quan Tangshi, 193, 215, 291

Queen Chindŏk, 192–193, 196

Queen Isabella I, 171

Queen Philippa, 171

Queen Sohye, 204, 213

quốc ngữ, 36, 116, 128

Razan. See Hayashi Razan

Record of Ritual, 289

religion, xiii, xxiii, xxx, xxxiii, xxxv, xxxviii, xl, xliv, l, 7–8, 16, 23, 39, 43, 101, 193

See also Buddhism

Retsujo den, 154–155, 157–158, 166, 168–172, 184–187

rhapsody, 32, 217, 233

rhyming, 95, 130, 201, 217

See also poetry

Riben guozhi, 258, 286

ritual, xxiii, 22, 28, 47–48, 65, 67–68, 177, 196, 210, 272

Ruan Fu, 156

Ruan Jilan, 156

Ruan Yuan, 156, 183, 185, 270, 289

Ruan Yue, 261, 286

Ryōun shū, 277

Ryūkyū, xiii, xxi, xxiii–xxiv, xxvi–xxviii, xxxi, xxxiii, xlv, xlviii, 3, 34, 39, 267

sacred sites, 15, 74, 77, 100, 165, 287

Sakade, Yoshinobu, 298, 326

Sakai, Tadao, 298, 325–326

Sakakibara Kōshū, 9–10

Samgang haengsil to, 104

samurai, xxviii, 5, 13, 89