Sima Qian, 68, 171

Six Dynasties period, 18, 52, 62, 73, 129, 161, 163

Song Dynasty, 18, 23-25, 28, 31, 35, 40, 41, 46, 50, 63, 71, 121, 129, 131, 139, 151, 158, 163, 183

Songshi, 28-30, 37, 40, 50, 63, 64

Songshu, 71, 72, 163

Southeast Asia, 3, 4, 16, 72, 149, 151, 163, 180

Southern Man, 25, 27, 47, 49-75

Southwestern Silkroad, 103

Strickmann, Michel, xiv, 2-5, 10, 12, 14-17, 19, 64, 98, 99, 119, 121-126, 130, 131, 148, 151, 152, 162, 170, 171, 178, 179

Suishu, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 155

Sun Quan, 51, 52

Taipingjing, 107-113, 120, 174, 175, 178

Taiwan, 12, 14, 172

Talisman, 5, 6, 16, 19, 111, 114, 137, 145, 148, 149, 159

Tambiah, S. J., 152

Tang Dynasty, 30, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40, 86, 123, 139, 167, 182

Tao Qian (Tao Yuanming), 55-73, 159-163, 180

Taxes and taxation, xv, 18, 30, 37-46, 69-73, 81-90, 94, 118, 133, 155, 167

Temples, 8-10, 12, 92, 123-125, 154

Ten Kings, 63, 138

Ter Haar, Barend, 6, 7, 63, 133, 136, 138, 139, 149, 150, 152, 154, 161, 162, 164, 166, 182

Thailand, xiii-xiv, xx, 1, 3, 9, 15, 64, 65, 72, 130, 132, 138, 140, 147, 148, 150, 152, 171, 180, 181, 183

Three Kingdoms period, 51, 116, 157

Three Pure Ones (Sanqing), 10, 137-140, 182

Tiger, 39, 79-89, 93, 166, 169

Tujia people, 65, 76, 169

Tusi, 70

Von Glahn, Richard, 44, 156

Wang Mang, 108

White, David Gordon, 60, 67

Wuling, 31, 52-60, 64, 67, 70, 71, 75, 76, 83, 115, 155, 157-160, 163, 166, 177, 178

Xia Heliang, 107, 108

Xiang Dancheng, 58

Xiang Kai, 109-112, 175

Xinhua, 65

Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West), 26, 93, 153, 170

Yao Culture, xiii-xiv, 24, 44, 56, 129, 139, 143, 147

Yao Daoism, xiv, 1, 5, 6, 12, 16, 17, 126, 172

Yao people (Yaoren), 3, 7, 8, 11, 25, 26, 28, 30, 34-38, 43, 46, 49, 69, 75, 76, 130, 133, 149, 150

Yao religion, xix, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 148, 179

Yaoman, 18, 28

Yellow Emperor, xv, 68, 69, 114, 124, 126, 163

Yellow Turbans, 18, 99, 111, 113-117, 177

Yidi people, 105, 173

Yuan Dynasty, 28-30, 132