Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Court Culture in the Late Eastern Han 9
5. The Patterns and Changes of Literary Patronage in the Han and Wei 41
6. Wandering in the Ruins 63
7. Evolving Practices of Guan and Liu Xie's Theory of Literary Interpretation 103
8. Narrative in the Self-Presentation of Transcendence-Seekers 133
9. "Jade Flower" and the Motif of Mystic Excursion in Early Religious Daoist Poetry 165
10. Representing the Uncommon 189
11. Fox as Trickster in Early Medieval China 223
12. Justice, Morality, and Skepticism in Six Dynasties Ghost Stories 251
13. Contributors 275
14. Index 279