Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Ming-Qing Reign Periods xv
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. The late Ming
7. 1. Lists, Literature, and the Imagined Community of Factionalists: The Donglin 27
8. 2. Displaying Sincerity: The Fushe 69
9. 3. A Zhongxiao Celebrity: Huang Daozhou (1585–1646) 102
10. Interlude: A Moral Tale of Two Cities, 1644–1645: Beijing and Nanjing 129
11. Part II. The early Qing
12. 4. Moralizing, the Qing Way 157
13. 5. Conquest, Continuity, and the Loyal Turncoat 186
14. Conclusion 213
15. Glossary 221
16. List of Abbreviations 229
17. Notes 231
18. Bibliography 273
19. Index 299