Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations Used in the Notes ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1 The Ruling House
7. 1 Invoking Higher Authorities: Song Taizong’s Quest for Imperial Legitimacy and Its Architectural Legacy 27
8. 2 Cao Xun and the Legend of Emperor Taizu’s Oath 62
9. Part 2 The Literati and the Political System
10. 3 Governing a Multicentered Empire: Prefects and Their Networks in the 1040s and 1210s 99
11. 4 Anatomies of Reform 153
12. 5 Bureaucratic Politics and Commemorative Biography 192
13. Part 3 Statecraft Theory
14. 8 Soldier Mutinies and Resistance during the Northern Song 217
15. 9 State-Forced Relocations in China, 900– 1300 307
16. Glossary of Chinese Characters 341
17. Contributors 351
18. Index 353