Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments xi
3. Contents xiii
4. Note on Transcription and Abbreviations xv
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Question of Chinese Allegory 13
7. 2 The Other Side of Allegory 47
8. 3 The Prefaces as Introduction to the Book of Odes 74
9. 4 The Odes as Exemplary Readings 106
10. 5 Hegel's Chinese Imagination 151
11. 6 Conclusion: Comparative Comparative Literature 185
12. Notes 191
13. Bibliography 249
14. Chinese Character List 283
15. Index 289