Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contributors VI
3. Contents VII
4. Acknowledgments XI
5. Editor's Note XIII
6. Abbreviations XXI
7. Part One: Introduction
8. I. The Author and the Work 3
9. II. The Philosophical Horizons 12
10. III. Regional Variations 21
11. IV. The Text and the Editions 27
12. V. The Ming-ju hsueh-an and the Sung-Yuan hsueh-an 31
13. VI. Conclusion 33
14. Part Two The Records of Ming Scholars
15. I. Author's Preface 41
16. II. Author's Introduction 45
17. III. Quotations from Liu Tsung-chou 49
18. IV. The Records 70
19. Part Three Epilogue
20. Epilogue 267
21. The Schools of Ming Thought According to Huang Tsung-hsi 273
22. Glossary of Technical Terms 277
23. Selected Bibliographies 293
24. Glossary of Transliterations 309
25. Index 329