Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Conventions xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Heaven in a Very Small Space: Suzhou and Its Hinterland in the Ming 19
7. 2. “A Great Deal of Extravagance and a Modicum of Frugality”: Suzhou to 1367 40
8. 3. A Conquered Province: Suzhou under Hongwu 60
9. 4. Co-option and Near Collapse—Suzhou, 1398–1430 90
10. 5. Reform, 1430–1484: Suzhou from Zhou Chen to Wang Shu 108
11. 6. “Like Another Place”: Economy and Society in Fifteenth-Century Suzhou 127
12. 7. “Those Occupying Places above the Common People”: Suzhou’s Elite and the Rise of Wu School Culture 154
13. 8. “Neglecting the Roots, Pursuing the Branches”: Suzhou, 1506–1550 187
14. Epilogue: “Actually Full of Want and Distress”? Suzhou from the Wokou Crisis to the Fall of the Ming 221
15. Conclusion 231
16. Appendix A: Population 249
17. Appendix B: Examination Graduates 254
18. Abbreviations 255
19. Notes 257
20. Bibliography 327
21. Glossary 353
22. Index 359