Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Tables xi
5. Notes on the Text xiii
6. Preface and Acknowledgments xv
7. Part one. Morality in Rural China: Contexts and Categories
8. Chapter 1 Moonshadow Pond: Moral Expectations and Daily Life 3
9. Chapter 2 Liangxin 45
10. Part two. Moral Discourse in Social Life
11. Chapter 3 Weighty Expectations: Women and Family Virtue 73
12. Chapter 4 Everlasting Debts 114
13. Chapter 5 The Moral Dilemmas of Return Visits 152
14. Chapter 6 Property Rights and Wrongs 172
15. Chapter 7 “Money Causes Trouble” 197
16. Conclusion: Ethnography and Morality 225
17. Notes 233
18. Chinese Character Glossary 265
19. References 267
20. Index 279