Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the English Edition vii
4. Editor’s Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 Heavenly Principle and the Propensity of the Times 9
6. Chapter 2 Heavenly Principle and the Centralized State 109
7. Chapter 3 The Transformation of “Things” 213
8. Chapter 4 Classics and History (1) 298
9. Chapter 5 Classics and History (2) 388
10. Chapter 6 Inner and Outer (1) The Concept of Ritual China and Empire 486
11. Chapter 7 Inner and Outer (2) Empire and Nation-State 631
12. Chapter 8 Confucian Universalism and the Self-Transformation of Empire 755
13. Notes 861
14. Translators 979
15. Index 981