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The Tso Chuan

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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1989

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Presents the Tso-chuan, a text running to thirty densely written chapters as China's oldest work of narrative history. Its entries provide a year by year account of happenings in the feudal state that made up China from 722 to 468 BC.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Contents

    IX
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    Introduction

    XI
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    Table of Principal States

    XXXIX
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    Map of Principal States

    XLI
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    1. Two Brothers of Cheng and the Mother Who Doted on the Younger

    1
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    2. The Revolt of the Ducal Son Chou-hsü in Wei

    5
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    3. A Quarrel Over Precedence

    9
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    4. A Wife’s Dilemma

    11
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    5. Two Half Brothers Who Hurried to Their Death

    13
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    6. The Deaths of Duke Huan of Lu and Duke Hsiang of Ch’i

    17
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    7. Duke Hsien of Chin and Lady Li

    21
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    8. Duke Hui of Chin

    26
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    9. The Battle of Han

    30
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    10. The Brief Career of Yü or Duke Huai of Chin

    38
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    11. Ch’ung-erh: The Years of Wandering

    40
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    12. Ch’ung-erh: The Return to Chin

    45
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    13. The Battle of Ch’eng-pu

    50
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    14. Duke Wen of Chin’s Attack on Cheng

    65
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    15. The Battle of Yao

    67
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    16. An Inglorious Defeat for Sung

    73
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    17. The Responsibilities of Rulership

    76
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    18. King Chuang of Ch’u Asks About the Cauldrons

    81
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    19. The Battle of Pi

    84
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    20. King Chuang of Ch’u Lays Siege to Sung

    103
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    21. An Old Man Repays a Debt of Gratitude

    107
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    22. The Battle of An

    109
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    23. The Death of Duke Ching of Chin

    120
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    24. Lu Hsiang Severs Relations with Ch’in

    122
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    25. The Battle of Yen-ling

    127
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    26. The Siege of Pi-yang

    139
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    27. The Death of Hsün Yen of Chin

    141
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    28. The Assassination of Duke Chuang of Ch’i

    143
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    29. Prince Chi-cha of Wu

    149
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    30. Tzu-ch’an’s Government Policies

    154
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    31. The Death of King Ling of Ch’u

    164
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    32. The Death of Duke Chuang of Chu

    178
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    33. The Battle Between Wu and Ch’u at Po-chu

    180
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    34. The Battle Between Ch’i and Lu at Ch’ing

    191
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    35. The Revolt in Wei

    195
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    36. The Revolt of the Lord of Po in Ch’u

    201
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    37. Attitudes Toward the Supernatural

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    Index

    215
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China’s Oldest Narrative History
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China’s Oldest Narrative History
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