List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Mid- and Late Tang Dynasty
2. The Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
3. The Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
4. The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
Conclusion
Notes
Chinese Character Glossary
Works Cited
Index

Alister D. Inglis is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Simmons University. He is the author of Hong Mai's Record of the Listener and Its Song Dynasty Context (also published by SUNY Press) and the translator of several books, including The Drunken Man's Talk: Tales from Medieval China, compiled by Luo Ye.