| Medieval Chinese Society and the Local "Community" |
 | TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION |
| GLOSSARY |
| PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION |
 | PART I— CHINESE SOCIETY AND FEUDALISM: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PAST LITERATURE |
| • | One— Introduction |
| Two— Chinese Historical Studies in the Postwar Period and the Development of Conceptions of Feudalism |
| Three— The Evolution of Critiques of Theories of Unilinear Development and the Problem of Feudalism |
| • | Four— Concluding Remarks |
| GLOSSARY TO PART I |
| PART II— THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD IN CHINA: SOCIETY IN THE SIX DYNASTIES AND SUI-T'ANG PERIODS AND THE "COMMUNITY" |
| One— Transcending the World of Antiquity |
| • | The Principles of Shang and Chou and Their Dissolution |
| • | The Structure of the Ch'in-Han Empire and the Autonomous World |
| • | The End of Empire and the Transcendence of the Foundations of Antiquity |
| Two— The Medieval "Community" and Aristocratic Society |
| GLOSSARY TO PART II |
| Notes |
| INDEX |