Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Preliminary Considerations
2. A General Introduction to Early Han Cosmology
3. Huainanzi Chapter 3: Tianwenxun
The Treatise on the Patterns of Heaven
Translation and Commentary
4. Huainanzi Chapter 4: Dixingxun
The Treatise on Topography
Translation and Commentary
5. Huainanzi Chapter 5: Shicixun
The Treatise on the Seasonal Rules
Translation and Commentary
Appendix A. "A Chinese Eratosthenes of the Flat Earth: A Study of a Fragment of Cosmology in Huainanzi" by Christopher Cullen
Appendix B. The Heavenly Stems, the Earthly Branches and the Sexagenary Cycle
Technical and Textual Notes
Reference Notes
Bibliography
Index