List of Illustrations
Preface
Terms and Conventions
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Intellectual World of Early Sichuan
“Civilizing” the Southwest: Intellectual Activity in the Former Han
Observing the Stars: Intellectual Activity in the Later Han
A Three States “Forest of Classicists”: Intellectual Activity in Shu-Han
2. The Early Life of Qiao Zhou
The Qiao Family in Ba
Youth and Education
3. Scholarship and the State
The Founding of Shu-Han
Educating the Heir and the Province
Debates on Military Policy
The Fall of Shu-Han
4. Critical Approaches to the Canon
The State of Canonical Studies
Discourse on Truth and Falsehoods in the Five Canonical Texts
Critique of the Ritual Canon
The Influence of Qiao Zhou’s Canonical Criticism
5. Critical Approaches to Ancient History
The State of Historical Studies
Investigations of Ancient History
Critique of The Grand Scribe’s Records and Other Ancient Histories
The Influence of Qiao Zhou’s Historical Criticism
6. New Approaches to Local History
The State of Local Historiography
The Local Histories of Qiao Zhou
The Influence of Qiao Zhou’s Local Histories
Epilogue
Evaluating the Life of Qiao Zhou
Toward an Intellectual History of Third-Century China
Chronology: The Life of Qiao Zhou
Notes
Bibliography
Index