• Acknowledgments
• Introduction Nicola Di Cosmo
1. Law and the Military in Early China Robin D. S. Yates
2. Martial Prognostication Ralph D. Sawyer
3. The Western Han Army: Organization, Leadership, and Operation Michael Loewe
4. The Military Culture of Later Han Rafe de Crespigny
5. Military Aspects of the War of the Eight Princes, 300–307 Edward L. Dreyer
6. Narrative Maneuvers: The Representation of Battle in Tang Historical Writing David A. Graff
7. Tang Military Culture and Its Inner Asian Influences Jonathan Karam Skaff
8. Unsung Men of War: Acculturated Embodiments of the Martial Ethos in the Song Dynasty Don J. Wyatt
9. Wen and Wu in Elite Cultural Practices during the Late Ming Kathleen Ryor
10. Mengzi’s Art of War: The Kangxi Emperor Reforms the Qing Military Examinations Sam Gilbert
11. Writing from Experience: Personal Records of War and Disorder in Jiangnan during the Ming-Qing Transition Grace S. Fong
12. Militarization of Culture in Eighteenth-Century China Joanna Waley-Cohen
13. Military Finance of the High Qing Period: An Overview Yingcong Dai
14. Coercion and Commerce on Two Chinese Frontiers Peter C. Perdue
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index

Nicola Di Cosmo is Luce Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies.