Dry Spells

State Rainmaking and Local Governance in Late Imperial China

Jeffrey Snyder-Reinke

    • Figures
    1. Headlines
    2. A Tradition of Sorts
    3. An Unruly Order
    4. No Sacrifices Withheld
    5. Master Ji's Rainmaking Method
    6. The Importance of Being Earnest
    7. Departures
    • Appendix A. Dong Zhongshu's Rainmaking Method
      note to Appendixes B and C
    • Appendix B. Master Ji Shenzhai's Complete Book of Rainmaking
    • Appendix C. Section on Rainmaking from On Officials and Secretaries Being in the Same Boat
    • Notes
    • Selected Bibliography
    • Index
  • Cover: Dry Spells

Jeffrey Snyder-Reinke is Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies at The College of Idaho.