<p><b>Illustrations </b></p><p> <b>Table of Dynasties </b></p><p> <b>Acknowledgments </b></p><p> <b>Contributors </b></p><p> <b>A Note on Romanization </b></p><p> <b>Foreword </b></p><p> <i>Herbert Franke</i></p><p> <b>Introduction </b></p><p> <i>Hoyt Cleveland Tillman and Stephen H. West</i></p><p> <b>I. Politics and Institutions </b></p><p> <b>1.</b> <b> An Overview of Chin History and Institutions </b></p><p> <i>Hoyt Cleveland Tillman</i></p><p> <b>2.</b> <b> The Jurchen-Sung Cogitation: Some Overlooked Points </b></p><p> <i>James T. C. Liu</i></p><p> <b>3.</b> <b> Public Schools in the Chin Dynasty </b></p><p> <i>Tao Jing-shen</i></p><p> <b>II. Religion and Thought </b></p><p> <b>4.</b> <b> Cofucianism under the Chin and the Impact of Sung Confucian Tao-hsüeh </b></p><p> <i>Hoyt Cleveland Tillman</i></p><p> <b>5.</b> <b> Chao Ping-wen (1159-1232): Foundation for Literati Learning </b></p><p> <i>Peter K. Bol</i></p><p> <b>6.</b> <b> Buddhism and Taoism under the Chin </b></p><p> <i>Yao Tao-chung</i></p><p> <b>III. Literature and Art </b></p><p> <b>7.</b> <b> Five Paintings of Animal Subjects or Narrative Themes and Their Relevance to Chin Culture </b></p><p> <i>Susan Bush</i></p><p> <b>8.</b> <b> Jurchen Literature under the Chin </b></p><p> <i>Jin Qicong</i></p><p> <b>9.</b> <b> Satire and Allegory in All Keys and Modes </b></p><p> <i>Wilt Idema</i></p><p> <b>10. Chilly Seas and East-Flowing Rivers: Yüan Hao-wen's Poems of Death and Disorder, 1233-35 </b></p><p> <i>Stephen H. West</i></p><p> <b>Glossary </b></p><p> <b>Bibliography </b></p><p> <b>Index</b></p>