附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index.
The setting -- The land: Its settlement, use, and appreciation -- The pressures of change -- Managing the local wealth -- The demography of family and class -- Patrilineal groups and their transformation -- Pathways to Ming government -- T'ai-Ho literati in the wider world of Ming China -- Colleagues and protégés: The fifteenth-century world of the T'ai-Ho grand secretaries -- Cutting loose: The provocative style of Yin Chih (1427-1511) -- Philosophical furors -- Conclusion and epilogue.
