上冊(cè)
PREFACE ...... 1
PART Ⅰ ...... 7
Chapter 1 The Relationship between the Dayuan liezhuan (Monograph on Dayuan) of Shiji and Zhang Qian, Li Guangli zhuan (Biographies of Zhang Qian and Li Guangli), the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Hanshu ...... 9
Chapter 2 The Relationship between the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Houhanshu and the Xirong zhuan (Monograph on the Western Rong) Chapter of Weile ...... 32
Chapter 3 The Relationship between the Xibei zhurong zhuan (Monograph on the North-Western Barbarians) of Liangshu and Liang Zhigongtu(Illustration of Envoys Presenting Tribute at the Liang Court), and a Discussion of the Extant Fragment of Liang Zhigongtu and Pei Ziyes Fangguoshitu (Portraits of Envoys from Remote States) ...... 44
Chapter 4 A Study on the Original Text of the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Weishu ...... 96
Chapter 5 On the Stylistic Rules and Layout of the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 138
PART Ⅱ...... 153
Chapter 1 Names of Tribes, States and Seats of Kings Government as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 155
Chapter 2 Distances as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 184
Chapter 3 Mountains and Waterways as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and the Southern and Northern
Dynasties ...... 237
Chapter 4 A Geographical Study on the States in the Western Regions as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories from the Han to Jin Dynasties ...... 258
Chapter 5 A Geographical Study on the States in the Western Regions as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 326
Chapter 6 Products of the States in the Western Regions as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern anNorthern Dynasties ...... 361
下冊(cè)
PART Ⅲ...... 401
Chapter 1 Population of the States in the Western Regions as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 403
Chapter 2 Ethnicity, Language, and Scripts of the States in the Western Regions as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 419
Chapter 3 Agriculture, Handicrafts and Trade of the States in the Western Regions as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 432
Chapter 4 Social Life of the States in the Western Regions as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 466
Chapter 5 Religions, Myths and Legends of the States in the Western Regions, and Cultural exchange between East and West as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official
Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 491
Chapter 6 Institutions and Common Law of the States in the Western Regions as Recorded in the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) in the Official Histories of the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 514
APPENDIX Ⅰ...... 537
Chapter 1 A Compilation and Philological Study of the Sources on the Western Regions in Xun Yue?s Hanji ...... 539
Chapter 2 Some Issues Concerning the Xiyu zhuan (Monograph on the Western Regions) of Suishu (ch. 83) ...... 577
APPENDIX Ⅱ...... 595
Chapter 1 Loulan, Shanshan, Jingjue and Other Toponyms and the Route of Xuanzangs Return from Yutian ...... 597
Chapter 2 The Dual Submission of the Oasis States on the Southern and Northern Routes through the Western Regions from the Western Han to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and a Problem Concerning Kushān History ...... 607
Chapter 3 The Phenomenon of the Larger Oasis States Seeking Hegemony on the Southern and Northern Routes through the Western Regions from the Western Han to the Southern and Northern Dynasties ...... 619
BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 638
INDEX ...... 667
POSTSCRIPT ...... 681