Contents
Foreword to the Second Edition
Preface
Introduction
Translator's Note
1. Virtuous Conduct
2. Speech and Conversation
3. Affairs of State
4. Letters and Scholarship
5. The Square and the Proper
6. Cultivated Tolerance
7. Insight and Judgment
8. Appreciation and Praise
9. Grading Excellence
10. Admonitions and Warnings
11. Quick Perception
12. Precocious Intelligence
13. Virility and Boldness
14. Appearance and Manner
15. Self-renewal
16. Admiration and Emulation
17. Grieving for the Departed
18. Reclusion and Disengagement
19. Worthy Beauties
20. Technical Understanding
21. Skill and Art
22. Favor and Veneration
23. The Free and Unrestrained
24. Rudeness and Arrogance
25. Taunting and Teasing
26. Contempt and Insults
27. Guile and Chicanery
28. Dismissal from Office
29. Stinginess and Meanness
30. Extravagance and Ostentation
31. Anger and Irascibility
32. Slander and Treachery
33. Blameworthiness and Remorse
34. Crudities and Slips of the Tongue
35. Delusion and Infatuation
36. Hostility and Alienation
Biographical Notices
Glossary of Terms and Official Titles
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index