CONTENTS
Preface : What Does "Defining Chu" Mean? / Constance A. Cook ; John S. Major = ⅶ
Introduction / Constance A. Cook ; Barry B. Blakeley = 1
PART Ⅰ PERSPECTIVES IN DEFINING CHU CULTURE
1. The Geography of Chu / Barry B. Blakeley = 9
2. Chu Culture : An Archaeological Overview / Xu Shaohua = 21
3. Chu Art : Link between the Old and New / Jenny F. So = 33
PART Ⅱ STATE AND SOCIETY
4. Chu Society and State : Image versus Reality / Barry B. Blakeley = 51
5. The Ideology of the Chu Ruling Class : Ritual Rhetoric and Bronze Inscriptions / Constance A. Cook = 67
6. Chu Law in Action : Legal Documents from Tomb 2 at Baoshan / Susan Weld = 77
7. Towns and Trade : Cultural Diversity and Chu Daily Life / Heather A. Peters = 99
PART Ⅲ THE SPIRIT OF CHU
8. Characteristics of Late Chu Religion / John S. Major = 121
9. Monkeys, Shamans, Emperors, and Poets : The Chuci and Images of Chu during the Han Dynasty / Gopal Sukhu = 145
Conclusion / John S. Major = 167
Appendix : Translation of the Chu Silk Manuscript / Li Ling ; Constance A. Cook = 171
Notes = 177
Bibliography = 213
Contributors = 239
Index = 241