Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Translation, Terms, and Quotations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Sources of Chunqiu Thought -- Chapter 2 Heaven and Man Part Ways Changing Attitudes Toward Divine Authority -- Chapter 3 The Universal Panacea Ritual and Preserving Hierarchical Order -- Chapter 4 The World Falls Apart A Futile Search for International Order -- Chapter 5 When a Minister Mounts the Ruler Chunqiu Views of Loyalty -- Chapter 6 Nobility of Blood and Spirit Chunqiu Ethical Thought -- Chapter 7 The Chunqiu Legacy -- Appendix 1 Grammatical Change in the Zuo Case Studies of the "Yu" and "Qi" Particles -- Appendix 2 Zhanguo Data in the Zuo -- Appendix 3 Comparing Scribal Accounts in the Zuo -- Appendix 4 Spurious Speeches and Interpolations in the Zuo -- Notes -- List of Chunqiu Personalities -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.