Dubious Facts: The Evidence of Early Chinese Historiography -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Subversive Power of the Historian -- Chapter 3: Politicized Truth and Doubt -- Chapter 4: Interactive Constraints at Court -- Chapter 5: Salient Formal Characteristics of the Addresses -- Chapter 6: Rhetoric in Opposition: Two Zhanguoce 戰國策 Addresses -- Chapter 7: Commitment to the Facts -- Chapter 8: Moral Norms as Facts: Arguing before the Emperor -- Chapter 9: How Did Ministers Err? -- Chapter 10: A Diversity of Evidence -- Appendices -- A. Li Zuoche 李左 and Chen Yu's Exchange -- B. Liu Jing's 劉敬 Address to the High Emperor (Liu Bang 劉 ) -- C. Zhufu Yan's 主父偃 Address to Emperor Wu (Liu Che 劉徹) -- D. Chao Cuo's 晁 Address to Emperor Wen (Liu Heng 劉恆) -- E. Zou Yang's Address to the King of Wu (Liu Pi 劉濞) -- F. Liu An's 劉安 Address to Emperor Wu (Liu Che 劉徹) -- G. Zhao Chongguo's 充國 Exchange with Emperor Xuan (Liu Bingyi 劉病已) -- H. Wei Xiang's 相 Address to Emperor Xuan (Liu Bingyi 劉病已) -- I. Hou Ying's 侯應 Address to Emperor Yuan (Liu Shi 劉奭) -- J. Yan You's 嚴尤 Address to Wang Mang 王 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.