Court culture in the late eastern Han: the case of the Hongdu Gate School / David R. Knechtges -- The patterns and changes of literary patronage in the Han and Wei / Jui-Lung Su -- Wandering in the ruins: the Shuijing zhu reconsidered / Michael Nylan -- Evolving practices of Guan and Liu Xie's theory of literary interpretation / Zong-Qi Cai -- Narrative in the self-presentation of transcendence-seekers / Robert Ford Campany -- "Jade flower" and the motif of mystic excursion in early religious Daoist poetry / Timothy Wai-Keung Chan -- Representing the uncommon: temple-visit lyrics from the Liang to Sui dynasties / Cynthia L. Chennault -- Fox as trickster in early medieval China / Daniel Hsieh -- Justice, morality, and skepticism in six dynasties ghost stories / Mu-Chou Poo