Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter I. Defining the Medieval Ruling Class: The Shih; Chapter II. Office and Status; Chapter III. Defining the Medieval Ruling Class: The Great Clans; Chapter IV. T'ang Genealogical Writings and Changes in the Status System; Chapter V. T'ang Lists of Great Families Discovered at Tun-huang; Location of Choronyms in T'ang Clan Lists (Map); Chapter VI. The Medieval Chinese Clan; Chapter VII. The Medieval Chinese Oligarchy
Proportion of T'ang Chief Ministers with Great Clan Background (Chart)Notes; Appendix I. Two Methodological Problems; Appendix II. Bureaucratic Appointment and Promotion in the T'ang; Appendix III. Relationships Among the Three Clan Lists; Appendix IV. Texts of the Clan Lists; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Studies of the East Asian Institute
