Preface（2007） 3
Introduction（2007） 7
Part One： Recovery of Information from the Bamboo Annals 15
Chapter One The Date of the Zhou Conquest of Shang（1997） 15
Attachment 1： The Myth of the Preliminary Campaign（2007） 27
Astrology of the Conquest Campaign（2007） 31
Chapter Two Chronology of the Three Dynasties（2000） 35
Attachment： The 853 Problem（2007） 53
Part Two： The Challenge of the Three Dynasties Project（1996-2000） 59
Introduction to Part Two 59
Chapter Three Getting the Dates Right： the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project 63
Criticism of the Sandai Project “Brief Report”（2000） 72
Chapter Four The Three Dynasties Chronology Project： Two Approaches to Dating 75
Chapter Five The H.G.Creel Lecture（University of Chicago 2002）：“The Three Years Mourning Institution and the Chronology of Ancient China” 81
Chapter Six “Zai Tan”（written for international conference on chronology，set for Oct ‘03， suspended）： a plea for a conference on the Bamboo Annals 101
Part Three： Recovery of the Strip Text of the Bamboo Annals 113
Introduction to Part Three 113
Chapter Seven Recovery of Strip Text（AAS April 2006） 115
Chapter Eight Strip Text， Huang Di through Jin Wu Gong（2006） 123
Chapter Nine Evolution of Chronology and Text（2006） 177
Appendix 1： Sandai Science Survey（2000） 193
Appendix 2： Material Supporting “Two Approaches to Dating”（2002） 209
Appendix 3： Proposed Absolute Dates for Fully Dated Bronzes（2007） 219
Appendix 4： The Late Shang Ritual Cycle（2007 and 2008） 229
Bibliography 261
Index 275