Ⅰ.THE PROLEGOMENA. 1
CHAPTER Ⅰ.THE NATURE AND VALUE OF THE OH'UN TS'EW. 1
SECTION Ⅰ.Disappointment of the expectations raised by the earliest accounts of the Ch'un Ts'ew 1
SECTION Ⅱ.The Sources of the Ch'un Ts'ew,and its Nature.Did Confucius allow himself any liberty of addition or retrenchment in the use of his authorities? 6
SECTION Ⅲ.Recovery of the Ch'un Ts'ew during the Han dynasty.Was this indeed the Ch'un Ts'ew of Confucius? 16
SECTION Ⅳ.The three early Commentaries on the Ch'un Ts'ew 22
SECTION Ⅴ.The value of the Ch'un Ts'ew 38
APPENDIX Ⅰ.Specimens of the Commentaries of Kung-yang and Kuh-leang 54
APPENDIX Ⅱ.A letter questioning the Confucian authorship of the Ch'un Ts'ew:by Yuen Mei 81
CHAPTER Ⅱ.THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE CH'UN TS'EW. 85
SECTION Ⅰ.The chronology of the Text;-with tables of solar eclipses,and of the lunar months for the whole period 85
SECTION Ⅱ.The dates in the Tso Chuen 97
SECTION Ⅲ.Lists of the kings of Chow,and of the princes of the principal fiefs,from the beginning to the close of the Chow dynasty 102
CHAPTER Ⅲ.THE CHINA OF THE CH'UN TS'EW PERIOD:-CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO ITS TERRITORIAL EXTENT:THE DISORDER WHICH PREVAILED;THE GROWTH AND ENCROACHMENTS OF THE LARGER STATES;AND THE BARBAROUS TRIBES WHICH SURROUNDED IT 112
CHAPTER Ⅳ.LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE VOLUME. 136
SECTION Ⅰ.Chinese Works;with brief notices of them 136
SECTION Ⅱ.Translations and other Foreign Works 147
Ⅱ.THE BODY OF THE VOLUME. 149
Ⅰ.Duke Yin 149
Ⅱ.Duke Hwan 183
Ⅲ.Duke Chang 220
Ⅳ.Duke Min 271
Ⅴ.Duke He 280
Ⅵ.Duke Wǎn 375
Ⅶ.Duke Seuen 432
Ⅷ.Duke Ching 484
Ⅸ.Duke Seang 561
Ⅹ.Duke Ch'aou 718
Ⅺ.Duke Ting 892
Ⅻ.Duke Gae 942
Supplement of Tao 988
Ⅲ.INDEXES. 1015
Ⅰ.Index of Subjects 1015
Ⅱ.Index of Proper Names 1026
Ⅲ.Index of Chinese characters and phrases 1038