The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368

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"...the studies presented in this volume have...raised questions which need to be further explored....the level of scholarship expressed in this volume is very high. It is to the credit of the editors and each contributor that we can now say that the stage is set for a new understanding of this period in Chinese history." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies

• General editor's preface; List of maps; Preface to Volume 6; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; A-pao-chi's descent and the structure of the Yeh-lü clan; Outline genealogy of Liao; Liao emperors and their regnal titles; Genealogy of the Hsia ruling house; Hsia gegnal titles; Genealogy of the early Jurchen rulers; Genealogy of the Chin emperors; Chin regnal titles; Chart of Mongolian rulers; Regnal titles of Mongolian rulers; Capital cities; Introduction; 1. The Liao; 2. The Hsi Hsia; 3. The Chin; 4. The rise of the Mongolian Empire; 5. The reign of Khubilai; 6. Mid-Yüan politics; 7. Shun-ti and the end of Yüan rule in China; 8. The Yüan government and society; 9. Chinese society under Mongol rule, 1215–1368; Bibliographic notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.