Table of contents : CONTENTS Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Reimagining China 2 Refugee State: A Brief Chronicle of the Eastern Chin The Socioeconomic Order 4 The Institutional Machinery of Literati Ascendance 5 Literati Culture 6 “True Man”: The Power of a Cultural Ideal 7 Epilogue: Imperial Restoration Notes Glossary Select Bibliography Index ABOUT THE AUTHOR