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  • PATRONAGE AND COMMUNITY IN MEDIEVAL CHINA; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; ARISTOCRACY AND OLIGARCHY; COMMUNITY AND IDENTITY; PATRONAGE AS A SYSTEM; REGIMES, REGIME CHANGE, AND OTHER NOMENCLATURE; AN INTRODUCTION TO THE XIANGYANG REGION; 2. DEVELOPMENT, 400-465; LIU YU'S NEW POLICIES: IMMIGRATION AND RESIDENCE DETERMINATION; LIU YU'S NEW POLICIES: ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION; PRINCES AND PATRONAGE :THE EARLY CAREER OF LIU YUANJING; XIANGYANG MEN ON CAMPAIGN, 442-454; XIANGYANG LOCAL CULTURE:HONOR, VENGEANCE, AND VIOLENCE; XIANGYANG LOCAL CULTURE: MUSIC AND DANCE.
  • LOCAL SOCIETY SHOWS ITS STRENGTH:XIANGYANG UNDER LIU JUN'S REGIMECONCLUSION: THE PERILS OF POWER; 3. FRAGMENTATION, 465-500; XIANGYANG MEN IN THE CIVIL WAR OF 465-466; THE EVOLVING STRUCTURE OF RELATIONS BETWEEN COURT AND GARRISON, 466-483; GENTRIFICATION AND EMIGRATION; IMMIGRANT CLUSTERS; IMMIGRANT GROUPS WITH MORE EXPANSIVE TIES; THE CRISIS OF THE QI REGIME; CONCLUSION; 4. ZENITH, 500-530; XIAO YAN ASSEMBLES THE "XIANGYANG CLIQUE"; THE "JIANGLING CLIQUE" AND THE JIANKANG COUP; XIANGYANG MEN AT THE CAPITAL; XIANGYANG LOCAL LORE: THE EVIDENCE FROM BAO ZHI.
  • XIANGYANG ICONOGRAPHY:THE EVIDENCE FROM LOCAL TOMBSTHE PATRONAGE OF COURT-STYLE BUDDHISM; IMPERIAL BIAS AGAINST LOCAL CULTURE; COMPETITIVE SPECTACLE:THE LOCAL CULTURE OF MILITARY FESTIVALS; CONCLUSION; 5. SUBLIMATION, 530-600; FIGHTING BANDS AND FREE-FLOATING ALLEGIANCES; XIANGYANG UNDER THE YUWEN REGIME; VENGEANCE AND FAMILY TIES; THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM; CONCLUSION; 6. CONCLUSION; LOCAL COMMUNITY AND LOCAL CULTURE; PATRONAGE AND THE EVOLUTION OF COURT-PROVINCIAL RELATIONS; APPENDIX A: GENEAOLOGICAL CHARTS; Diagram 1: Selected Descendents of Liu Zhuo.
  • Diagram 2: Selected Descendents of Wei HuaDiagram 3: Relationships among Selected; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z.