In the wake of the Mongols: the making of a new social order in North China, 1200-1600

Yuan Haowen and the degree-holder society in the Jin dynasty

The Quanzhen Daoist order and postwar social reconstruction, 1234-1281

The Buddhist order, political clout, and kinship relations

Clergy, irrigation associations, and the rural socioeconomic order

Continuity and change in local dominance in the Ming dynasty

Conclusion

Appendix 1: List of unpublished stele inscriptions used in this book

Appendix 2: Translation of inscriptions on the 1300 Liang stele and the 1310 Miaoyan stele.