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*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. vii*PERIODS OF CHINESE HISTORY, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORMS USED IN THE NOTES, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*Chapter 1. ORIGINS AND ANTECEDENTS OF THE CLASSICS, pg. 21*Chapter 2. INTEGRATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND CLOSURE OF CANONS, pg. 38*Chapter 3. ORIGINS, DIMENSIONS, AND APOTHEOSIS OF COMMENTARIES, pg. 62*Chapter 4. COMMENTARIAL ASSUMPTIONS, pg. 89*Chapter 5. COMMENTARIAL STRATEGIES, pg. 139*Chapter 6. DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION OF COMMENTARIAL WORLD VIEWS, pg. 200*GLOSSARY OF CHINESE NAMES, TERMS, AND TITLES IN THE TEXT, pg. 225*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 229*INDEX, pg. 237