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Contents Acknowledgments ix Chronology of Dynasties x Introduction xi Exemplary Figures / Fayan 1 Learning and Practicing 2 2 Our Masters 22 3 Cultivating One’s Person 38 4 Asking about the Way 52 5 Asking about Divine Insight 68 6 Asking about Illumination 84 7 Things Rarely Seen 100 8 Every Five Hundred Years 118 9 Foresight 136 10 Chong and Li 150 11 Yan Yuan and Min Ziqian 182 12 The Noble Man 206 13 Honoring the Ancestors, the Ultimate Duty 222 Glossary of Names, Legendary and Historical 243 Abbreviations 291 Bibliography 293 Index 311 ...

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