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  1. Peter J. Golas: April 24, 1937–December 21, 2019
  2. John Chaffee
  3. pp. vii-viii
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0001
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  1. John Wolfe Dardess: January 17, 1937–March 31, 2020
  2. Ruth W. Dunnell
  3. pp. ix-xiv
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0002
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  1. Note from the Editor
  3. pp. xv-xvii
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0000
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  1. Past Editors' Recollections
  3. pp. 1-5
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0003
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  1. Taoism at the Sung Court: The Heavenly Text Affair of 1008
  2. Suzanne E. Cahill, Mark Halperin
  3. pp. 7-31
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0004
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  1. The Purloined Plum and the Heart of Iron: A Contribution to the Flowering Plum Imagery in the in the Song and Yuan Dynasties
  2. Maggie Bickford, Charles Hartman, Ronald Egan
  3. pp. 33-90
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0005
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  1. Shaping Symbols of Privilege: Precious Metals and the Early Liao Aristocracy
  2. François Louis, Valerie Hansen
  3. pp. 91-131
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0006
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  1. The "Ancestors' Family Instructions": Authority and Sovereignty in Song China
  2. Deng Xiaonan, Christian Lamouroux, Luo Yinan
  3. pp. 133-153
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0007
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  1. Communication, Collaboration, and Community: Inn-Wall Writing During the Song (960–1279)
  2. Cong Ellen Zhang, James M. Hargett
  3. pp. 155-183
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0008
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  1. Maintaining Gods in Medieval China: Temple Worship and Local Governance in North China under the Jin and Yuan
  2. Iiyama Tomoyasu, Macabe Keliher, Jinping Wang
  3. pp. 185-218
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0009
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  1. "Another Look at Li 理" by Willard J. Peterson (review)
  2. Ya Zuo
  3. pp. 219-220
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0019
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  1. "The Imperial Treasuries: Finance and Power in Sung China." by Robert M. Hartwell (review)
  2. Charles Hartman
  3. pp. 221-222
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0020
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  1. "City of Lotuses" by Stuart Sargent (review)
  2. Michael Fuller
  3. pp. 222-223
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0021
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  1. "'The Distance of a Bowshot': Some Remarks on Measurement in the Altaic World" by Hok-lam Chan (review)
  2. Lucille Chia
  3. pp. 224-225
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0022
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  1. "Water Under a Bridge: Further Thoughts on the Qingming Scroll," by Julia Murray (review)
  2. Patricia Ebrey
  3. pp. 225-227
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0023
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  1. "The Date of the Secret History of the Mongols Reconsidered," by Christopher Atwood (review)
  2. Michal Biran
  3. pp. 227-228
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0024
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  1. "The Great Wall and Conceptualizations of the Border Under the Northern Song." by Nicolas Tackett (review)
  2. Don J. Wyatt
  3. pp. 229-230
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0025
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  1. "Outside In: Power, Identity, and the Han Lineage of Jizhou," by Pamela Crossley (review)
  2. Shao-yun Yang, Ruth Dunnell
  3. pp. 230-231
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0026
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  1. "Domesticated Landscapes of Li Gonglin: A View from the Anthropocene," by De-nin Lee (review)
  2. Foong Ping
  3. pp. 232-233
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0027
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  1. History as Statecraft: Lü Zhong's (fl. 1250s) Critique of State Activism
  2. Jaeyoon Song
  3. pp. 237-294
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0010
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  1. A Tale of Two Sieges: Liu Qi, Li Gao, and Epidemics in the Jin-Yuan Transition
  2. Robert Hymes
  3. pp. 295-363
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0028
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  1. The Spread of Gold Thread Production in the Mongol Period: A Study of Gold Textiles in the China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou
  2. Eiren Shea
  3. pp. 381-415
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0011
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  1. Lü Zuqian's Compacts
  2. Peter Bol
  3. pp. 417-428
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0012
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  1. Dual Canonization: A Study of the Identity and Cult of Li Zhong, the Protagonist of a Chinese Scroll Held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Mengxiao Wang
  3. pp. 429-441
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0013
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  1. Aligning Ontology and Historical Narrative: Reflections on the New Policies in Anglophone and Chinese Scholarship
  2. Luo Yinan
  3. pp. 443-476
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0014
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  1. Taming the Wild Horse: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Daoist Horse Taming Pictures by Louis Komjathy (review)
  2. Joshua Capitanio
  3. pp. 477-482
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0015
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  1. Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forestry in Early Modern China by Ian M. Miller (review)
  2. Yuan Julian Chen
  3. pp. 482-486
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0016
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  1. Performing Filial Piety in Northern Song China: Family, State, and Native Place by Cong Ellen Zhang (review)
  2. Valerie Hansen
  3. pp. 486-492
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2021.0017
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