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Table of Contents

Editor's Note

Xiaofei Tian
pp. 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975478
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Articles

Aging in Early Medieval China: Zuo Si and the "Rhapsody on White Hair"

Olivia Milburn
pp. 3-24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975479
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Anomaly Accounts, Allusion, and Textual Reuse in Jinlouzi

Evan Nicoll-Johnson
pp. 25-61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975480
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Lingbao Daoism, Messianic Figures, and Yu Xin's "Pacing the Void" Poems

Tyler Feezell
pp. 62-108
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975481
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Forum

Northern Wei (386–534): A New Form of Empire in East Asia: A Review

Nina Duthie
pp. 109-115
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975482
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Northern Wei: A New Form for Women in East Asia?

Stephanie Balkwill
pp. 116-125
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975483
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How Chinese Was the Northern Wei?

Charles Holcombe
pp. 126-134
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975484
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The "Dai People" (Dairen) and the Search for Their Material Legacy

Shing Müller
pp. 135-144
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975485
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Book Review

The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century by Stephanie Balkwill (review)

Debby Chih-Yen Huang
pp. 145-152
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975486
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Workshop Report

A Report on the Early Medieval China Workshop

Annette Kieser, Monique Nagel-Angermann, Kerstin Storm
pp. 153-157
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/emc.2025.a975487
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