Preface to the original Chinese edition
Translator's preface
Written on bamboo and silk
Kongbi and Jizhong : discoveries of bamboo-strip manuscripts in early China
A century of new bamboo and silk manuscript discoveries
Preservation of the Tsinghua strips
Authentication and photography of the Tsinghua strips
Editing the Tsinghua strips
Unraveling the mysteries of the Shangshu
King Wen's testament
Tsinghua's Jinteng (metal-bound coffer) and the Duke of Zhou's "stay" in the East
Prescient dreams : King Wen's reception of the Mandate and Tsinghua's Chengwu
Only the beginning
Timeline of major events in the research of the Tsinghua strips.