Preface and Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Four Desiderata Introduction: Study Ancient Texts 1 Opening Words and General Idea 2 History and Divination: Implications of Divination 3 History and Veracity 4 Texts and Historicity 5 What Must Be Done1 Preparation for Analysis 1 Précis 2 Goal, Method, Criteria 3 Some Numbers to Go By 4 Summary: the Individual as Function2 The Zuo Tradition 1 Main Frames for the Zuo zhuan 2 The Pivotal Center of History 3 Using gu in a Text 4 The "gan" Subsystem of the gu System in the Zuo zhuanThe Mega-Text Part 13 Birth and Childhood L1 / L2 L3 / L4 L5 / L6 L7 / L84 At Ten, a Person Is Called Juvenile and Studies L9 / L10 L11 / L12 L13 / L14 L15 / L16 L17 / L185 At Twenty, One Is Slight, and Undergoes Capping L19 / L20 L21 / L22 L23 / L24 L25 / L26 L27 / L28 L29 / L30The Mega-Text Part 26 At Thirty, One Is Strong, with a Family L31 / L32 L33 / L34 L35 / L36 L37 / L387 At Forty, One Is Substantial and Can Serve, Assisting Official Functions L39 / L40 L41 / L42 L43 / L44 L45 / L46 L47 / L488 At Fifty, Graying, One Serves, Governing from an Official Position L49 / L50 L51 / L52 L53 / L54 L55 / L56 L57 / L589 At Sixty, One Is Old and Delegates L59 / L60 L61 / L62 L63 / L6410 What Happens after K64? 11 Summaries of Categories Conclusions 1 Reflections and a Tantative Interpretation 2 On the Opposition of Structure and History 3 Literature and Mathematics 4 EnvoiAppendix 1: Conversion Table for K Series and Zuo zhuan YearsAppendix 2: Reference List: Chapters of the Analects Appendix 3: Pronouncing Chinese: Some Prominent States' Names Bibliography Index.