| Acknowledgments | |
| Hsiao-p'in of the Late Ming: An Introduction | |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Map | |
| Foreword to "Reflections on The Book of Documents" | p. 4 |
| A Parable of Urns | p. 5 |
| Inscription on the Wall of the Wild Crane Belvedere | p. 6 |
| The Craggy Gazebo | p. 6 |
| The Hsiang-chi Belvedere | p. 7 |
| An Epitaph for Chillyposy | p. 10 |
| Inkslab Den | p. 12 |
| Bitter Bamboo | p. 13 |
| A Trip to Wei Village | p. 14 |
| A Short Note about My Six Attendants in Retirement | p. 15 |
| Inscription on Two Paintings in My Collection | p. 16 |
| Inscription on a Portrait of Tung-p'o Wearing Bamboo Hat and Clogs | p. 17 |
| To Ma Ts'e-chih | p. 19 |
| Foreword to Yeh Tzu-shu's Poetry | p. 19 |
| Another Colophon (On the Model Script "The Seventeenth" in the Collection of Minister Chu of the Court of the Imperial Stud) | p. 20 |
| A Dream | p. 21 |
| Three Fools | p. 23 |
| In Praise of Liu Hsieh | p. 24 |
| A Lament for the Passing | p. 25 |
| Inscription on a Portrait of Confucius at the Iris Buddhist Shrine | p. 25 |
| Essay: On the Mind of a Child | p. 26 |
| A Letter in Reply to Li Wei-yin | p. 30 |
| To a Friend, while Staying in the Capital | p. 31 |
| To a Friend, after Coming Home in Retirement | p. 32 |
| Trips to See Peach in Bloom | p. 34 |
| Inscription on Wang Chung-tsun's A History of Flowers | p. 36 |
| A Colophon to A History of Flowers | p. 37 |
| A Colophon to A Profile of Yao P'ing-chung | p. 37 |
| Selections from Privacies in the Mountains | p. 38 |
| Little Western Paradise | p. 42 |
| A Trip to Sukhavati Temple | p. 42 |
| A Trip to Yueh-yang | p. 43 |
| Selections from Miscellanea | p. 44 |
| First Trip to West Lake | p. 47 |
| Waiting for the Moon: An Evening Trip to the Six Bridges | p. 47 |
| A Trip to the Six Bridges after a Rain | p. 48 |
| Mirror Lake | p. 49 |
| A Trip to Brimming Well | p. 49 |
| A Trip to High Beam Bridge | p. 50 |
| A Biography of the Stupid but Efficient Ones | p. 51 |
| Essay: A Biography of Hsu Wen-ch'ang | p. 53 |
| Foreword to The Sea of Misery | p. 58 |
| Shady Terrace | p. 58 |
| Selections from Wood Shavings of Daily Life | p. 59 |
| Flower-Washing Brook | p. 63 |
| To Ch'en Chi-ju | p. 65 |
| A Colophon to My Poetry Collection | p. 65 |
| Colophon to A Drinker's Manual (Four Passages) | p. 66 |
| Inscription after Yuan Hung-tao's Calligraphy | p. 67 |
| Inscription on My Portrait | p. 68 |
| A Short Note about My Trips to Tiger Hill | p. 70 |
| A Short Note about My Trips to Boulder Lake | p. 71 |
| Inscriptions on An Album of Recumbent Travels in Chiang-nan (Four Passages): Horizontal Pond | p. 72 |
| Inscriptions on An Album of Recumbent Travels in Chiang-nan (Four Passages): Boulder Lake | p. 72 |
| Inscriptions on An Album of Recumbent Travles in Chiang-nan (Four Passages): Tiger Hill | p. 73 |
| Inscriptions on An Album of Recumbent Travels in Chiang-nan (Four Passages): Divinity Cliff | p. 73 |
| Inscription on A Picture of Solitary Hill on a Moonlit Night | p. 74 |
| A Trip to Brimming Well | p. 76 |
| A Trip to Wisdom Hill and Tin Hill | p. 77 |
| Passing by the Small Ocean | p. 78 |
| Shan-hsi Brook | p. 79 |
| First Trip to Black Dragon Pond | p. 82 |
| Second Trip to Black Dragon Pond | p. 82 |
| Third Trip to Black Dragon Pond | p. 84 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: A Night Performance at Golden Hill | p. 87 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: Plum Blossoms Bookroom | p. 88 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: Drinking Tea at Pop Min's | p. 88 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: Viewing the Snow from the Mid-Lake Gazebo | p. 90 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: Yao Chien-shu's Paintings | p. 90 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: Moon at Censer Peak | p. 91 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: Liu Ching-t'ing the Storyteller | p. 92 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: West Lake on the Fifteenth Night of the Seventh Month | p. 93 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: Wang Yueh-sheng | p. 95 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: Crab Parties | p. 96 |
| Selections from Dream Memories from the T'ao Hut: Lang-hsuan, Land of Enchantment | p. 97 |
| An Epitaph for Myself | p. 98 |
| Preface to Searching for West Lake in Dreams | p. 102 |
| Table of Chinese Historical Dynasties | p. 104 |
| Late Ming through Early Ch'ing Reign Periods | p. 105 |
| Notes | p. 107 |
| Bibliography | p. 136 |
| Index | p. 144 |
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