Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-329) and index.
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chronology""; ""Introduction: Shao Yung, a Man amidst a Time""; ""Beginnings""; ""Forgoing Two Traditions, Embracing a Third""; ""At Loyang""; ""The Centrality of Principle""; ""Early Thought""; ""The Draw of the World""; ""Later Thought""; ""Endings""; ""Epilogue: Things Observed""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""