Note on Spelling
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
-- The Historical Background
-- The Cosmological Concepts of Imperial Cities
-- The Planning of Imperial Cities
-- Legends of Dadu and Peking
PART I: The "Nesha City" of Old Peking: Origins and Transformations
Chapter 1: Liu Bingzhong, Nazha, and the Building of Yuan "Great Capital"
-- The Historical Background
-- Liu Bingzhong's City Plan
-- The Nazha Cheng Legend
-- The Nazha Cheng Saga
-- Myth and Reality
Chapter 2: Liu Bowen, Nezha, and the Building of Ming Peking
-- The Historical Background
-- The Genesis of the "Northern Capital"
-- The Imperial City Plan
-- New Nazha Cheng Legend
-- Lui Bowen's Legends
-- Nezha Cheng Legend Analyzed
PART II: "Siting by Bowshot": Locating the City of Ming Peking
Chapter 3: The Mongolian Story of How Emperor Yongle Built the City of Peking
-- The Historical Background
-- Anatomy of the Folkloric Legend
-- Impact on the Nezha Cheng Legend
Chapter 4: The Stories of Liu Bowen, Yao Guangxiao, and Shen Wansan Building the City of Peking
-- The Folkloric Background
-- "Lui Bowen Built the City of Peking"
Lui Bowen, Xu Da, and Shen Wansan
Lui Bowen, the Dragon King, and Warrior Gao Liang
Goa Liang, Shen Wansan and the Dragon King
-- "How was the City of Peking Built?"
Yao Guangxiao and the Prince of Yan
The Prince of Yan and Shen Wansan
-- The Folkloric Legacy
Epilogue
PART III: Appendices
1. The Eight-Armed Nezha City (1)
2. The Eight-Armed Nexha City (2)
3. Book of the Story of How Emperor Yung-lo of the Great Ming Built the City of Peking - The Yuan Prince - The True Prince
4. Lui Bowen Building the City of Peking
5. How was the City of Peking Built?
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index