Table of Contents

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Taboo and Name Chapter Three: Basic Characteristics of Name Tabooing Chapter Four: Beginnings of the Custom of Name Taboo in China Chapter Five: Name Tabooing from the Han to Southern and Northern Dynasties Chapter Six: Culmination of the Custom of Name Taboo Chapter Seven: Last Centuries of Name Tabooing Chapter Eight: Consequences of Name Taboo for Chinese People Chapter Nine: Historiographical Consequences and the Basics of the Discipline of Name Tabooing Chapter Ten: Special Topics of Name Tabooing Bibliography Chronological Index of Taboo Names of Emperors and Other Famous Persons Alphabetical Index of Taboo Characters Table: Confucian Officials Executed for Taboo Mistakes

About the Author

Piotr Adamek