Contents Preface and Acknowledgments - vii Short Comments - 1 Myron L. Cohen - 3 Jerry Eades - 7 Judith Farquhar -12 Susan Greenhalgh - 16 Ellen Hertz - 20 Shih-chung Hsieh - 23 William Jankowiak - 29 Lili Nie - 32 P. Steven Sangren - 37 G. William Skinner - 43 James L. Watson - 50 Rubie Watson - 55 Robert Weller - 58 Li Zhang - 62 Longer Contemplation - 69 Joseph Bosco - 71 Susan Brownell - 78 Elisabeth J. Croll - 85 Stephan Feuchtwang - 97 Dru C. Gladney - 107 Kwang-ok Kim - 141 Frank N. Pieke - 153 Gregory A. Ruf - 178 Louisa Schein - 186 Helen Siu - 193 Yunxiang Yan - 204 Mayfair Yang - 214 Afterthoughts - 227 Xin Liu - 229 Contributors -240