INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION: “SAK??”, THE NAME ...... 1
INTRODUCTION ...... 9
CHAPTER 1 The Sai Tribes ...... 12
CHAPTER 2 The Daxia ...... 33
CHAPTER 3 The Da Yuezhi ...... 68
CHAPTER 4 The State of Dayuan ...... 95
CHAPTER 5 The Kangju ...... 131
CHAPTER 6 The Yancai ...... 161
CHAPTER 7 The Wusun ...... 175
CHAPTER 8 The State of Jibin ...... 194
CHAPTER 9 The State of Wuyishanli ...... 221
APPENDIX 235
CHAPTER 1 The Sai Tribes as Seen in the “Xiyu zhuan” of Hanshu (ch. 96) and Some Issues about the State of Jushi ...... 237
CHAPTER 2 On the Location of the Capital of The State of Shanshan ...... 260
CHAPTER 3 A Hypothesis on the Origin of The State of Yu ...... 279
BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 293
INDEX ...... 318
POSTSCRIPT ...... 327