INTRODUCTION ...... 1
PART Ⅰ ...... 5
CHAPTER 1 The Western Han Dynasty and the Western Regions ...... 7
CHAPTER 2 The Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Regions ...... 117
CHAPTER 3 The Cao-Wei, Western Jin Dynasties and the Western Regions ...... 175
CHAPTER 4 The Former Liang Dynasty and the Western Regions ...... 199
CHAPTER 5 The Former Qin, Later Liang Dynasties and the Western Regions ...... 214
CHAPTER 6 The Western Liang, Northern Liang Dynasties and the Western Regions ...... 231
CHAPTER 7 The Northern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Zhou Dynasties and the Western Regions ...... 245
CHAPTER 8 The Liu-Song, Xiao-Qi, Xiao-Liang Dynasties and the Western Regions ...... 309
CHAPTER 9 The Sui Dynasty and the Western Regions ...... 323
PART Ⅱ ...... 343
CHAPTER 1 A New Theory about Zhang Qian’s Mission to the Western Regions ...... 345
CHAPTER 2 A Brief Study of Gan Ying’s Mission to the Western Regions ...... 360
CHAPTER 3 The Routes to the Western Regions and Changes from Han to Wei Times ...... 369
CHAPTER 4 On the Protector Generals of the Western Regions in Western Han and Eastern Han Times ...... 385
CHAPTER 5 On the Position of Colonel Wuji in Western Han and Eastern Han Times ...... 426
CHAPTER 6 On “Li Bo’s Documents” ...... 444
CHAPTER 7 On the Reign Titles of “Yuanhe” and “Jianping” Noted in the Unearthed Documents from Turfan ...... 453
CHAPTER 8 On Dong Wan and Gao Ming’s Mission to the Western Regions ...... 462
BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 499
INDEX ...... 520
POSTSCRIPT ...... 533