Contents
2Animal to Edible: The Ritualization of Animals in Early China
3Noble Creatures: Filial and Righteous Animals in early Medieval Confucian Thought
6Where Did the Animals Go? Presence and Absence of Livestock in Chinese Agricultural Treatises
8Great Plans: Song Dynastic (960–1279) Institutions for Human and Veterinary Healthcare
10Reconsidering the Boundaries: Multicultural and Multilingual Perspectives on the Care and Management of the Emperors’ Horses in the Qing
11Animals as Wonders: Writing Commentaries on Monthly Ordinances in Qing China
12Reforming the Humble Pig: Pigs, Pork and Contemporary China