Keith Weller Taylor is Associate Professor of Vietnamese Studies, Cornell University.

• TablesMapsPrefaceIntroductionI. Lac LordsThe Earliest TraditionsLac SocietyPrologue to a New AgeKing" An DuongChao T'oThe Coming of HanThe Trung SistersYueh and Viet2. The Han-Viet EraMa Yuan's LegacyThe Great Han- Viet FamiliesThe Second-Century RebellionsShih HsiehBuddhism3. Regionalism and the Six DynastiesThe Han- Viet LegacyWuChin InterventionT'ao HuangChin Comes SouthChin and Lin-iThe Do FamilySung and Lin-iThe Empire FadesImperial Administration and Regional Leadership4· Local Rule in the Sixth CenturyThe Liang System Penetrates the SouthLy BiThe View from Chinese Records: 548-89Trieu Quang PhucLy Phat Tu and VinltaruciSui Comes SouthThe Sixth Century in Perspective5· The Protectorate of An-namCh'iu HoThe Organization of the ProtectorateCensus RecordsPilgrims and MerchantsExilesThe Rebellion of 687Mai Thuc LoanThe Mid- T' ang CrisisPhung HungT'ang-Viet Society, Economy, and Culture6. The Tang-Viet ConfrontationThe T' ang RevivalDuong Thanh and Vo Ngon ThongConfrontationThe Nan-chao War7· IndependenceReconstructionThe End ofT' angKhuc Thua MyDuong Dinh NgheNgo QuyenDuong Tam Kha and the Ngo BrothersDinh Bo LinhConclusionAppendix A. The Legend of Lac LongQuan and Au CoAppendix B. Hung and Lac in theSourcesAppendix C. The Rise of the HungKings in the Viet su luocAppendix D. The ArcheologicalRecord of Dong-sonAppendix E. The Yiieh MigrationTheoryAppendix F. The Legend ofthe Turtle ClawAppendix G. Textual ProblemsRelated to Ly Bi's BackgroundAppendix H. The Location of ChudienAppendix I. An-vien, Duong-lam,Phuc-locAppendix J. Sources for the PhungHung EraAppendix K. The Trung Sisters inthe Literature of Later CenturiesAppendix L. Li Ku's Seven-PointMemorial on the Rebellion of 136Appendix M. T'ao Yiian andthe King of Dao-langAppendix N. P'i Jih-hsiu andthe Nan-chao WarAppendix 0. Sources for EarlyVietnamese HistoryGlossaryPlace NamesAdministrative jurisdictions and Titles fromthe Provincial PeriodPersonal NamesTerms and ExpressionsBibliographyPrimary SourcesSecondary SourcesIndex