Chapter 1 Introduction to the Puzzle
1.I Tonal prosody in Tang Regulated Style verses
1.2 The legendary origin and the outstanding issues
1.3 The objectives and the arrangement oflhis book

Chapter 2 Methodology
2.1 Major approaches in the research of versification
2.2 Our approach

Chapter 3 Construction of the Baseline
3.1 A reference point for comparison
3.2 Baselines used in previous studies
3.3 Conslructing a better baseline

Chapter 4 Pair-Wise Contrasts in Yongming Style
4.1 Previous quantitative findings fi-om Yongming poem data
4.2 Our discoveries——tonal rules in the Yongming poems
4.3 Statistical tests
4.4 Summary oflhe test results and conclusion

Chapter 5 Patterns in XXXXPLines
5.1 Tonal patterns
5 2 The patterns found in lines where T5A is ping
5.3 Statistical testing ofthe pattern types found in PL2
5.4 Discussion ofthe tonal paltems found in PL2
5.5 Patterns in XXXXP lines inZL1

Chapter 6 Patterns in XXXXZ Lines
6.1 The frequencies of all possl"ole patterns ofping and ze combinations in XXXXZ lines in the Yongming collections
6.2 The frequencies of all possble patterns ofping and ze combinations in XXXXZ lines in the pre-Yongming collections
6.3 Major pattem types in ZL2 in the Yongming collections
6.4 Discussion ofthe tonal pattems found in ZL2
6.5 Pattem types in XXXXZ lines in ZL1 and PL1
6.6 The relationship between pair-wise contrast rules and patterns
6.7 Summary

Chapter 7 Conclusion
Bibliography
Alpendix
Subject Index
Name Index