Preface　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Kenji Shimada
Introduction

1. The Dong-lin Party and Zhang Ju-zheng；With particular attention to the kao- cheng-fa
1-1 Zhang Ju-zheng’s kao-cheng-fa
1-2 Oppression of students and academies
1-3 The central government and regional society

2. Foreign relations in the early Wan-li period
2-1 Zhang Ju-zheng and the peace talks between China and the Mongols in 1571
（1）The proceedings of the peace talks of 1571
（2）The families of Zhang Si-wei and Wong Chong-gu
（3）The bureaucracts of Shan-xi province and Zhang Ju-zheng’s government
（4）Conclusion
2-2 The political dispute over negotiations for peace between Ming China and Japan
（1） The Zhao-he incident
（2） Peace negotiations
（3） The effort to defend China

3.The formation of the Dong-lin Party
3-1”Wan-li-di-chao” and ”Wan-li-shu-chao”
3-2 The formation of the Dong-lin Party
（1） The Meaning of yan-lu
（2） The bureaucrats responsible for political scrutiny
（3） The independence of the authority of inspection
（4） The development of criticism of Shen Shi-hang
（5） National polisy and the popular voice
（6） The Don-lin Party’s declaration of intent to serve the public

4. The Don-lin Academy and the Party
4-1 Gu Xian-cheng and Gao Pang-long
4-2 The formation of the Don-lin Academy
4-3 The network of academies in Jiang-nan
4-4 The network of four major academies
4-5 The Academy and the Party

5. The Don-lin Party and Li San-cai
5-1 Li San -cai　and mining levies and sales tax disaster
5-2 The theory of monarchy
5-3 After the mining levies and sales tax disaster
5-4 Conflicts between the the Don-lin Party and it’s opposition

6. Political activity during Tian-qi period
6-1 The Three Cases
6-2 The Liao -dong affairs and Shou-shan Academy
6-3 A drastic development : Yang-lian’s accusation
6-4 Suppression

7. The Restoration Society movement
7-1 Ying –she membership
7-2 The formation of the　Restoration Society
7-3 The policy and organization of the Restoration Society
7-4 A renaissance of ancient studies
7-5 The Restoration Society in political context
7-6 The appeal　from student in Nan-jing
7-7 The formation of the zhou yan-ru’s Cabinet
7-8 The fall of the Ming dynasty and Restoration Society

8. Party conflict under the Nan-jing government
8-1 The enthronement of Fu-wang
8-2 The treatment of the eunuch party and of those who surrendered to Li Zi-cheng
8-3 Civilian officials and military officers
8-4 A black list; Huang-nan-lu

9. The people of the Restoration Society and the registance movement
9-1 Around Tai-hu
9-2 Zhe-dong

Conclusion
Afterward
Appendix ; List of members of the Dong-lin Party
Index