1. The traditional role of tribute 2. Tributaries of the late Ming Table 1: Ming tributaries c. 1587 3. The Li Fan Yuan (Court of Colonial Affairs) under the Ch'ing 4. Ch'ing tributaries from the south and east,-general regulations Table 2: Regular Ch'ing tributaries Table 3: Frequency and routes of tribute 5. European countries in the tributary system Table 4: European embassies to the Court of Peking 6. Ch'ing tribute embassies and foreign trade Table 5: Tribute embassies 1662-1911 Table 6: Non-tributary trading countries 1818 7. A selected list of Ch'ing works 1644-1860 on maritime relations 8. Index of tributaries listed in six editions of the Collected Statutes
