Part I. Foundations -- The indigenous descent groups of Silla and Koryo -- Crisis of identity: new dynastic venture -- The challenge of Neo-Confucianism -- Part II. Rebuilding the countryside -- Repossessing the countryside: the formation of localized elite -- Consolidation of localized elites in mid-dynasty: the social dimensions -- Consolidation of localized elites in mid-dynasty: the economic -- Part III. Confucian learning and practice -- The Sajok elites as Confucian learners -- Ritual practice and the early formation of localized lineages -- Communal stratification and local-level leadership -- Part IV. Divisions and bonding -- Center and periphery: divorce of interests -- The maturation of the lineage system: identity and locality -- Learning and politics: orthodoxy contested -- Part V. Survival in a changing world -- Transformation within stability: sustain -- The end of Sajok supremacy?
