Volume 1 Introduction Part I: When was the rhyme table born? 1. Traditional views on the issue 2. The debate on this issue in recent years and its progress 3. Views that the Yùnjìng originated from the "Yùnjìng yánjiu" in the Sòng dynasty 4. Determining the era in which rhyme tables were produced 5. Analysis of the development of rhyme dictionaries in the Suí and Táng dynasties 6. Problems in the Qièyùn and the understanding of it in the Táng dynasty 7. The historical process of the generation of rhyme tables 8.

The relationship between rhyme tables, Buddhism and sinogram initials 9. Rhyme tables and the Shuwen yùnxué cánjuàn Part II: The methods with which rhyme tables were arranged 10. How was the question proposed? 11. The Concept of Division and the Birth of Rhyme Tables 12. The Nature of the Phonology of the Qièyùn 13. The Conditions Satisfied when Rhyme Tables were Arranged 14. The Method of Arranging the Rhyme Tables 15. A New View of Ménf Rules Volume 2 1.

Status of the extant rhyme tables 2. The principles and methods used for reconstructing the ancient rhyme tables 3. The reconstruction of the ancient rhyme tables.