This book is both scholarly and readable, satisfying both the academic needs of specialized researchers and the cultural curiosity of those with secondary education or above.

Introduction.- Part I Fengjian (Feudal).- Chapter 1: Composition of the Classical Chinese Term "Fengjian".- Chapter 2: The Zhou Fengjian System of Decentralization and the Qin System of Monarchical Centralization.- Chapter 3: The Concept of Hoken (¿¿)in Early Modern Japan.- Chapter 4: A Discovery of the Similarities between Fengjian and Feudalism.- Chapter 5: Establishment of the Concept of Feudalism in Western Europe and Its Encounter with Feudalism in East Asia.- Chapter 6: The New Term "Fengjian" in the Late Qing and Early Ming Dynasties.- Chapter 7: The Alienation of the New Term "Fengjian".- Chapter 8: Generalization of the Concept of "Feudalism".- Chapter 9: The Truth about Marx's Theory of Feudalism.- Chapter 10: Criticism of Generalized Feudalism by Chinese Scholars.- Chapter 11: Patriarchal Landowners' Authoritarian Society and the Age of Imperial Power.- Part II Jingji (Economy).- Chapter 12: The Classical Meaning of "Jingji": Governance for the People.- Chapter 13: Jingji as Envisaged in the Studies for Practical Solutions in China and Japan in the Near-Ancient Period: The National Economy and the People's Livelihood.- Chapter 14: The Evolution of Ancient and Modern Meaning of Economy in the West until It Was Finally Settled.- Chapter 15: Translation of Economy into Keizai in the Late Edo Period and during the Meiji Period.- Chapter 16: Modern Japan Doubted about the Translation of Economy as Keizai and Tried Other Alternatives.- Chapter 17: The Rejection of Japan's Translation of Economy as Keizai by Chinese Scholars in the Late Qing Dynasty and Their New Alternatives.- Chapter 18: The Early Republican Period: Establishment of "Jingji" as the Translation of Economy in China.- Chapter 19: Examination of Jingji in Its Present Sense.