I-XIV -- 1. The ideas of Chinese dialect classification -- 2. Wann'an and the problem of this study -- 3. Wann'an's affiliation and the cohesiveness of diagnostic features -- 4. The character of Wann'an dialects -- 5. Wann'an evidence about Common Miin -- 6. Conclusion: The place of Miin in the greater history of Chinese -- Appendix A: Introduction to the Kengyunn -- Appendix Β: The Kengyunn -- Appendix C: Index to the Kengyunn -- Notes -- References -- Index of glosses -- Index of subjects