Book of Lord Shang (eBook)

Apologetics of State Power in Early China

Yang Shang (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-55038-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Compiled in China in the fourth–third centuries BCE, The Book of Lord Shang argues for a new powerful government to rule over society. In Yuri Pines’s translation, Shang’s intellectual boldness and surprisingly modern-looking ideas shine through, underscoring the text’s vibrant contribution to global political thought.

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Compiled in China in the fourth-third centuries BCE, The Book of Lord Shang argues for a new powerful government to rule over society and turn every man into a diligent tiller and valiant soldier. Creating a "e;rich state and a strong army"e; will be the first step toward unification of "e;All-under-Heaven."e; These ideas served the state of Qin that eventually created the first imperial polity on Chinese soil. In Yuri Pines's translation, The Book of Lord Shang's intellectual boldness and surprisingly modern-looking ideas shine through, underscoring the text's vibrant contribution to global political thought.The Book of Lord Shang is attributed to the statesman and theorist Shang Yang and his followers. It epitomizes the ideology of China's so-called Legalist School of thought. In the ninety years since the work's previous translation, major breakthroughs in studies of the book's dating and context have recast our understanding of its messages. Pines applies these advances to a whole new reading of the text's content and function in the sociopolitical life of its times and subsequent centuries. This abridged and revised edition of Pines's annotated translation is ideal for newcomers to the book while also guiding early Chinese scholars and comparatists. It highlights the text's practical success and its influence on political thought and political practice in traditional and modern China.

Autor

Shang Yang (d. 338 BCE) was a Chinese statesman and reformer active during the Warring States Period.Yuri Pines is Michael W. Lipson Professor of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include The Everlasting Empire: Traditional Chinese Political Culture and Its Enduring Legacy (2012) and Envisioning Eternal Empire: Chinese Political Thought of the Warring States Era (2009).

Inhalt

Preface to the Abridged EditionAcknowledgmentsMap of the Warring States World Around 350 BCEPart IIntroduction1. Shang Yang and His Times2. The Text: History, Dating, Style3. The Ideology of the Total State4. The Text’s Reception and ImpactPart II: The Book of Lord ShangNotes on Translation1. Revising the Laws2. Orders to Cultivate Wastelands3. Agriculture and Warfare4. Eliminating the Strong with 20. Weakening the People and 5. Explaining the People6. Calculating the Land7. Opening the Blocked8. Speaking of the One9. Implementing Laws10. Methods of War11. Establishing the Roots12. Military Defense13. Making Orders Strict14. Cultivation of Authority15. Attracting the People16. Essentials of Punishments17. Rewards and Punishments18. Charting the Policies19. Within the Borders20. See chapter 421. Protecting from Robbers22. External and Internal23. Ruler and Ministers24. Interdicting and Encouraging25. Attention to Law26. Fixing DivisionsFragment of “Six Laws”NotesBibliographyIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.3.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Translations from the Asian Classics
• Reihe/Serie: Translations from the Asian Classics
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• ISBN-10: 0-231-55038-3 / 0231550383
• ISBN-13: 978-0-231-55038-3 / 9780231550383