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Envisioning eternal empire : Chinese political thought of the Warring States era / Yuri Pines.
LIBRA JQ1516 .P56 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pines, Yuri.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--China--History.
- Political culture.
- Political science.
- Philosophy.
- History.
- China.
- Political science--China--Philosophy--History.
- China--History--Warring States, 403-221 B.C.
- China--Politics and government--To 221 B.C.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 311 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Ritual figureheads
- Ways of monarchism
- The search for the ideal ruler
- An omnipotent rubber stamp
- The rise of the Shi
- To serve or not to serve
- Shi and the rulers
- Ruling for the people
- "Full bellies, empty hearts"
- The legacy of the Warring States.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780824832759
- 0824832752
- OCLC:
- 252919373
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