Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power / Xuetong Yan; Sun Zhe, Daniel A. Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yan, Xuetong, author.

Contributor:

Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964- editor.

Ryden, Edmund.

Zhe, Sun, editor.

Series:

The Princeton-China Series

The Princeton-China Series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confucianism--China--History.

Confucianism.

Political science--China--History--To 1500.

Political science.

China--Politics and government--2002-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

With a New preface by the author

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influential foreign policy thinker, sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. In the West, Yan Xuetong is often regarded as a hawkish policy advisor and enemy of liberal internationalists. But a very different picture emerges from this book, as Yan examines the lessons of ancient Chinese political thought for the future of China and the development of a "Beijing consensus" in international relations. Yan, it becomes clear, is neither a communist who believes that economic might is the key to national power, nor a neoconservative who believes that China should rely on military might to get its way. Rather, Yan argues, political leadership is the key to national power, and morality is an essential part of political leadership. Economic and military might are important components of national power, but they are secondary to political leaders who act in accordance with moral norms, and the same holds true in determining the hierarchy of the global order. Providing new insights into the thinking of one of China's leading foreign policy figures, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in China's rise or in international relations. In a new preface, Yan reflects on his arguments in light of recent developments in Chinese foreign policy, including the selection of a new leader in 2012.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Translation

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Introduction

Part I. Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power

1. A Comparative Study of Pre-Qin Interstate Political Philosophy / Xuetong, Yan

2. Xunzi's Interstate Political Philosophy and Its Message for Today

3. Hegemony in The Stratagems of the Warring States / Xuetong, Yan / Yuxing, Huang

Part II. Comments

4. An Examination of the Research Theory of Pre-Qin Interstate Political Philosophy / Qianru, Yang

5. The Two Poles of Confucianism: A Comparison of the Interstate Political Philosophies of Mencius and Xunzi / Jin, Xu

6. Political Hegemony in Ancient China: A Review of "Hegemony in The Stratagems of the Warring States" / Rihua, Wang

Part III. Response to the Commentators

7. Pre-Qin Philosophy and China's Rise Today / Xuetong, Yan

Appendix 1. The Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods and the Pre-Qin Masters / Jin, Xu

Appendix 2. Yan Xuetong: A Realist Scholar Clinging to Scientific Prediction / Xin, Lu

Appendix 3. Why Is There No Chinese School of International Relations Theory? / Xuetong, Yan

Notes

Select Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2011.

"[W]ith a new preface by the author"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-289) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786613001290

9781400848959

1400848954

9781400838363

1400838363

9781283001298

1283001292

OCLC:

856868645