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The Annals of Lü Buwei.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knoblock, John, author, translator.
- Riegel, Jeffrey, 1945- author, translator.{del}.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lü, Buwei -235 B.C.
- Lü, Buwei.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (880 p.) : 2 illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This is the first complete English translation of Lüshi chunqiu, compiled in 239 b. c. under the patronage of Lü Buwei, prime minister to the ruler of the state of Qin, who was to become the first emperor of a newly unified China fifteen years later. Lü retained a group of scholars whose aim was to encompass the world's knowledge in one great encyclopedia; so delighted was Lü with the finished work that he is said to have offered a fabulous prize of gold to anyone who could add or subtract even a single word. An exceptionally rich and comprehensive compendium, The Annals of Lü Buwei recounts in engaging, straightforward, and readable prose the great variety of beliefs and customs of its time. The work is one of the great monuments of Chinese thinking, a work of originality and cohesion, inspired by a vision of a universal empire ruled by principles that ensured harmony between man and nature, protective of human and animal life, devoted to learning and culture, practicing benevolence and kindness, and motivated by reason and morality. In addition to revealing an advanced state of technical knowledge, the Annals set forth a philosophy of government suitable to the centralized control that the Qin state would subsequently establish. It also took into account every philosophical trend of the day, sometimes adapting themes, sometimes combining ideas that had not previously been associated, sometimes rejecting and refuting positions that were in conflict with its basic vision. Because Lü aimed at comprehensiveness, his work preserved a number of systems of thought that are otherwise unknown or scarcely known. The Annals thus provides an essential tool for anyone seeking to reconstruct the philosophical controversies of the third century b. c. At the same time, Lü's compendium proclaims his independent, highly original philosophical positions. Today, with most of the works of classical Chinese philosophy long lost, The Annals of Lü Buwei remains indispensable as a summa of the Chinese intellectual world of its time.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Conventions and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART I THE ALMANACS BOOKS 1-12
- Book 1
- Book 2
- Book 3
- Book 4
- Book 5
- Book 6
- Book 7
- Book 8
- Book 9
- Book 10
- Book 11
- Book 12
- PART II THE EXAMINATIONS BOOKS 13-20
- Book 13
- Book 14
- Book 15
- Book 16
- Book 17
- Book 18
- Book 19
- Book 20
- PART III THE DISCOURSES BOOKS 21-26
- Book 21
- Book 22
- Book 23
- Book 24
- Book 25
- Book 26
- Appendixes
- APPENDIX A The Gao You Preface to the Lüshi chunqiu
- APPENDIX B Fragments of the Lüshi chunqiu
- APPENDIX C The Ritual Calendar
- APPENDIX D School Affiliations of Individual Chapters According to Chen Qiyou
- APPENDIX E Alphabetical Finding List of Chapters
- Reference Matter
- Textual Parallels
- Additional Notes
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)
- ISBN:
- 0-8047-6398-4
- OCLC:
- 1294426495
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