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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. 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface to the Abridged Edition
Acknowledgments
Map of the Warring States World Around 350 BCE
Part I
Introduction
1. Shang Yang and His Times
2. The Text: History, Dating, Style
3. The Ideology of the Total State
4. The Text’s Reception and Impact
Part II: The Book of Lord Shang
Notes on Translation
1. Revising the Laws
2. Orders to Cultivate Wastelands
3. Agriculture and Warfare
4. Eliminating the Strong with 20. Weakening the People and 5. Explaining the People
6. Calculating the Land
7. Opening the Blocked
8. Speaking of the One
9. Implementing Laws
10. Methods of War
11. Establishing the Roots
12. Military Defense
13. Making Orders Strict
14. Cultivation of Authority
15. Attracting the People
16. Essentials of Punishments
17. Rewards and Punishments
18. Charting the Policies
19. Within the Borders
20. See chapter 4
21. Protecting from Robbers
22. External and Internal
23. Ruler and Ministers
24. Interdicting and Encouraging
25. Attention to Law
26. Fixing Divisions
Fragment of “Six Laws”
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
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).
Zusammenfassung
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.
Zusatztext
Pines has rescued an important political and philosophical text from unjustified neglect. His fascinating introduction locates the work within its historical context and intellectual tradition most admirably. Lord Shang's policy recommendations are as bold and uncompromising—even shocking—to readers today as they were to its original audience. A lucid and highly recommended translation.
