The Book of Lord Shang : : Apologetics of State Power in Early China / / Yang Shang.
Compiled in China in the fourth-third centuries B.C.E., The Book of Lord Shang argues for a new powerful government to penetrate society and turn every man into a diligent tiller and valiant soldier. Creating a "rich state and a strong army" will be the first step toward unification of &qu...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Translations from the Asian Classics
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Map of the Warring States World Around 350 B.C.E.
- PART I: INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 SHANG YANG AND HIS TIMES
- 2 THE TEXT
- 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
- 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
- Translations from the Asian Classics