The spring and autumn annals of Master Yan / / translated and annotated by Olivia Milburn.

• Superior document: Sinica Leidensia, Volume 128
• TeilnehmendeR: Milburn, Olivia,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 128.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (515 p.)
• Notes: A collection of stories about Yan Ying, probably compiled by members of his own family; it is the first extended biography to be written in the Chinese language.

The Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan is the biography of the most important statesmen and political thinkers of the Eastern Zhou dynasty China: Yan Ying (d. 500 BCE). Living through an exceptionally troubled period, he served three rulers and two dictators of the state of Qi, in Shandong Province. His experiences informed his revolutionary theories concerning the relationship between the individual and the state. Long considered to be a forgery, recent archaeological discoveries have proved the Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan to be a genuinely ancient text. This book provides not only the first complete translation of the text into any Western language, but a detailed analysis of the context in which it was produced.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1.1 The Textual History of the Yanzi chunqiu -- 1.2 The Key Personalities of the Yanzi chunqiu -- 1.3 The Political Context of the Yanzi chunqiu -- 2.1 The Inner Chapters: Remonstrances, Part One -- 2.2 The Inner Chapters: Remonstrances, Part Two -- 2.3 The Inner Chapters: Questions, Part One -- 2.4 The Inner Chapters: Questions, Part Two -- 2.5 The Inner Chapters: Miscellaneous Tales, Part One -- 2.6 The Inner Chapters: Miscellaneous Tales, Part Two -- 2.7 The Outer Chapters: Stories That are Similar to Others Told of Master Yan -- 2.8 The Outer Chapters: Stories That Do Not Accord With Classical Accounts -- 3.1 An Analysis of the Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan -- Bibliography -- Index.