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The book of Lord Shang : apologetics of state power in early China
Title:
The book of Lord Shang : apologetics of state power in early China

Shang jun shu. English.

Translations from the Asian classics.
Author:
Shang, Yang, -338 B.C., author.
ISBN:
9780231179881
Uniform Title:
Shang jun shu. English.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Physical Description:
viii, 351 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Series:
Translations from the Asian classics.
General Note:
Translated from the original Chinese.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION -- Shang Yang and His Times -- The Text: History, Dating, Style -- The Ideology of the Total State -- The Text's Reception and Impact -- THE BOOK OF LORD SHANG -- Notes on Translation -- Revising the Laws -- Orders to Cultivate Wastelands -- Agriculture and Warfare -- Eliminating the Strong -- With 20. Weakening the People -- And 5. Explaining the People -- Calculating the Land -- Opening the Blocked -- Speaking of the One -- Implementing Laws -- Methods of War -- Establishing the Roots -- Military Defense -- Making Orders Strict -- Cultivation of Authority -- Attracting the People -- Essentials of Punishments -- Rewards and Punishments -- Charting the Policies -- Within the Borders -- See chapter 4 -- Protecting from Robbers -- External and Internal -- Ruler and Ministers -- Interdicting and Encouraging -- Attention to Law -- Fixing Divisions.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-326) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10605269 B128 S472 S53 ysh
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