History of Chinese Political Thought, Volume 1_ From the Beginnings to the Sixth Century, A.D. 3205095177, 0691031169

Table of contents :
Fan-li—General principles governing the composition of this work
Author's foreword
Translator's preface
Notes on the principles guiding translation
PART ONE: The Political Thought of the Feudal World (One)—The Period of Creativity
Introduction
Section One: The Starting Point of China's Political Thought
Section Two: The Periodization of the History of Chinese Political Thought—in Accordance with the Main Outlines of the Development of Thought
Section Three: The Periodization of the History of Chinese Political Thought—in Accordance with the Historical Backgrounds of Thought
Chapter One: The Various Schools of Political Thought in the Pre-Ch'in Age
Section One: The Historical Background
Section Two: The Geographical Distribution
Section Three: Interacting Influences
Section Four: Chronological Sequence
Chapter Two: Confucius (551-479 B.C.)
Section One: Confucius' Life and His Age
Section Two: "Following Chou" and the "Rectification of Names"
SectionThree: Jen (Benevolence)
Section Four: Virtue, Rites, Politics, and Ptuiishments
SectionFive: TheSuperiorMan
Section Six: Great Community, Lesser Tranquility, and the Theory of the Three Ages
ChapterThree: Mencius and Hsiin Tzu
Section One: The Lives and Times of Mencius and Hsiin Tzu
Section Two: The Importance of the People
Section Three: "Stability in Unity"
Section Four: Alternating Order and Chaos
SectionFive: Li (TheRites)
Section Six: The Methods of Governing and the Men Who Govern
Section Seven: The Distinction between Heaven and Man
Chapter Four: Mo Tzu (ca. 490-403 B.C.)
Section One: Mo Tzu's Life and His Times
Section Two: Universal Love and Mutual Benefit
Section Three: Agreement with the Superior
Section Four: The Will of Heaven and the Existence of Spirits
Section Five: Elevating the Worthy
Section Six: EconomyofExpenditure
Section Seven: CondemnationofOffensiveWarfare
ChapterFive: LaoTzuandChuangTzu
Section One: The Lives and Times of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu
Section Two: "Reversal is the Movement of Tao"
Section Three: "Taking No Action, Yet Leaving Nothing Undone"
Section Four: EqualizingThingsandTranscendingLife
Section Five: Letting People Alone
Chapter Six: KuanTzu
Section One: Kuan Tzu's Life and Times
Section Two: Elevating the Ruler and Following the People's Wishes
Section Three: Governing by Law
Section Four: Regulating Customs
Section Five: Regulated Livelihood
Section Six: A Regulated Officialdom
Chapter Seven: Lord Shang and Han Fei Tzu
Section One: Lord Shang's and Han Fei Tzu's Lives and Times
Section Two: Power
Section Three: Agriculture and War
Section Four: Law
Section Five: Methods
PART TWO The Political Thought of the Authoritarian Empire {One)—The Period of Continuity
Chapter Eight: Mohists and Legalists in the Ch'in and Han Periods
Section One: TheDeclineofMohistLearning
Section Two: Li Ssu (ca. 280-208 B.C.)
Section Three: Continuing Strands of Legalist Thought
Section Four: The Struggle for Supremacy between Legalism and Confucianism, and Their Subsequent Convergence
Chapter Nine: From Chia Yi to Chung-ch'ang T'ung
Section One: The Revival of Confucian Learning
Section Two: Chia Yi (200-168 B.C.)
SectionThree: Tung Chung-shu (179-104 B.C.)
Section Four: Heaven-Man Correlative Theories after Tung Chungshu
Section Five: From Huan T'an to Chung-ch'ang T'ung
Chapter Ten: From the Lil-shih Ch'un-ch'iu to Wang Ch'ung's Lun Heng
Section One: Taoists and Eclectics
Section Two: Han Dynasty Huang-Lao
SectionThree: The Lushih Ch'un-ch'iu (241 B.C.)
Section Four: Huai-nan Hung-Iieh (ca. 130 B.C.)
Section Five: Wang Ch'ung, Lun Heng (ca. A.D. 80)
Chapter Eleven: From Wang Pi to Ko Hung
Section One: The Backgrounds and Sources of Lao-Chuang Thought in the Wei and Chin Periods (A.D. 220-419)
Section Two: "Taking No Action"
Section Three: "No Ruler"
Section Four: The Lieh Tzu
Section Five: Ko Hung
Section Six: Disputes Introduced by Buddhism
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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