ISBN10: 1584772417, ISBN13: 9781584772415, [publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Book of Lord Shang was probably compiled sometime between 359 and 338 BCE. Along with the Han Fei-Tzu, it is one of the two principal sources of Legalism, a school of Chinese political thought. Legalism asserts that human behavior must be controlled through written law, rather than ritual, custom or ethics, because people are innately selfish and ignorant. The law is not effective when it is based on goodness or virtue; it is effective when it compels obedience. This is essential to preserve the stability of the State. Reprint of Volume XVII in Probsthain's Oriental Series. With a Chinese index and an index of names and references. 'The Book of Lord Shang or Shang-tzu is said to consist of 29 paragraphs, of which the text for nos. 16, 21, 27, 28 and 29 being no longer extant. The translation of Prof. Duyvendak therefore covers only twenty-four paragraphs and is based on an edition published by Yang Wan-li in 1793, which was reprinted by the Chê-chiang-shu-chü in 1876 in the 'Collection of Twenty-two Philosophers.' Of all the editions published before or after that date, this is the best known. (.) The Chinese text of the Book, like many other ancient writings, is obscure in some parts and corrupt in others. (.) The reviewer is therefore forcibly struck by the faithfulness, definiteness ...
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Date: 2011. ISBN-13: 9781584772415; ISBN-10: 1584772417. Shang, Yang. The Book of Lord Shang. A Classic of the Chinese School of Law. Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Notes by Dr. J.J.L. Duyvendak. Originally published: London: Arthur Probsthain, 1928. xiv, 346 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772415; ISBN-10: 1584772417. Hardcover. New. $29.95 * Reprint of Volume XVII in Probsthain's Oriental Series. With a Chinese index and an index of names and references. The Book of Lord Shang was probably compiled sometime between 359 and 338 BCE. Along with the Han Fei-Tzu, it is one of the two principal sources of Legalism, a school of Chinese political thought. Legalism asserts that human behavior must be controlled through written law rather than through ritual, custom or ethics because people are innately selfish and ignorant. The law is not effective when it is based on goodness or virtue; it is effective when it compels obedience. This is essential to preserve the stability of the State. Roscoe Pound recommended this book for the study of old Chinese law in Outlines of Lectures on Jurisprudence (5th ed.) 235. 2011. ISBN 1584772417 US

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