ISBN10: 0791412377, ISBN13: 9780791412374, [publisher: State University of New York Press] Hardcover May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01
[AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

Albany State University of New York Press 1993 First printing Hardcover New Boards, clean unmarked text, new copy, still in original shrink-wrap.

ISBN10: 0791412377, ISBN13: 9780791412374, [publisher: State University of New York Press] Hardcover Product DescriptionHuang-Lao thought, a unique and sophisticated political philosophy which combines elements of Daoism and Legalism, dominated the intellectual life of late Warring States and Early Han China, providing the ideological foundation for post-Qin reforms. In the absence of extant texts, however, scholars of classical Chinese philosophy remained in the dark about this important school for over 2000 years. Finally, in 1973, archaeologists unearthed four ancient silk scrolls: the Silk Manuscripts of Huang-Lao. This work is the first detailed, book-length treatment in English of these lost treasures.ReviewThe main contributions of this work are threefold. First, making use of the recently discovered Mawangdui silk manuscripts, Peerenboom provides a thorough-going and persuasive account of the philosophical and political import of the previously undocumented Huang-Lao school. His is the first detailed treatment of this material in English.Secondly, the author uses the new material to reexamine classical schools of Chinese thought and to clarify relations between them. By taking account of advances in contemporary Anglo-American jurisprudence, Peerenboom is able to provide a coherent analysis of the shortcomings and doctrinal disputes of the various schools which led to the development and dominance of Huang-Lao in the late Warring States and early Han.Thirdly, ...

ISBN10: 0791412377, ISBN13: 9780791412374, [publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany] Hardcover As new, still in publisher's protective wrapping. 380pp. Huang-Lao thought, a unique and sophisticated political philosophy which combines elements of Daoism and Legalism, dominated the intellectual life of late Warring States and Early Han China, providing the ideological foundation for post-Qin reforms. In the absence of extant texts, however, scholars of classical Chinese philosophy remained in the dark about this important school for over 2000 years. Finally, in 1973, archaeologists unearthed four ancient silk scrolls: the Silk Manuscripts of Huang-Lao. This work is the first detailed, book-length treatment in English of these lost treasures.
[La Charite sur Loire, France] [Publication Year: 1993]

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