History of Chinese Political Thought, Volume 1

From the Beginnings to the Sixth Century, A.D.

Kung-chuan Hsiao, Frederick W. Mote

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9780691100616, 9780691031163
• eBook ISBN: 9781400869534
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Ideologies
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This volume launches the translation of a work that describes the development of Chinese political thought from the time of Confucius in the late Chou era into the twentieth century. The author systematically treats leading thinkers, schools, and movements, displaying a consummate mastery of traditional Chinese learning, and of Western analytical and comparative methods. This first complete translation includes prefatory remarks by Kung-chuan Hsiao and notes prepared by the translator to assist the Western reader.

Originally published in 1979.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• 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
• Introduction
• Part 1: The Political Thought of the Feudal World (One)—The Period of Creativity
• Part 2. The Political Thought of the Authoritarian Empire (One)—The Period of Continuity
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index