Order in Early Chinese Excavated Texts: Natural, Supernatural, and Legal Approaches

Author:   Zhongjiang Wang ,  Misha Tadd
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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Pages:   241
Publication Date:   30 November 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Zhongjiang Wang ,  Misha Tadd
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.139kg
ISBN:  

9781137546968


ISBN 10:   1137546964
Pages:   241
Publication Date:   30 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Prolegomena 1. The Cosmology of The Great One Births Water 2. Cosmology, Nature, and the Sage in All Things Are Forms in Flux 3. The Diversity of Eastern Zhou Views on Deities and The Divine Influence of Spirits and Gods 4. Natural Order and Divine Will in The Three Virtues 5. Huang-Lao's Universal Law: Why Govern with the Way and Law? Appendix 1: Transcription and Translation of The Great One Births Water Appendix 2: Transcription and Translation of All Things are Forms in Flux Appendix 3: Transcription and Translation of The Divine Insight of Spirit and Gods Appendix 4: Transcription and Translation of The Three Virtues Bibliography Index

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In his new monograph, Order in Early Chinese Excavated Texts: Natural, Supernatural, and Legal Approaches, distinguished Peking University philosopher Wang Zhongjiang develops nothing less than a new, nuanced, and compelling interpretation of classical Chinese cosmology. With research fully informed by a close and careful reading of the newly recovered archaeological texts, Wang traces the evolution of order in this antique tradition from earliest religious assumptions to an understanding of cosmic order grounded in a discernable pattern of natural law as an inspiration for a concomitant conception of positive law for the human world. - Roger T. Ames, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai'i, USA Wang Zhongjiang is one of the leading scholars in the world for the study of excavated texts from early China. In his new book, expertly translated by Misha Tadd, Wang Zhongjiang uses these materials to question many of our long-standing assumptions concerning early Chinese thought. This is a wonderful book, and one that is essential reading for anyone interested in early Chinese philosophy and religion. - Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History, Harvard University, USA


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Zhongjiang Wang is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Peking University, China. His research focuses on Chinese philosophy. He is the author of Civilization of Bamboo-Silk and the Word of Ancient Thought (in Chinese). Misha Tadd is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Peking University Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies under Tu Weiming. He studies Han dynasty Daoism.     

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