Research Catalog

Title

The Huainanzi : a guide to the theory and practice of government in early Han China / Liu An, King of Huainan ; translated and edited by John S. Major ... [et al.], with additional contributions by Michael Puett and Judson Murray.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Liu, An, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.
• Major, John S.

Description

xi, 988 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Translations from the Asian classics

Uniform Title

• Huainanzi. English.
• Translations from the Asian classics.

Alternative Title

Guide to the theory and practice of government in early Han China

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Originating in the way -- Activating the genuine -- Celestial patterns -- Terrestrial forms -- Seasonal rules -- Surveying obscurities -- Quintessential spirit -- The basic warp -- The ruler's techniques -- Profound precepts -- Integrating customs -- Responses of the way -- Boundless discourses -- Sayings explained -- An overview of the military -- A mountain of persuasions and A forest of persuasions -- Among others -- Cultivating effort -- The exalted lineage -- An overview of the essentials.

Call Number

JFE 10-3489

ISBN

• 9780231142045 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0231142048 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009019565

OCLC

YBP 2009019565

Title

The Huainanzi : a guide to the theory and practice of government in early Han China / Liu An, King of Huainan ; translated and edited by John S. Major ... [et al.], with additional contributions by Michael Puett and Judson Murray.

Imprint

New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.

Series

Translations from the Asian classics

Translations from the Asian classics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Liu, An, 179 B.C.-122 B.C.

Major, John S.

Research Call Number

JFE 10-3489