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Title

The emergence of China : from Confucius to the empire / E. Bruce Brooks, A. Taeko Brooks.

Author

Brooks, E. Bruce (Ernest Bruce), 1936-

Publication

• [Amherst, Massachusetts] : Warring States Project, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2015.
• [London] : [Eurospan, distributor]

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Additional Authors

Brooks, A. Taeko

Description

256 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"The Emergence of China presents the classical period in its own terms. It contains more than 500 translated excerpts from the classical texts, linked by a running commentary which traces the evolution and interaction of the different schools of thought. These are shown in dialogue about issues from tax policy to the length of the mourning period for a parent. Some texts labor to establish the legal and political structures of the new state, while others passionately oppose its war orientation, or amusingly ridicule those who supported it. Here are the arguments of the Hundred Schools of classical thought, for the first time restored to life and vividly presented. There are six topical chapters, each treating a major subject in chronological order, framed by a preliminary background chapter and a concluding survey of the eventual Empire. Each chapter includes several brief Methodological Moments, as samples of the philological method on which the work is based. Occasional footnotes point to historical parallels in Greece, Rome, the Ancient Near East, and the mediaeval-to-modern transition in Europe, which at many points the Chinese classical period resembles. At the back of the book are a guide to alternate Chinese romanizations, a list of passages translated, and a subject index. A preliminary version of The Emergence of China was classroom-tested, and the suggestions of teachers and students were incorporated into the final version. The results of those classroom trials, in both history and philosophy classes, were favorable. is the only account of early Chinese thought which presents it against the background of the momentous changes taking place in the early Chinese state, and the only account of the early Chinese state which follows its development, by correctly dated documents, from its beginnings in the palace states of Spring and Autumn to the economically sophisticated bureaucracies of late Warring States times. In this larger context, the insights of the philosophers remain, but their failure to influence events is also noted. The fun of the Jwangdz is transmitted, but along with its underlying pain. The achievements of the Chinese Imperial formation process are duly registered, but so is their human cost. Special attention is given to the contribution of non-Chinese peoples to the eventual Chinese civilization." --

Series Statement

Ancient China in context

Uniform Title

Ancient China in context.

Subject

• Warring States (China : 403-221 B.C.)
• To 221 B.C
• Politics and government
• Empire
• China > History > Warring States, 403-221 B.C. > Sources
• China > Politics and government > To 221 B.C. > Sources
• China

Genre/Form

• Sources.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.

Call Number

JFE 16-7373

ISBN

• 9781936166350
• 1936166356
• 9781936166756
• 1936166755
• 9781936166954 (canceled/invalid)
• 193616695X (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015930277

OCLC

751530029

Author

Brooks, E. Bruce (Ernest Bruce), 1936- author, translator.

Title

The emergence of China : from Confucius to the empire / E. Bruce Brooks, A. Taeko Brooks.

Publisher

[Amherst, Massachusetts] : Warring States Project, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2015.

Distributor

[London] : [Eurospan, distributor]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Ancient China in context

Ancient China in context.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.

Chronological Term

To 221 B.C.

Added Author

Brooks, A. Taeko, author, translator.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-7373