Balanced Discourses - A Bilingual Edition (Hardcover, New Ed)

Written by the Han philosopher Xu Gan (A.D. 170-217), Balanced Discourses is an inquiry into the causes of political breakdown. It provides a unique contemporary account of the social, intellectual, and cosmological factors that Xu Gan identified as having precipitated the demise of the Han order. This edition of Zhonglun (or Balanced Discourses) contains the original Chinese text with annotations and, on facing pages, an English translation also accompanied by annotations. This collection of essays spans a range of topics, from Confucian cultivation to calendrical calculation. Xu's perspectives are of not only historical but also philosophical interest, for they reveal his belief in a special correlative bond that should exist between names and actualities and his understanding of what happens when that bond is broken. The translator, John Makeham, argues in his introduction that the essays display the same quality of balance that Xu Gan sees as essential to social and political equilibrium.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Culture & Civilization of China
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Gan Xu
Translators:	John Makeham
Dimensions:	194 x 117 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	416
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-09201-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Oriental & Indian philosophy Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > Oriental & Indian philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	0-300-09201-6
Barcode:	9780300092011

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