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The Annals of Lu Buwei (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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The Annals of Lu Buwei (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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This is the first complete English translation of "Lushi chunqiu,"
compiled in 239 b. c. under the patronage of Lu Buwei, prime
minister to the ruler of the state of Qin, who was to become the
first emperor of a newly unified China fifteen years later. Lu
retained a group of scholars whose aim was to encompass the world's
knowledge in one great encyclopedia; so delighted was Lu with the
finished work that he is said to have offered a fabulous prize of
gold to anyone who could add or subtract even a single word.
An exceptionally rich and comprehensive compendium, "The Annals of
Lu Buwei" recounts in engaging, straightforward, and readable prose
the great variety of beliefs and customs of its time. The work is
one of the great monuments of Chinese thinking, a work of
originality and cohesion, inspired by a vision of a universal
empire ruled by principles that ensured harmony between man and
nature, protective of human and animal life, devoted to learning
and culture, practicing benevolence and kindness, and motivated by
reason and morality.
In addition to revealing an advanced state of technical knowledge,
the "Annals" set forth a philosophy of government suitable to the
centralized control that the Qin state would subsequently
establish. It also took into account every philosophical trend of
the day, sometimes adapting themes, sometimes combining ideas that
had not previously been associated, sometimes rejecting and
refuting positions that were in conflict with its basic vision.
Because Lu aimed at comprehensiveness, his work preserved a number
of systems of thought that are otherwise unknown or scarcely known.
The "Annals" thus provides an essential tool for anyone seeking to
reconstruct the philosophical controversies of the third century b.
c. At the same time, Lu's compendium proclaims his independent,
highly original philosophical positions. Today, with most of the
works of classical Chinese philosophy long lost, "The Annals of Lu
Buwei" remains indispensable as a summa of the Chinese intellectual
world of its time.
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