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The Book of Lord Shang (Hardcover)
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The Book of Lord Shang was probably compiled sometime between 359
and 338 BCE. Along with the Han Fei-Tzu, it is one of the two
principal sources of Legalism, a school of Chinese political
thought. Legalism asserts that human behavior must be controlled
through written law, rather than ritual, custom or ethics, because
people are innately selfish and ignorant. The law is not effective
when it is based on goodness or virtue; it is effective when it
compels obedience. This is essential to preserve the stability of
the State. Reprint of Volume XVII in Probsthain's Oriental Series.
With a Chinese index and an index of names and references."The Book
of Lord Shang or Shang-tzu is said to consist of 29 paragraphs, of
which the text for nos. 16, 21, 27, 28 and 29 being no longer
extant. The translation of Prof. Duyvendak therefore covers only
twenty-four paragraphs and is based on an edition published by Yang
Wan-li in 1793, which was reprinted by the Ch -chiang-shu-ch in
1876 in the "Collection of Twenty-two Philosophers." Of all the
editions published before or after that date, this is the best
known. (...) The Chinese text of the Book, like many other ancient
writings, is obscure in some parts and corrupt in others. (...) The
reviewer is therefore forcibly struck by the faithfulness,
definiteness and clearness of Dr. Duyvendak's translation." --13
Chinese Soc. & Pol. Sci. Rev. 459-460, 462 1929.J.J.L.
Duyvendak 1889-1954] was an interpreter for the Dutch embassy in
Peking from 1912-1918. In 1919 he became a lecturer in Chinese at
the University of Leiden. He was the author of China's Discovery of
Africa; Lectures Given at the University of London on January 22
and 23, 1947 (1949) and edited and translated several works,
including The Diary of His Excellency Ching-shan; Being a Chinese
Account of the Boxer Troubles by Shan Jing (1924). He established
the Sinological Institute at the University of Leiden in 1930. It
is now one of the leading libraries for Chinese Studies in the
Western world.
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