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The Essentials of Governance (Paperback): Wu Jing The Essentials of Governance (Paperback)
Wu Jing; Edited by Hilde De Weerdt, Glen Dudbridge, Gabe van Beijeren
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In the eighth century, Wu Jing selected exchanges between Emperor Taizong and his ministers that he deemed key to good governance. This collection of dialogues has been used for the education of emperors, political elites and general readers ever since, and is a standard reference work in East Asian political thought. Consisting of ten volumes, subdivided into forty topics, The Essentials of Governance addresses core themes of Chinese thinking about the politics of power, from the body politic, presenting and receiving criticism, recruitment, the education of the imperial clan, political virtues and vices, to cultural policy, agriculture, law, taxation, border policy, and how to avoid disaster and dynastic fall. Presented with introductory commentary that offers insights into its historical context and global reception, this accessible and reliable translation brings together ten scholars of Chinese intellectual history to offer a nuanced edition that preserves the organisation, tone and flow of the original.

The Essentials of Governance (Hardcover): Wu Jing The Essentials of Governance (Hardcover)
Wu Jing; Edited by Hilde De Weerdt, Glen Dudbridge, Gabe van Beijeren
R2,840 Discovery Miles 28 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the eighth century, Wu Jing selected exchanges between Emperor Taizong and his ministers that he deemed key to good governance. This collection of dialogues has been used for the education of emperors, political elites and general readers ever since, and is a standard reference work in East Asian political thought. Consisting of ten volumes, subdivided into forty topics, The Essentials of Governance addresses core themes of Chinese thinking about the politics of power, from the body politic, presenting and receiving criticism, recruitment, the education of the imperial clan, political virtues and vices, to cultural policy, agriculture, law, taxation, border policy, and how to avoid disaster and dynastic fall. Presented with introductory commentary that offers insights into its historical context and global reception, this accessible and reliable translation brings together ten scholars of Chinese intellectual history to offer a nuanced edition that preserves the organisation, tone and flow of the original.

The Hsi-Yu-Chi - A Study of Antecedents to the Sixteenth-Century Chinese Novel (Paperback): Glen Dudbridge The Hsi-Yu-Chi - A Study of Antecedents to the Sixteenth-Century Chinese Novel (Paperback)
Glen Dudbridge
R1,195 Discovery Miles 11 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A study of the early versions of the classic Chinese novel known to readers in English as Monkey. Dr Dudbridge examines a long tradition of earlier versions in narrative and dramatic form through which the great episodic cycle slowly took shape. The two main fields of interest are popular culture and folklore and the development of Chinese vernacular literature. Dr Dudbridge provides a very thorough survey of present knowledge about the whole topic and discusses critically a good deal of theorising about it. This is a study for experts. It uses Chinese characters, both in text pages and in the bibliography, which is very extensive. The plates reproduce paintings, carvings and sections of text relevant to the tradition.

Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China - A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i chi' (Paperback,... Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China - A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i chi' (Paperback, Revised)
Glen Dudbridge
R870 Discovery Miles 8 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The remains of Tai Fu's lost collection Kuang-i chi ("The Great Book of Marvels") preserve three hundred short tales of encounters with the other world. Through the eyes of an official, the picture emerges of a complex lay society, served by a mixed priesthood of ritual practitioners. This study develops a style of close reading through which the tales give access to the lives of individuals in eighth-century China, a society embarking on fundamental change.

Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China - A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i chi' (Hardcover, New):... Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China - A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i chi' (Hardcover, New)
Glen Dudbridge
R3,510 Discovery Miles 35 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The remains of Tai Fu's lost collection Kuang-i chi ("The Great Book of Marvels") preserve three hundred short tales of encounters with the other world. Through the eyes of an official, the picture emerges of a complex lay society, served by a mixed priesthood of ritual practitioners. This study develops a style of close reading through which the tales give access to the lives of individuals in eighth-century China, a society embarking on fundamental change.

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