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Cover 1 Series 3 The Confucian-Legalist State 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Preface 10 Maps 16 Part I Empirical and Theoretical Considerations 22 Introduction 24 1 A Theory of Historical Change 50 Part II The Historical Background of the Eastern Zhou Era 70 2 The Western Zhou (ca. 1045–771 bce) Order and Its Decline 72 3 The Historical Setting of Eastern Zhou: An Age of War 102 Part III War-Driven Dynamism in the Eastern Zhou Era 130 4 The Age of Hegemons (770–546 bce) 132 5 The Age of Transition (545–420 bce) 164 6 In the Age of Total War (419–221 bce): Philosophies and Philosophers 190 7 In the Age of Total War: Absolutism Prevailing 215 8 In the Age of Total War: Qin and the Drive toward Unification 243 9 Western Han and the Advent of the Confucian-Legalist State 283 Part IV The Confucian-Legalist State and Patterns of Chinese History 316 10 Pre-Song Challenges to the Confucian-Legalist Political Framework and Song Responses 318 11 Relations between Nomads and Settled Chinese in History 335 12 Neo-Confucianism and the Advent of a “Confucian Society” 352 13 Market Economy under the Confucian-Legalist State 368 Concluding Remarks 393 References 404 Index 456
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- Author
- Dingxin Zhao
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction