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Paperback The Book of Lord Shang: Apologetics of State Power in Early China Book
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ISBN: 0231179898

ISBN13: 9780231179898

The Book of Lord Shang: Apologetics of State Power in Early China

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Compiled in China in the fourth-third centuries BCE, The Book of Lord Shang argues for a new powerful government to rule over society and turn every man into a diligent tiller and valiant soldier. Creating a "rich state and a strong army" will be the first step toward unification of "All-under-Heaven." These ideas served the state of Qin that eventually created the first imperial polity on Chinese soil. In Yuri Pines's translation, The...

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