The Confucian-legalist state [electronic resource] : a new theory of Chinese history / Dingxin Zhao.
Zhao, Dingxin, author.
2015
DS706 .Z48 2016eb
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Title
The Confucian-legalist state [electronic resource] : a new theory of Chinese history / Dingxin Zhao.
Author
Zhao, Dingxin, author.
ISBN
9780199351756 (electronic book)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199351732
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : maps.
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199351732 doi
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DS706 .Z48 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
951.001
Summary
'The Confucian-Legalist State' proposes a new theory of social change and, in doing so, analyzes the patterns of Chinese history, such as the rise and persistence of a unified empire, the continuous domination of Confucianism, and China's inability to develop industrial capitalism without Western imperialism.
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'The Confucian-Legalist State' proposes a new theory of social change and, in doing so, analyzes the patterns of Chinese history, such as the rise and persistence of a unified empire, the continuous domination of Confucianism, and China's inability to develop industrial capitalism without Western imperialism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Oxford studies in early empires.
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Part I. Empirical and Theoretical Considerations
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Theory of Historical Change
Part II. The Historical Background of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Chapter 2: The Western Zhou (ca. 1045-771 BCE) Order and Its Decline
Chapter 3: The Historical Setting of Eastern Zhou, an Age of War
Part III. War-driven Dynamism in Eastern Zhou
Chapter 4: The Age of Hegemons (770-546 BCE)
Chapter 5: The Age of Transition (545-420 BCE)
Chapter 6: In the Age of Total War (419-221 BCE): (1) Philosophies and Philosophers
Chapter 7: In the Age of Total War: (2) Absolutism Prevailing
Chapter 8: In the Age of Total War: (3) Qin and the Drive toward Unification
Chapter 9: Western Han and the Advent of the Confucian-Legalist State
Part IV. The Confucian-Legalist State and Patterns of Chinese History
Chapter 10: Pre-Song Challenges to the Confucian-Legalist Political Framework and Song Responses
Chapter 11: Relations between Nomads and Settled Chinese in History
Chapter 12: Neo-Confucianism and the Advent of a "Confucian Society"
Chapter 13: Market Economy under the Confucian-Legalist State
Concluding Remarks.

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