Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 China on the Eve of the Historical Period
- 2 Language and Writing
- 3 Shang Archaeology
- 4 The Shang: China’s First Historical Dynasty
- 5 Western Zhou History
- 6 Western Zhou Archaeology
- 7 The Waning of the Bronze Age: Material Culture and Social Developments, 770–481 B.C.
- 8 The Spring and Autumn Period
- 9 Warring States Political History
- 10 The Art and Architecture of the Warring States Period
- 11 The Classical Philosophical Writings
- 12 Warring States Natural Philosophy and Occult Thought
- 13 The Northern Frontier in Pre–Imperial China
- 14 The Heritage Left to the Empires
- Bibliography
- Index
- Map 1 Topography of China
- Map 3.1 Archaeological sites of the Early Bronze Age
- Map 6.1 Archaeological sites of the Western Zhou period
- References
11 - The Classical Philosophical Writings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2008
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 China on the Eve of the Historical Period
- 2 Language and Writing
- 3 Shang Archaeology
- 4 The Shang: China’s First Historical Dynasty
- 5 Western Zhou History
- 6 Western Zhou Archaeology
- 7 The Waning of the Bronze Age: Material Culture and Social Developments, 770–481 B.C.
- 8 The Spring and Autumn Period
- 9 Warring States Political History
- 10 The Art and Architecture of the Warring States Period
- 11 The Classical Philosophical Writings
- 12 Warring States Natural Philosophy and Occult Thought
- 13 The Northern Frontier in Pre–Imperial China
- 14 The Heritage Left to the Empires
- Bibliography
- Index
- Map 1 Topography of China
- Map 3.1 Archaeological sites of the Early Bronze Age
- Map 6.1 Archaeological sites of the Western Zhou period
- References
Summary
The Lü shi chunqiu (Mr. Lü's spring and autumn (annals)), with a known data of completion (239 BC), and it bears the name not of its author but of the patron who engaged the nameless persons who actually wrote it. There is a background of basic concepts and values that shapes all philosophers, even indirectly the dropouts. Family relationships and lineage had always been especially prominent in the way Chinese society worked. Between the death of Confucius and the birth of Mencius falls the career of Mozi (circa 480-390). Master Mo was founder of an amazingly different philosophical movement. Some of Mencius's contemporaries who can in some sense be called philosophers were also men of consequence in the world of power. In addition to Shang Yang in Qin and Shen Buhai in Hann, there was also Hui Shi. The Lü shi chunqiu has chapters that one can identify as Yangist, Daoist, cosmologist, Confucian, and more.
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