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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      January 2021
      January 2021
      ISBN:
      9781108923118
      9781108831048
      9781108926287
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108923118
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.63kg, 442 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.53kg, 442 Pages
      • Subjects:
      East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
      Series:
      Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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    Subjects:
    East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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    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.

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