Taoism and Chinese Philosophy (Pre-Qin Volume)

Author: Sun Yikai Lu Jianhua Liu Mufang
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The first theoretical masterpiece of pre-Qin era, Lüshi Chunqiu. Its emergence marked the end of the Hundred Schools of Thought debate since the Warring States period. Through a comprehensive compilation and inheritance of pre-Qin philosophers' doctrines, it constructed a vast theoretical system centered around Taoist thought. This was the theoretical requirement for the Qin state's ultimate unification of the empire. Its structural framework, as well as its viewpoints and methodologies, have dominated Chinese thinking for two millennia.