History of the Development of Chinese Philosophy: Sui and Tang

Author: Ren Jiyu
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Publish Date: 1998-05-01
Features: This book is part of the "Library of Philosophical Historians," primarily divided into three sections: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The "Syncretism" section covers the era in Chinese history known as the "Golden Age," with the Han and Tang dynasties being the most prominent. The Tang Dynasty achieved greater brilliance than the Han Dynasty. After the Eastern Han, the fundamental structure of China's feudal society was a contradiction between a highly centralized central government and an extremely decentralized peasant economy in the localities. A unified feudal government required high centralization; without it, the government could not function effectively.