Daoism and Chinese Philosophy -- Pre-Qin Volume

Author: Sun Yikai, Lu Jianhua, Liu Mufang
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Publishing Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The first theoretical masterpiece after the Pre-Qin period, 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 the doctrines of Pre-Qin philosophers, 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 the thinking patterns of the Chinese people for over two thousand years.