A Comprehensive History of Chinese Economic Thought (Four Volumes)

Author: Zhao Jing, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: The revised edition of A Comprehensive History of Chinese Economic Thought discusses economic thought from the Xia, Shang, Zhou dynasties to the mid-Western Han Dynasty. The entire volume is divided into 13 chapters. The research content of this book covers the formation, development, and evolution of traditional Chinese economic thought, with a scope ranging from the Xia, Shang, Zhou dynasties to the mid-Qing Dynasty before the Opium War. The time span spans over 4,000 years. This book is a monumental work in the field of Chinese economic thought history. Traditional Chinese economic thought is the economic thought inherent to the Chinese nation. It grew in a unique socio-historical environment in China, with little or no influence from external economic thought. Chinese culture is not an isolated one. China's exchanges with economies and cultures outside its borders began long before the unification under the Qin Dynasty. Certain foreign cultures that entered China had a significant impact on Chinese culture and many aspects of Chinese society. A Comprehensive History of Chinese Economic Thought has two meanings of "comprehensive": one is temporal continuity, and the other is the integration of thought content. The requirement for "comprehensive" encompasses both aspects, with greater emphasis on the latter.