History of Chinese Legal Thought

Author: Wu Shuchen
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book is an improved version of traditional textbooks on the history of Chinese legal thought. Compared to conventional textbooks, it focuses on research methods; expands the description of ancient Chinese society to include the legendary era and the origins of law; introduces a new classification of pre-Qin Confucianism and argues for Confucian and Legalist thought from the perspective of regional culture, adding content on the Yin-Yang School, the School of Names, the School of Syncretism, and the School of Agriculture; condenses the thoughts of the two thousand-year feudal era into several thematic sections, and introduces new content such as disputes in legislative and judicial practice, family and clan rules, official ethics, non-mainstream legal thought, and religious taboos; adds the legal thought of the May Fourth and Republican periods. All of these enrich and expand the fundamental content of this discipline, broadening readers' perspectives. The book is written with elegance and rigor, with clear and concise arguments. Professor Wu Shuchen has a solid foundation in legal history, intellectual history, and social history, and is particularly adept at researching traditional Chinese legal culture.