淮南子 by An Liu
"淮南子" by An Liu is a philosophical text compiled before 139 BCE from scholarly debates at Liu An's court. This handbook for enlightened rulers attempts to define perfect socio-political order through synthesizing Taoist, Legalist, Confucian, and Mohist concepts while favoring a less active sovereign. The twenty-one chapters range across religion, history, astronomy, geography, philosophy, and politics, drawing heavily from the Zhuangzi and advocating wuwei nonaction against the Han dynasty's growing centralized government.
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| Author | Liu, An, 180 BCE-123 BCE |
|---|---|
| Title | 淮南子 |
| Alternate Title | Huainan Zi |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huainanzi |
| Credits | Produced by Xiang-Ru Huang |
| Language | Chinese |
| LoC Class | BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism |
| Subject | Taoism -- China |
| Subject | Philosophy, Chinese -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 24059 |
| Release Date | Dec 28, 2007 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1521 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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