Order in Early Chinese Excavated Texts Natural, Supernatural, and Le
Recently discovered ancient silk and bamboo manuscripts have transformed our understanding of classical Chinese thought. In this book, Wang Zhongjiang closely examines these texts and, by parsing the complex divergence between ancient and modern Chinese r
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Order in Early Chinese Excavated Texts Natural, Supernatural, and Legal Approaches
Zhongjiang Wang Translatedb y
Misha Tadd
ORDER IN EARLY CHINESE EXCAVATED TEXTS
Copyright © China Renmin University Press 2015 English-language translation copyright © 2016 by Palgrave Macmillan All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published in China as 宇宙、秩序、信仰 by China Renmin University Press First published in English in 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978-1-349-56819-2 E-PDF ISBN: 978-1-137-54084-3 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-54084-3 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wang, Zhongjiang, author. [Yu zhou, zhi xu, xin yang. English] Order in early Chinese excavated texts : natural, supernatural, and legal approaches / by Zhongjiang Wang ; translated by Misha Tadd. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Philosophy, Chinese. 2. Manuscripts, Chinese—China. I. Title. B126.W362513 2015 181⬘.11—dc23
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C on t en t s
Prolegomenon
1
1 The Cosmology of The Great One Birthed Water
15
2 Cosmology, Nature, and the Sage in All Things Are Forms in Flux
49
3 The Diversity of Eastern Zhou Views on Deities and The Divine Insight of Spirits and Gods
83
4 Natural Order and Divine Will in The Three Virtues
107
5 Huang-Lao’s Conception of Universal Law: Why Govern with the Way and the Law?
131
Appendix 1: The Great One Birthed Water
165
Appendix 2: All Things Forms in Flux
169
Appendix 3: The Divine Insight of Spirits and Gods
175
Appendix 4: The Three Virtues
177
Notes
183
Bibliography
223
Index
233
Prolegomenon
The study of newly discovered bamboo strip and silk manuscri
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