Title: Timing and Rulership in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lüshi chunqiu) (Chinese Philosophy Culture)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0791452328
ISBN 13: 9780791452325
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: acceptable

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Explores proper timing and the arts of rulership in the work that inspired China's first emperor.

Master L�'s Spring and Autumn Annals (L�shi chunqiu) inspired the king who united the warring states to become China's first emperor. In this work on the L�shi chunqiu, author James D. Sellmann finds that the concept of "proper timing" makes the work's diverse philosophies coherent. He discusses the life and times of its author, L� Buwei, and the structure of the work. Sellmann also analyzes the role of human nature, the justification of the state, and the significance of cosmic, historical, and personal timing in the L�shi chunqiu. An organic instrumentalist position begins to emerge from the diverse theories of the L�shi chunqiu. In conclusion, Sellmann looks at the implications of the syncretic philosophies of the L�shi chunqiu for contemporary conceptions of time, human nature, political order, and social and environmental ethics.

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James D. Sellmann is Professor of Philosophy and Director of East Asian Studies at the University of Guam.

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