From Chronicle to Canon
Subtitle: The Hermeneutics of the Spring and Autumn Annals according to Tung Chung-shu (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780521612135
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Oriental & Indian philosophy; BCE to c 500 CE; Prehistory; c 1000 CE to c 1500; New Age / Parapsychology; I Ching; History; New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit; History: World; ASIA; Asia - China; Medieval; Body, Mind & Spirit / I Ching; History / Medieval; History-Asia - China; History-Medieval; Tung, Chung-shu, --2nd cent. B.C.--Chun chiu; Tung, Chung-shu,--2nd cent. B.C.--Ch°un ch°iu fan lu
First sentence: Confucian scholars of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) articulated a vision of an omnipotent but disciplined sovereign who relied on their advice and counsel to align the empire with the norms of Heaven and Earth.