The Book of Lord Shang by Yang Shang J.J.L. Duyvendak - pp. 364

Lawbook Exchange Ltd, 2011-06-15. hardcover. Acceptable. 6x1x9. 1928 - No dust jacket. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

2011. ISBN-13: 9781584772415; ISBN-10: 1584772417. Shang, Yang. The Book of Lord Shang. A Classic of the Chinese School of Law. Translated from the Chinese with Introduction and Notes by Dr. J.J.L. Duyvendak. Originally published: London: Arthur Probsthain, 1928. xiv, 346 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772415; ISBN-10: 1584772417. Hardcover. New. $29.95 * Reprint of Volume XVII in Probsthain's Oriental Series. With a Chinese index and an index of names and references. The Book of Lord Shang was probably compiled sometime between 359 and 338 BCE. Along with the Han Fei-Tzu, it is one of the two principal sources of Legalism, a school of Chinese political thought. Legalism asserts that human behavior must be controlled through written law rather than through ritual, custom or ethics because people are innately selfish and ignorant. The law is not effective when it is based on goodness or virtue; it is effective when it compels obedience. This is essential to… Read More

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