Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu) (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (B-format paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
256
Utgivningsdatum
2014-07-31
Förlag
Penguin Books Ltd
Översättare
Martin Palmer, Jay Ramsay, Victoria Finlay
Originalspråk
Kinesiska
Dimensioner
132 x 197 x 15 mm
Vikt
190 g
ISBN
9780141197463

Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)

Häftad,  Engelska, 2014-07-31
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A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an important role in understanding 21st-century China 'And remember: Heaven's blessing will cease forever if there's despair and poverty in your lands' The Most Venerable Book (also known as The Book of History) is one of the Five Classics, a key work of Chinese literature which preserves some of the most ancient and dramatic chronicles of the history, both real and mythological, of the Chinese state. For many centuries it was a central work for anyone wishing to work for the Imperial administration, preserving as it does a fascinating mixture of key Confucian concepts as well as page after page of heroes, benevolent rulers, sagacious ministers, and struggles against flood, corruption and vicious, despotic rulers. The First Emperor tried in 213 BC to have all copies of the book destroyed because of its subversive implication that 'the Mandate of Heaven' could be withdrawn from rulers who failed their people. For similar reasons it was also banned by Chairman Mao. Extraordinarily, the values of The Most Venerable Book have been revived by the Chinese government of the 2010s.
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Martin Palmer (Translator) Martin Palmer is Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture (ICOREC) and Secretary General of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC). His previous translations include The Book of Chuang Tzu and The Most Venerable Book (both Penguin Classics), The Dao de Jing and The I Ching.