{"product_id":"buried-ideas-legends-of-abdication-and-ideal-government-in-early-chinese-bamboo-slip-manuscripts-9781438457789","title":"Buried Ideas: Legends of Abdication and Ideal Government in Early Chinese Bamboo-Slip Manuscripts","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sarah Allan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asia - China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour Warring States texts discovered during recent decades challenge longstanding understandings of Chinese intellectual history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe discovery of previously unknown philosophical texts from the Axial Age is revolutionizing our understanding of Chinese intellectual history. \u003ci\u003eBuried Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e presents and discusses four texts found on brush-written slips of bamboo and their seemingly unprecedented political philosophy. Written in the regional script of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221 BCE), all of the works discuss Yao's abdication to Shun and are related to but differ significantly from the core texts of the classical period, such as the \u003ci\u003eMencius\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZhuangzi\u003c\/i\u003e. Notably, these works evince an unusually meritocratic stance, and two even advocate abdication over hereditary succession as a political ideal. Sarah Allan includes full English translations and her own modern-character editions of the four works examined: \u003ci\u003eTang Yú zhi dao\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZigao\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRongchengshi\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBao xun\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, she provides an introduction to Chu-script bamboo-slip manuscripts and the complex issues inherent in deciphering them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47780512956567,"sku":"9781438457789","price":3741.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781438457789.webp?v=1778045827","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/buried-ideas-legends-of-abdication-and-ideal-government-in-early-chinese-bamboo-slip-manuscripts-9781438457789","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}