Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)Condition: NewEAN: 9780141197463ISBN: 9780141197463Publisher: Penguin ClassicsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/31/2014Language: EnglishItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 191gTranslator: Martin Palmer, Victoria Finlay, Jay RamsayContributor: Martin Palmer (Translated by), Victoria Finlay (Translated by), Jay Ramsay (Translated by)ISBN-10: 0141197463Description: 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BC to have all copies of the book destroyed because of its subversive implication that 'the Mandate of Heaven' could be withdrawn from rulers who failed their people.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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityAuthor: ConfuciusRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)
Publication Name: The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)
Title: The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu)
EAN: 9780141197463
ISBN: 9780141197463
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 07/31/2014
Release Year: 2014
Language: English
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Width: 15mm
Item Weight: 191g
Translator: Jay Ramsay
Contributor: Jay Ramsay (Translated by)
ISBN-10: 0141197463
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Author: Confucius
