{"product_id":"buried-ideas-sarah-allan-9781438457789","title":"Buried Ideas: Legends of Abdication and Ideal Government in Early Chinese Bamboo-Slip Manuscripts","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Allan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438457782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438457789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Sarah Allan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082757153023,"sku":"9781438457789","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/buried-ideas-sarah-allan-9781438457789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}