{"product_id":"chinas-legalists-zhengyuan-fu-9781563247798","title":"China's Legalists: The Early Totalitarians: The Early Totalitarians","description":"This text discusses the Chinese Legalists, an ancient school of Chinese philosophy which flourished during the Period of the Hundred Contending Schools (6th-3rd century B.C.E.) The school perfected the science of government and art of statecraft to a level that would have greatly impressed Machiavelli. This period and its personalities, as well as a taste of the style and spirit of the Legalists' discourse, are made accessible to the student and general reader, placing into focus the roots of the great Chinese philosophy-as-statecraft tradition. The Legalists - most famously Li Kui, Shang Yang, Shen Buhai, Shen Dao, and Han Fei - had a great impact not only on the institutions and practices of Chinese imperial tradition but also on the Maoist totalitarianism of the People's Republic of China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zhengyuan Fu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1563247798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781563247798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.30w x 0.81d","brand":"Zhengyuan Fu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136806334719,"sku":"9781563247798","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25e0a4bc-cca1-411d-bf72-cfd8631d5c87.jpg?v=1770164685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinas-legalists-zhengyuan-fu-9781563247798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}