{"product_id":"luxuriant-gems-of-the-spring-zhongshu-dong-9780231169325","title":"Luxuriant Gems of the Spring and Autumn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spring and Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eChunqiu\u003c\/i\u003e) is a chronicle kept by the dukes of the state of Lu from 722 to 481 B.C.E. \u003ci\u003eLuxuriant Gems of the \"Spring and Autumn\"\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eChunqiu fanlu\u003c\/i\u003e) follows the interpretations of the \u003ci\u003eGongyang Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e, whose transmitters sought to explicate the special language of the \u003ci\u003eSpring and Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e. The work is often ascribed to the Han scholar and court official Dong Zhongshu, but, as this study reveals, the text is in fact a compendium of writings by a variety of authors spanning several generations. It depicts a utopian vision of a flourishing humanity that they believed to be Confucius's legacy to the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Gongyang masters thought that Confucius had written the \u003ci\u003eSpring and Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e, employing subtle phrasing to indicate approval or disapproval of important events and personages. \u003ci\u003eLuxuriant Gems\u003c\/i\u003e therefore augments Confucian ethical and philosophical teachings with chapters on cosmology, statecraft, and other topics drawn from contemporary non-Confucian traditions. A major resource, this book features the first complete English-language translation of \u003ci\u003eLuxuriant Gems\u003c\/i\u003e, divided into eight thematic sections with introductions that address dating, authorship, authenticity, and the relationship between the \u003ci\u003eSpring and Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eGongyang\u003c\/i\u003e approach. Critically illuminating early Chinese philosophy, religion, literature, and politics, this book conveys the brilliance of intellectual life in the Han dynasty during the formative decades of the Chinese imperial state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zhongshu Dong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231169329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231169325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.50w x 2.10d","brand":"Zhongshu Dong","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992903155967,"sku":"9780231169325","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94265b69-24f7-4ca3-93f5-34f652ad240d.jpg?v=1683321445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/luxuriant-gems-of-the-spring-zhongshu-dong-9780231169325","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}