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03511aam a22004698i 4500 001 F202F9D4E96D11E8978F920F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181116010210 008 170517s2018 nju b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017023088 020 $a 0691171599 020 $a 9780691171593 035 $a (OCoLC)988749613 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d ERASA $d TOH $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a KNN2090 $b .S826 2018 100 1 $a Su, Li, $d 1955- $e author. 245 14 $a The constitution of ancient China / $c Su Li ; edited by Zhang Yongle and Daniel Bell ; translated by Edmund Ryden. 263 $a 1803 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey : $b Princeton University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a pages cm. 490 0 $a The Princeton-China series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction / Su Li -- The constitution of the territory and politics of a large state / Su Li -- Ancient china's cultural constitutionality / Su Li -- Scholar-officials / Su Li -- The mixed Han-Tang-Song structure and its moral ideal / Wang Hui -- The symbolic and the functional / Liu han -- The ideal of civilization / Wu fei -- History, culture, revolution, and Chinese constitutionalism / Zhao Xiaoli -- Response to my critics / Su Li. 520 8 $a How was the vast ancient Chinese empire brought together and effectively ruled? What are the historical origins of the resilience of contemporary China's political system? In The Constitution of Ancient China, Su Li, China's most influential legal theorist, examines the ways in which a series of fundamental institutions, rather than a supreme legal code upholding the laws of the land, evolved and coalesced into an effective constitution.0Arguing that a constitution is an institutional response to a set of issues particular to a specific society, Su Li demonstrates how China unified a vast territory, diverse cultures, and elites from different backgrounds into a whole. He delves into such areas as uniform weights and measurements, the standardization of Chinese characters, and the building of the Great Wall. The book includes commentaries by four leading Chinese scholars in law, philosophy, and intellectual history--Wang Hui, Liu Han, Wu Fei, and Zhao Xiaoli-who share Su Li's ambition to explain the resilience of ancient China's political system but who contend that he overstates functionalist dimensions while downplaying the symbolic. Exploring why China has endured as one political entity for over two thousand years, The Constitution of Ancient China will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the institutional legacy of the Chinese empire. 650 0 $a Constitutional history $z China. 650 0 $a Culture and law $z China. 651 0 $a China $x History. $x History. 651 0 $a China $x History. 650 7 $a Constitutional history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00875777 650 7 $a Culture and law. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00885095 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a China. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206073 650 7 $a LAW / General. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Zhang, Yongle, $e editor. 700 1 $a Bell, Daniel $q (Daniel A.), $d 1964- $e editor. 700 1 $a Ryden, Edmund, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217022931.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F202F9D4E96D11E8978F920F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search