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  • To Rule All under Heaven

    A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor

    by Andrew Seth Meyer ...
    The first ever comprehensive history in English of China's Warring States period, an era that saw epic battles, the birth of profound philosophies, groundbreaking innovations, and shaped much of East Asian culture as we know it today In 481 BCE, ancient China was on the cusp of one of the most profound revolutions any society has ever undergone, one that would set the course of world history for ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Huainanzi

    Edited by John Major, Sarah Queen, Andrew Seth Meyer, Harold Roth ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Compiled by scholars at the court of Liu An, king of Huainan, in the second century B.C.E, The Huainanzi is a tightly organized, sophisticated articulation of Western Han philosophy and statecraft. Outlining "all that a modern monarch needs to know," the text emphasizes rigorous self-cultivation and mental discipline, brilliantly synthesizing for readers past and present the full spectrum of early ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • The Dao of the Military

    Liu An's Art of War

    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Master Sun's The Art of War is by no means the only ancient Chinese treatise on military affairs. One chapter in the Huainanzi, an important compendium of philosophy and political theory written in the second century BCE, synthesizes the entire corpus of military literature inherited from the Chinese classical era. Drawing on all major, existing military writings, as well as other lost sources, it ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Essential Huainanzi

    by An Li, King of Huainan ...
    Translated by John Major, Sarah Queen, Andrew Seth Meyer, Harold Roth ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Compiled in the second century B.C.E, the Huainanzi clarifies a crucial period in the development of Chinese conceptions of the cosmos, human nature, and the social order. Outlining "all that a modern monarch needs to know," the text emphasizes rigorous self-cultivation and mental discipline, attributing successful rule to a balance of broad knowledge, diligent application, and penetrating wisdom ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

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    To Rule All Under Heaven

    A History of Classical China, from Confucius to the First Emperor

    by Andrew Seth Meyer ...
    Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

    Unabridged

    24 hours 5 min

    The first ever comprehensive history in English of China's Warring States period, an era that saw epic battles, the birth of profound philosophies, groundbreaking innovations, and shaped much of East Asian culture as we know it today.The Warring States period saw the emergence of Confucianism and Daoism, the composition of seminal texts such as The Art of War by Master Sun and the Book of Changes, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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  • A Thousand Pieces of Gold

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  • The Early Chinese Empires

    Qin and Han

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    In 221 BC, the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for its political survival on a fundamental reshaping of Chinese culture. With this informative book, we are present at the creation of an ancient imperial order whose major features would endure for two millennia.The Qin and Han constitute the ... Read more

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  • Tao Te Ching

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  • Early China

    A Social and Cultural History

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  • Ming China, 1368–1644

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