TY  - GEN
T1  - The constitution of ancient China
T2  - Princeton-China series.
A1  - Su, Li, 1955-
A2  - Zhang, Yongle
A2  - Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964-
A2  - Ryden, Edmund
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2018
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1037945918
AB  - 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.
CN  - KNN2090 .S826 2018eb
SN  - 9781400889778
SN  - 1400889774
SN  - 9780691171593
SN  - 0691171599
KW  - Constitutional history : China.
KW  - Culture and law : China.
KW  - China : Politics and government : History.
KW  - China : History.
KW  - Histoire constitutionnelle : Chine.
KW  - Chine : Politique et gouvernement : Histoire.
KW  - Chine : Histoire.
KW  - LAW : Constitutional.
KW  - LAW : Public.
KW  - HISTORY : Asia : China.
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Culture and law
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - China
KW  - Chinese characters.
KW  - Chinese empire.
KW  - Common Program of 1949.
KW  - Confucianism.
KW  - Germany.
KW  - Great Learning.
KW  - Great Wall.
KW  - Mandarin Chinese.
KW  - Qin dynasty.
KW  - Su Li.
KW  - Third Reich.
KW  - Weimar Constitution.
KW  - administrative divisions.
KW  - ancient China.
KW  - beliefs.
KW  - bureaucracy.
KW  - civilization.
KW  - commandery system.
KW  - constitution.
KW  - constitutional continuity.
KW  - constitutional discontinuity.
KW  - constitutional law.
KW  - constitutionalism.
KW  - cosmology.
KW  - cultural community.
KW  - cultural constitution.
KW  - effective constitution.
KW  - emperor.
KW  - examination system.
KW  - feudal clan law.
KW  - feudal system.
KW  - geoclimatic conditions.
KW  - geopolitics.
KW  - institutions.
KW  - knowledge.
KW  - large state.
KW  - legitimacy continuity.
KW  - legitimation.
KW  - meritocracy.
KW  - political life.
KW  - political order.
KW  - political rationalization.
KW  - politico-cultural elites.
KW  - politics.
KW  - reading.
KW  - recommendation system.
KW  - revolution.
KW  - rites.
KW  - scholar-officials.
KW  - selection system.
KW  - social consensus.
KW  - structural functionalism.
KW  - territory.
KW  - traditions.
KW  - unified script.
KW  - unified speech.
KW  - uniform weights.
KW  - History
ER  -