The Heir and the Sage Revised and Expanded Edition Dynastic Legend in Early China 2nd edition by Sarah Allan 1438462264 9781438462264

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Author :  Sarah Allan 

A comprehensive analysis of the transformations of ancient history in early Chinese texts. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the accounts of change of rule in Chinese texts from 600 to 100 BC, including the core philosophical works of the Chinese tradition attributed to Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Xunzi, Hanfeizi, and Zhuangzi. Drawing from the early structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Sarah Allan demonstrates that similar motifs repeat in every period, and argues that they serve, like myth, to mediate the inherent social conflict between kinship relations and that of the larger community. This conflict is embodied in the idea of a dynastic cycle, founded by a virtuous sage king and passed down hereditarily until a last evil ruler is again replaced, and played out at regular intervals in legends of kings and ministers, heirs and sages, ministers and recluses, regents and rebels. Each philosophical text transforms the legends in a systematic manner to reflect its own understanding of the patterns of history that inform the present. In this revised and expanded edition, Allan has added translations and original Chinese texts, as well as a new introduction further analyzing structuralism and discussing how the book remains relevant to ongoing sinological arguments. An earlier article by Allan, with supporting evidence for this book’s thesis, is included as an appendix.

The Heir and the Sage Revised and Expanded Edition Dynastic Legend in Early China 2nd Table of contents:

Chapter 1 Problem and Theory
Hypothesis
Theory
Method and Procedure
Chapter 2 Legend Set 1: Tang Yao to Yú Shun
Yao to Shun: The Transfer of Rule
Shun and Dan Zhu: The Sage and the Heir
Shun and Xu You: The Ruler and the Refuser
Shun as Founding Minister
Shun as Regent
Chapter 3 Legend Sets 2 and 3: Yú Shun to Xia Yu and the Foundation of the Xia Dynasty
Shun to Yu, Yu to Qi: From Nonhereditary to Hereditary Transfer
Yu as a Culture Hero
Legend Set 2: From Shun to Yu
Shun to Yu: The Transfer of Rule
Yu and Shan Juan: The Ruler and the Refuser
Yu and Shang Jun: The Sage and the Heir
Yu as Founding Minister
Yu as Regent
Legend Set 3: The Foundation of the Xia Dynasty
Yu to Yi: Appointment by Virtue
Yi and Bocheng Zigao: The Minister and the Refuser
Yi to Qi: From Virtue to Heredity
Qi and the Wu Guan: The Ruler and the Rebel
Chapter 4 Legend Set 4: The Foundation of the Shang Dynasty
Jie to Tang: The Transfer of Rule
The Period of Foundation
Tang and Wu Guang: The Ruler and the Refuser
Tang and Yi Yin: The Ruler and the Founding Minister
Yi Yin and Wu Guang and Bian Sui: The Minister and the Refusers
Period of Regency: Hereditary Continuation
Yi Yin and Tai Jia: The Ruler and the Rebel
Yi Yin and Tai Jia: The Regent and the Ruler
Chapter 5 Legend Set 5: The Foundation of the Zhou Dynasty
Wen Wang and Wu Wang: The Founders of the Zhou Dynasty
Zhòu Xin to Wu Wang: The Transfer of Rule
Taigong Wang: The Founding Minister
Period of Regency
Zhougong, Guan and Cai, Cheng Wang: The Regent, The Rebels, and the Ruler
Chapter 6 The Philosophers
The Mozi
The Lun Yu
The Mengzi
The Xunzi
The Hanfeizi and the Guben Zhushu Jinian
The Zhuangzi
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Appendix 1 Charts
Appendix 2 The Identities of Taigong Wang in Zhou and Han Literature
The Problem
Determining Historicity
Historical Events in the Life of the Grand Duke
The Role of Shi Shangfu
Jiang and Zhou
A Historical Identity
Legends of Origin
The Butcher Legend
Persuader and Recluse
The Fishing Legend
Boatman—Similarity of Theme
The Founding Minister—From Obscurity to Fame
Conclusion
Postscript
Bibliography
Index of Chinese Names, Places, and Important Terms

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