The most venerable book (Shang shu)
2014
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A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, 'The Most Venerable Book' is one of the 'five classics', a key work of Chinese literature which preserves some of the most ancient and dramatic chronicles of the history, both real and mythological, of the Chinese state. For many centuries it was a central work for anyone wishing to work for the Imperial administration, preserving as it does a fascinating mixture of key Confucian concepts as well as page after page of heroes, benevolent rulers, sagacious ministers, and struggles against flood, corruption and vicious, despotic rulers.
Main title:
The most venerable book (Shang shu) / Confucius ; translated by Martin Palmer.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2014.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations. ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780141197463 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.1'8008895.18008
Language:
EnglishChinese
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BRN:
1983383
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