Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Asia and Africa |
Editors | D. T. POTTS, Ethan HARKNESS, Jason NEELIS, Roderick MCINTOSH |
Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Inc. |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119399919 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Oct 2021 |
Abstract
The Huainanzi is a compendium of philosophical essays completed in early China sometime before 139 bce. It was a collaborative effort between numerous scholars under the patronage and editorship of Liu An, the prince of Huainan, who was a member of the royal clan of the Han Empire. It presents a philosophy of good governance, based on a carefully crafted synthesis of all earlier major traditions of thought within a model of correlative cosmology. Massive in scope, it is one of the most important philosophical works that have survived from ancient China.