The Confucian-Legalist State: A New Theory of Chinese History

by Dingxin Zhao

Book Overview

In The Confucian-Legalist State, Dingxin Zhao offers a radically new analysis of Chinese imperial history from the eleventh century BCE to the fall of the Qing dynasty. This study first uncovers the factors that explain how, and why, China developed into a bureaucratic empire under the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE. It then examines the political system that crystallized during the Western Han dynasty, a system that drew on China's philosophical traditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190886951
• ISBN13: 9780190886950
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"