Title The constitution of ancient China / Su Li ; edited by Zhang Yongle and Daniel Bell ; translated by Edmund Ryden

Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource Series The Princeton-China series Princeton-China series. Contents Introduction / Su Li -- The constitution of the territory and politics of a large state / Su Li -- Ancient china's cultural constitutionality / Su Li -- Scholar-officials / Su Li -- The mixed Han-Tang-Song structure and its moral ideal / Wang Hui -- The symbolic and the functional / Liu han -- The ideal of civilization / Wu fei -- History, culture, revolution, and Chinese constitutionalism / Zhao Xiaoli -- Response to my critics / Su Li Summary 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 Analysis Chinese characters Chinese empire Common Program of 1949 Confucianism Germany Great Learning Great Wall Mandarin Chinese Qin dynasty Su Li Third Reich Weimar Constitution administrative divisions ancient China beliefs bureaucracy civilization commandery system constitution constitutional continuity constitutional discontinuity constitutional law constitutionalism cosmology cultural community cultural constitution effective constitution emperor examination system feudal clan law feudal system geoclimatic conditions geopolitics institutions knowledge large state legitimacy continuity legitimation meritocracy political life political order political rationalization politico-cultural elites politics reading recommendation system revolution rites scholar-officials selection system social consensus structural functionalism territory traditions unified script unified speech uniform weights Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 29, 2018) Subject Constitutional history -- China Culture and law -- China LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. HISTORY -- Asia -- China. Constitutional history Culture and law Politics and government SUBJECT China -- Politics and government -- History China -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024032 Subject China Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Zhang, Yongle, editor. Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964- editor. Ryden, Edmund, translator. ISBN 9781400889778 1400889774

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