Roger Ames first traces the evolution of five key concepts in early Chinese political philosophy and then analyzes these concepts as they are developed in The A

Ames demonstrates that the political theory contained in The Art of Rulership shares an underlying sympathy with precepts of Taoist and Confucian origin, and co

This volume, a directory of astrological correspondences, is the result of a research project that drew together the thoughts of many others into a reference bo

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781351116022, has been made available under a Creative Commons A

Explores proper timing and the arts of rulership in the work that inspired China's first emperor.