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Law and Morality in Ancient China: The Silk Manuscripts of Huang-Lao

By: R. P. Peerenboom | Book details

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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1
1.
The Silk Manuscripts of Huang-Lao1
1.1 Text 6
1.2 Title 7
1.3 Authorship 9
1.4 Dating 12
2.
Methodology 19
2.1 Philosophy of Law: A Hermeneutical Framework 20
CHAPTER II THE NATURAL WAY OF HUANG-LAO 27
1.
Foundational Naturalism 27
1.1 Huang-Lao Naturalism 28
1.2 Huang-Lao Foundationalism 31
2.
The Nature of Nature 41
2.1 Nature as Impersonal 42
2.2 Nature as Constant 43
2.3 Nature as Rule Governed 43
3.
The Place of Humans Within the Natural Order51
3.1 Dao 51
3.2 Xing Ming: Forms and Names 55
3.3 Li: Principle 61
3.4 Fa: Law 61

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