The Idea of Non-verbal Rule in Early Warring States Thought and Its Incorporation into the Concept of Cheng
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政治科學論叢, 43, 053-082
Journal
政治科學論叢
Journal Issue
43
Pages
053-082
Date Issued
2010-03
Date
2010-03
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Abstract
In the course of development of political thought during the Warring States Period and Qin-Han Empires, our general impression is that aristocratic court decorum was replaced by positive law. On the other hand, however, disbelief in verbal order by rulers has been expressed in various Warring States political discourses. Indeed, a group of thinkers believed that the establishment of a high level of morality would enable rulers to establish authority over the people without the help of any verbal decree. Interestingly, such ideas often appear in the newly excavated Guodian Bamboo texts. From this viewpoint, the paper will explicate several concepts and arguments that support the idea of such “non-verbal rule” mainly in the Guodian texts, and trace the process by which these ideas are crystallized into the idea of cheng (sincerity/co-creativity) in the mid-late Warring States and Qin-Han texts. In doing so, the author hopes that this research can delineate the process of theorization of main conceptual terms which were essential for the discussion of socio-political issues arising in Warring States political discourse.
Subjects
中國政治思想；非語言；誠；郭店楚簡；上海博物館藏楚簡；Non-verbal Rule, Chinese Political Thought, Chu Bamboo texts, the Guodian texts, Shanghai Museum Bamboo texts
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