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Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power / Xuetong Yan; ed. by Sun Zhe, Daniel A. Bell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Princeton-China Series ; 5Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: With a New preface by the authorDescription: 1 online resource (320 p.) : 11 line illus. 4 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691160214
  • 9781400848959
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.101 22
LOC classification:
  • JQ1510 .Y46113 2013
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Translation -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Introduction -- Part I. Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power -- 1. A Comparative Study of Pre-Qin Interstate Political Philosophy -- 2. Xunzi's Interstate Political Philosophy and Its Message for Today -- 3. Hegemony in The Stratagems of the Warring States -- Part II. Comments -- 4. An Examination of the Research Theory of Pre-Qin Interstate Political Philosophy -- 5. The Two Poles of Confucianism: A Comparison of the Interstate Political Philosophies of Mencius and Xunzi -- 6. Political Hegemony in Ancient China: A Review of "Hegemony in The Stratagems of the Warring States" -- Part III. Response to the Commentators -- 7. Pre-Qin Philosophy and China's Rise Today -- Appendix 1. The Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods and the Pre-Qin Masters -- Appendix 2. Yan Xuetong: A Realist Scholar Clinging to Scientific Prediction -- Appendix 3. Why Is There No Chinese School of International Relations Theory? -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influential foreign policy thinker, sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. In the West, Yan Xuetong is often regarded as a hawkish policy advisor and enemy of liberal internationalists. But a very different picture emerges from this book, as Yan examines the lessons of ancient Chinese political thought for the future of China and the development of a "Beijing consensus" in international relations. Yan, it becomes clear, is neither a communist who believes that economic might is the key to national power, nor a neoconservative who believes that China should rely on military might to get its way. Rather, Yan argues, political leadership is the key to national power, and morality is an essential part of political leadership. Economic and military might are important components of national power, but they are secondary to political leaders who act in accordance with moral norms, and the same holds true in determining the hierarchy of the global order. Providing new insights into the thinking of one of China's leading foreign policy figures, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in China's rise or in international relations. In a new preface, Yan reflects on his arguments in light of recent developments in Chinese foreign policy, including the selection of a new leader in 2012.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Translation -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Introduction -- Part I. Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power -- 1. A Comparative Study of Pre-Qin Interstate Political Philosophy -- 2. Xunzi's Interstate Political Philosophy and Its Message for Today -- 3. Hegemony in The Stratagems of the Warring States -- Part II. Comments -- 4. An Examination of the Research Theory of Pre-Qin Interstate Political Philosophy -- 5. The Two Poles of Confucianism: A Comparison of the Interstate Political Philosophies of Mencius and Xunzi -- 6. Political Hegemony in Ancient China: A Review of "Hegemony in The Stratagems of the Warring States" -- Part III. Response to the Commentators -- 7. Pre-Qin Philosophy and China's Rise Today -- Appendix 1. The Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods and the Pre-Qin Masters -- Appendix 2. Yan Xuetong: A Realist Scholar Clinging to Scientific Prediction -- Appendix 3. Why Is There No Chinese School of International Relations Theory? -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index

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The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influential foreign policy thinker, sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. In the West, Yan Xuetong is often regarded as a hawkish policy advisor and enemy of liberal internationalists. But a very different picture emerges from this book, as Yan examines the lessons of ancient Chinese political thought for the future of China and the development of a "Beijing consensus" in international relations. Yan, it becomes clear, is neither a communist who believes that economic might is the key to national power, nor a neoconservative who believes that China should rely on military might to get its way. Rather, Yan argues, political leadership is the key to national power, and morality is an essential part of political leadership. Economic and military might are important components of national power, but they are secondary to political leaders who act in accordance with moral norms, and the same holds true in determining the hierarchy of the global order. Providing new insights into the thinking of one of China's leading foreign policy figures, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in China's rise or in international relations. In a new preface, Yan reflects on his arguments in light of recent developments in Chinese foreign policy, including the selection of a new leader in 2012.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)