Queen Sarah A., Major John S. (transl. and eds.) Dong Zhongshu. Luxuriant gems of the spring and autumn

New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. — 685 p. — (Translations from the Asian classics) — ISBN 978-0231539616Первый перевод на английский язык раннеконфуцианского сборника философских и социально-политических эссе "Чуньцю фань лу" (кит. 春秋繁露, «Обильные росы “Вёсен и осеней”», ок. II в. до н.э.), приписываемого Дун Чжуншу, философу и политику, жившему в эпоху Хань.The Spring and Autumn (Chunqiu) is a chronicle kept by the dukes of the state of Lu from 722 to 481 B.C.E. Luxuriant Gems of the "Spring and Autumn" (Chunqiu fanlu) follows the interpretations of the Gongyang Commentary, whose transmitters sought to explicate the special language of the Spring and Autumn. The work is often ascribed to the Han scholar and court official Dong Zhongshu, but, as this study reveals, the text is in fact a compendium of writings by a variety of authors spanning several generations. It depicts a utopian vision of a flourishing humanity that they believed to be Confucius's legacy to the world.The Gongyang masters thought that Confucius had written the Spring and Autumn, employing subtle phrasing to indicate approval or disapproval of important events and personages. Luxuriant Gems therefore augments Confucian ethical and philosophical teachings with chapters on cosmology, statecraft, and other topics drawn from contemporary non-Confucian traditions. A major resource, this book features the first complete English-language translation of Luxuriant Gems, divided into eight thematic sections with introductions that address dating, authorship, authenticity, and the relationship between the Spring and Autumn and the Gongyang approach. Critically illuminating early Chinese philosophy, religion, literature, and politics, this book conveys the brilliance of intellectual life in the Han dynasty during the formative decades of the Chinese imperial state.Exegetical Principles
Monarchical Principles
Regulatory Principles
Ethical Principles
Yin-Yang Principles
Five-Phase Principles
Ritual Principles
Heavenly Principles
Appendix A. Biographies of the Confucian Scholars
Appendix B. The Biography of Dong Zhongshu
Selected Bibliography
Index