Project

The Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals: Syncretic Elements on the Art of Rulership

Code
01SF3011
Duration
01 January 2012 → 31 October 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Literatures in Chinese
    • Social and political philosophy
Keywords
rulership Chinese political theory Chunqiu fanlu theory of administration
 
Project description

My research concerns the Chunqiu fanlu, an important political treatise of Chinese tradition ascribed to Dong Zhongshu, a pivotal Cunfucian scholar from the Han dynasty. It analyses the statecraft theory in the syncretic chapters of the text (ch. 18-23), taking into account the historical context in which it emerged.