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Shen Pu-Hai: A Chinese Political Philosopher of the Fourth Century B. C.

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该书乃顾立雅研究申子二十年的经典之作,始于《申子》文本辑佚、校勘、训诂及英译,后又辨正阐发其义理。鉴于古史论断之误及清人辑佚之失,顾立雅考证《申子》文本流传史与可靠性,分为原书引文与言论引述,考定27则佚文。这27则佚文,堪称目前《申子》之最优本。

该书强调申不害概念思想之独出机杼及于中国历史之举足轻重。鉴于郑之贱臣与韩之国相的执政生涯,与长于政府分工、精于行政管理的郑韩国情密切相关,申不害开启一种早熟的君主统治指南与抽象行政理论。申不害所主刑名,乃名号职责与职务行为参验之义,首创富有组织政治学意味的思想;其任数术,因能授官、行督责术,启示选官考绩之基本原理。

有别于“学本黄老”、归为法家之论,该书认为申子之道既与道家旨趣有殊,亦不重赏刑之法而非商韩式法家。非惟细绎与周秦之治、诸子之学的关联,该书还深察申子对后世帝王名臣的影响,并对其所范导的中国官僚系统评价甚高:这种非道德而务于政治术的哲学,终究对中华帝制政府意义深远,于世界政治文明亦可谓先识之明。

446 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

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