淮南子

Liu, An, 180 BCE-123 BCE

About this book

"淮南子" by An Liu is a philosophical text compiled before 139 BCE from scholarly debates at Liu An's court. This handbook for enlightened rulers attempts to define perfect socio-political order through synthesizing Taoist, Legalist, Confucian, and Mohist concepts while favoring a less active sovereign. The twenty-one chapters range across religion, history, astronomy, geography, philosophy, and politics, drawing heavily from the Zhuangzi and advocating wuwei nonaction against the Han dynasty's growing centralized government.

Notes

Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huainanzi

Author
Liu, An, 180 BCE-123 BCE
Language
中文