Abstract
Sociopolitical practice refers to the understanding and conduct of government. In the discourse on ming-shi, the Confucians, Moists, Daoists, and Legalists reviewed the connection of sociopolitical practice to the ming-shi issue by analyzing the concepts of zheng 政 (government), li 利 (benefit ), and fa 灋 (law). Although the three concepts cannot include all areas of Chinese sociopolitical practice, they do represent the main ideas and execution of government in ancient China.
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Lun Yu–Yan Yuan, trans. Wing-tsit Chan, 1963, 40.
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Lun Yu–Wei Zheng, trans. Chan, 22.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 17, trans. Chan, 148.
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Lun Yu–Wei Ling Gong, trans. Chan, 44.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 65, trans. Chan, 170.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 10.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 60.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 25, trans. Chan, 153.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 7.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 8.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 12.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 13.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 49.
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Meng Zi–Li Lou I, trans. James Legge, 1970, 293.
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Meng Zi–Gongsun Chou I.
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Meng Zi–Li Lou I, trans. Chan, 75.
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Lun Yu–Yan Yuan.
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Quoted in Hsiao Kung-chan, A History of Chinese Political Thought, vol. 1. trans. F. Mote (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979), 226.
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Mo Zi–Jian Ai I, trans. Chan, 214.
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Mo Zi–Jian Ai III, trans. Burton Watson, 1967, 39.
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Ibid.
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Mo Zi–Shang Xian II.
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Mo Zi–Jian Ai II.
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Mo Zi–Jian Ai III.
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Mo Zi–Shang Xian II.
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Mo Zi–Shang Tong III.
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Meng Zi–Liang Hui Wang I, trans. Legge, 126.
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Meng Zi–Gao Zi II.
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Mo Zi–Tian Zhi I.
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Meng Zi–Liang Hui Wang, trans. Legge, 131.
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Yi Jing.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 25, slightly modified from Chan, 153.
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Mo Bian–Jing I, trans. Angus Graham, 1978, 316.
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Mo Bian–Xiao Qu, trans. Graham, 471.
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Liang, 1987, 155–158.
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Gun Zi–Qi Fa.
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Xun Zi–Fu Guo.
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Xun Zi–Ru Xiao.
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Han Fei Zi–Ding Fa.
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Dao De Jing, ch. 57.
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Shen Zi.
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Mo Zi–Shang Tong II.
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Shen Zi.
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Han Fei Zi–Wai Chu Shuo II.
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Han Fei Zi–Ba Shuo.
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Han Fei Zi–Nan III.
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Han Fei Zi–Ding Fa.
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Han Fei Zi–Ba Jing.
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Han Fei Zi–Wu Du.
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Han Fei Zi–Liu Fan.
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Lun Yu–Wei Zheng.
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Han Fei Zi–Xian Xue.
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Xun Zi–Wang Zhi.
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Xun Zi–Jun Dao.
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Meng Zi–Gongsun Chou II, trans. Legge, 289.
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Huai Nan Zi–Tai Zu Xun.
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Hsiao, 386.
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Lun Yu–Yan Yuan, trans. Chan, 39.
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Han Fei Zi–Yang Quan.
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Han Fei Zi–Gong Ming.
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Han Fei Zi–Zhu Dao.
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Han Fei Zi–Yang Quan.
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Sun, Z. (2015). Sociopolitical Practice and Language . In: Language, Discourse, and Praxis in Ancient China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54865-9_5
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