Name and Reality

16 books

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Rating 4.5
Xunzi 荀子 / 胡大雷 / 胡烜 Lijiang Publishing House · 2026 This book represents the culmination of the scholarly thought of the pre-Qin masters. Xunzi, one of the most accomplished and socially influential thi…
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Rating 3.8
A Study of Musical Instruments Sharing the Same Names in Ancient and Modern Times 刘文荣 Shanghai Music Publishing House · 2025 Chinese musical instruments, diverse in kind, evolved over several millennia. Titled An Examination of Musical Instruments Sharing Names in Ancient an…
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Rating 3.2
Rectification of Names Anonymous · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive: religious theo…
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Rating 4.8
On Sound Having Neither Sorrow nor Joy 嵇康 · 2024 A guest from Qin asked the Master of the Eastern Field: I have heard the former discussions say, "The sounds of a well-governed age are peaceful and j…
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Rating 3.8
The Book of Master Deng Xi 邓析 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early modes of thou…
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Rating 2.8
Discriminating Words 员兴宗 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early thought forms are distinctive, and the content of…
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Rating 3.9
Collected Works of Liu Shao Yan Kejun · 2024 This collection is part of the Complete Prose of High Antiquity, the Three Dynasties, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, and Six Dynasties, compiled by the Qin…
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Rating 3.8
The Historiographer's Primary Script and the Eight Scripts of Qin 徐学标 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 "Primary Scribal Duties" was the basic function of historiographers, while the "Eight Scripts of Qin" refers to the eight script styles current in the…
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Rating 4.4
The Mohist Canons 墨翟 · 2025 The Mohist Canon, also known as the Mohist Dialectics, is a core chapter of the Mozi, composed of the 'Canon,' 'Explanation of the Canon,' 'Greater Se…
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Rating 2.5
Visible Evidence Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Dongfang Shuo's brief, slighting words were taken as trustworthy proof. Everyone said Shuo was greatly wise and that no later worthy could match him. …
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Rating 4.1
Prudence in Law Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 In this world, none fail to govern by means of that which causes their disorder; therefore small governance brings small disorder, and great governanc…
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Rating 2.5
The Confucian Robe Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2020 The Confucian Robe begins with the attire worn by Confucian scholars in ancient China—tall caps, broad sashes, an air of elegance. Yet Confucius himse…
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Rating 2.6
Rectifying Names Anonymous Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 When the later kings established names: penal names followed Shang, rank names followed Zhou, and ceremonial names followed the rites. As for the scat…
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Rating 4.5
Gongsun Long 公孙龙 Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 In Gongsun Longzi, Gongsun Long focuses on the intension and extension of concepts and on the inherent contradictions between the universal and the pa…
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Rating 3.9
Xunzi 安小兰 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 Xunzi was a famous thinker and literary figure of the late Warring States period and the great synthesizer of pre-Qin Confucian thought. Alongside Con…
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Rating 4.5
Xunzi (Unannotated Edition) 荀子 · 2015 Xunzi (c. 313–c. 238 BCE), whose personal name was Kuang and whose courtesy name was Qing, was of Han Chinese origin. Because 'Xun' and 'Sun' sounded …