Table of Content
Special Theme Section: New Perspectives of the "Shangjun Shu" (Eds. Paul Fahr and Christian Schwermann)
Paul FAHR and Christian SCHWERMANN: Introduction: New Perspectives on the "Shangjun shu" and their Place in the History of Ideas and Social Change · Christoph HARBSMEIER: The "guoren", "Burghers",in the "Zuozhuan" · Paul R. GOLDIN: "Power" in "Shangjun shu": A Linguistic Perspective · Kai VOGELSANG: Rulership in the Discourse of Political Realism: The Concept of "mingzhu" · Ashton NG: Strength, not Statutes: Re-Examining Shang Yang's Influence on Han Fei · Yuri PINES: Waging a Demographic War: Chapter 15, "Attracting the People," of "The Book of Lord Shang" Revisited · Elisa Levi SABATTINI: The Importance of Customs in Governing the People According to the "Shangjun shu" · Hans VAN ESS: Dating the Received "Shangjun shu": A Closer Look at the "Geng fa" Chapter · Maxim KOROLKOV: (Political) Community: Grassroots Social Units in Ideology and Practice of the Early Chinese Empires
Articles
Klaus J. FRIESE: Nachahmung oder Mimikry? Visualisierungen japanischer Identität während des Ersten Sino-Japanischen Krieges · Iain SINCLAIR: Censorship through Transliteration in Song Yamantaka Tantra Translations · Yu WEICHENG: Die Rezeption der neueren chinesischen Literatur im deutschsprachigen Raum des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts - Mechanismen und Paradigmen
Review
Anke SCHERER: Dorothea Mladenova (2023): "Selbstoptimierung bis in den Tod. Aktive Lebensendplanung in Japan"