Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Map of the Warring States World Around 350 B.C.E. x
5. PART I: INTRODUCTION
6. INTRODUCTION 3
7. 1 SHANG YANG AND HIS TIMES 7
8. 2 THE TEXT 25
9. 3 THE IDEOLOGY OF THE TOTAL STATE 59
10. 4 THE TEXT’S RECEPTION AND IMPACT 100
11. PART II. THE BOOK OF LORD SHANG
12. NOTES ON TRANSLATION 117
13. 1 REVISING THE LAWS 119
14. 2 ORDERS TO CULTIVATE WASTELANDS 123
15. 3 AGRICULTURE AND WARFARE 132
16. 4 ELIMINATING THE STRONG. with 20. Weakening the People and 5. Explaining the People 141
17. 6 CALCULATING THE LAND 157
18. 7 OPENING THE BLOCKED 166
19. 8 SPEAKING OF THE ONE 172
20. 9 IMPLEMENTING LAWS 176
21. 10 METHODS OF WAR 180
22. 11 ESTABLISHING THE ROOTS 184
23. 12 MILITARY DEFENSE 186
24. 13 MAKING ORDERS STRICT 188
25. 14 CULTIVATION OF AUTHORITY 193
26. 15 ATTRACTING THE PEOPLE 198
27. 16 ESSENTIALS OF PUNISHMENTS 205
28. 17 REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS 206
29. 18 CHARTING THE POLICIES 213
30. 19 WITHIN THE BORDERS 221
31. 21 PROTECTING FROM ROBBERS 227
32. 22 EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL 228
33. 23 RULER AND MINISTERS 231
34. 24 INTERDICTING AND ENCOURAGING 235
35. 25 ATTENTION TO LAW 239
36. 26 FIXING DIVISIONS 243
37. FRAGMENT OF “SIX LAWS” 249
38. NOTES 251
39. BIBLIOGRAPHY 309
40. INDEX 327
41. Translations from the Asian Classics 353