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Cover photo: Night view of the China Pavilion during the trial operation of the Shanghai World Expo, April 25, 2010. The China Pavilion has a distinctive roof, made of traditional dougong or interlocking wooden brackets. It is a modern adaptation of an architectural style that was widely used in the Spring and Autumn Period (c. 770 BCE to c. 476 BCE). © Guo Changyao/XinHua/Xinhua Press/Corbis.
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Fourth printing, and first paperback printing, with a new preface by the author, 2013
Paperback ISBN 978-0-691-16021-4
The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition of this book as follows
Yan, Xuetong.
Ancient Chinese thought, modern Chinese power / Yan Xuetong ; edited by Daniel A. Bell and Sun Zhe ; translated by Edmund Ryden
p. cm.
Chinese uniform title not available.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-691-14826-7 (hardback: alk. paper) 1. China—Politics and government—2002– 2. Political science—China—History—To 1500. 3. Confucianism—China—History. I. Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964– II. Sun, Zhe, 1966– III. Ryden, Edmund, tr, IV. Title.
JQ1510.Y46113 2011
327.101—dc22 2010031059
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