Kung-chuan Hsiao
Translated by Frederick W. Mote

• Frontmatter,
• Table of Contents,
• Fan-li-General Principles Governing the Composition of This Work,
• Author's Foreword,
• Translator's Preface,
• Notes on the Principles Guiding Translation,
• Introduction,
• CHAPTER ONE. The Various Schools of Political Thought in the Pre-Ch'in Age,
• CHAPTER TWO. Confucius (551-479 B.C.),
• CHAPTER THREE. Mencius and Hsün Tzu,
• CHAPTER FOUR. Mo Tzu (ca. 490-403 B.C.),
• CHAPTER FIVE. Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu,
• CHAPTER SIX. Kuan Tzu,
• CHAPTER SEVEN. Lord Shang and Han Fei Tzu,
• CHAPTER EIGHT. Mohists and Legalists in the Ch'in and Han Periods,
• CHAPTER NINE. From Chia Yi to Chung-ch'ang T'ung,
• CHAPTER TEN. From the Lü-shih Ch'un-chiu to Wang Ch'ung's Lun Heng,
• CHAPTER ELEVEN. From Wang Pi to Ko Hung,
• Glossary,
• Bibliography,
• Index,

This volume launches the translation of a work that describes the development of Chinese political thought from the time of Confucius in the late Chou era into the twentieth century. The author systematically treats leading thinkers, schools, and movements, displaying a consummate mastery of traditional Chinese learning, and of Western analytical and comparative methods. This first complete translation includes prefatory remarks by Kung-chuan Hsiao and notes prepared by the translator to assist the Western reader.
Originally published in 1979.
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