Conceptual History of Morality and Penalty in China - Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture - Dejia Li - Books - Springer Verlag, Singapore - 9789819590582 - May 19, 2026
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Conceptual History of Morality and Penalty in China - Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture


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This book challenges the long-prevailing interpretation of China’s legal tradition as “virtue given priority over penalty,” arguing that this proposition is a projection of modern Western rule-of-law discourse and fails to accurately reveal the structure of traditional Chinese legal thought.

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Released May 19, 2026
ISBN13 9789819590582
Publishers Springer Verlag, Singapore
Pages 102
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   285 g
Translator Tian, Linan

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