The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu) - Confucius, Martin Palmer - translator torrent

Category: Adults, Classic, History, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: Ancient Chinese Literature China Five Chinese Classics

Written by Confucius, Martin Palmer - translator
Read by Windson Liong
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

The Most Venerable Book (also known as The Book of History) is one of the five classics. For many centuries it was a central work for anyone wishing to work for the imperial administration, with its prestige stemming from the belief that it had been assembled by Confucius himself. The first emperor tried to have all copies destroyed because of its subversive implication that ‘the Mandate of Heaven’ could be withdrawn from rulers who failed their people. For similar reasons it was also banned by Mao. Extraordinarily, it has been revived by the Chinese government of the 2010s.