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ChinaS Aristocratic Age: Politics And Power In The SpringsAndAutumns Period
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A New Perspective On The SpringsAndAutumns Period, ChinaS Longest Experiment With Polycentrismthe SpringsAndAutumns Period (770453 Bce)The Longest Aristocratic Age In Chinese HistoryMarks A Break From What Is Often Associated With The Normative Orientations Of Chinese Political Life. During This Era, Political Fragmentation Was Regarded As Acceptable, Many States Transitioned To Oligarchic Forms Of Rule, Political Participation By Lower Strata Was Allowed, Pedigree Mattered More Than Ability In Determining An IndividualS Career, And The Concept Of The Mandate Of Heaven Had Little To Do With The Notion Of Universal Rule. Indeed, In Many Respects, The Politics Of This Period Inverted Traditional Chinese Political Values. In ChinaS Aristocratic Age, Yuri Pines Offers A New History Of The SpringsAndAutumns Period, Arguing That It Should Be Considered On Its Own Terms Rather Than Simply As A Precursor For The Centralized And Bureaucratized Warring States Era That Followed.Pines Draws On Textual, Archaeological, And Paleographic Sources, Many Of Them Newly Discovered, To Examine The Political Dynamics Of The Era, Which He Terms ChinaS Longest Experiment With A Polycentric World And Society. Efforts During This Period To Establish A Viable Multistate Order, Overcome The Weaknesses Of Monarchial Rule, And Moderate Coercive Methods Of Governance Have Been Largely Regarded As Unsuccessful. Pines Explores The Consequences Of These Perceived Failures And Analyzes The Ways Negative Views Of ChinaS Polycentrism Contributed To Its Later Quest For Political Unity And Centralization. PinesS Account Sheds New Light On The SpringsAndAutumns Period Both Within Its Own Contemporaneous Context And Within The Long Dure Of Chinese History.
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