The four political treatises of the Yellow Emperor Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	The Sociopolitical Milieu and Theoretical Heritage	5
Ch. 2	The Central Concern of the Four Texts: The Art of Rulership	19
Ch. 3	Guidelines for the Art of Rulership	28
Ch. 4	The Relationship of the Ruler to Ministers and to the People	41
Ch. 5	The Balance between Xing and De, and Between Wen and Wu	57
Ch. 6	Strategies and Tactics	65
	Conclusion	72
	Notes and References	78
	The Four Texts of the Yellow Emperor (Original Texts and Complete English Translations with Annotations)	97
1	The Constancy of Laws	100
2	The Classics	145
3	Aphorisms	181
4	On Dao the Fundamental	197
Appendix 1	The Works Relevant to the Yellow Emperor Recorded in Yiwenzhi	201
Appendix 2	A Quantitative Analysis of the Philosophical/Political Contents of the Four Texts	205
Appendix 3	Parallels between the Works of Guanzi and the Four Texts	208
Appendix 4	Parallels between the Sayings of Fan Li and the Four Texts	210
Appendix 5	Establishing the Date(s) of the Four Texts	212
	Bibliography	215
	Index	225