The Princeton-China Series⁹

Daniel Bell, Wang Hui, and Andrew Yao, Series Editors

The Princeton-China Series brings the work of China’s leading contemporary scholars and researchers to a broad international audience. Drawing from a wide variety of fields, the books in the series highlight the important scholarly work being done in or about China. The aim of the series is to promote foundational scholarly work that pushes the boundaries of academic disciplines and creates opportunities for cross-cultural understanding.

Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea Shuchen Xiang
A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference
Against Political Equality: The Confucian Case Tongdong Bai
How a hybrid Confucian-engendered form of governance might solve today’s political problems
Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers Yan Xuetong
A leading foreign policy thinker uses Chinese political theory to explain why some powers rise as others decline and what this means for the international order
The Constitution of Ancient China Su Li
Edited by Zhang Yongle and Daniel A. Bell
Translated by Edmund Ryden
How was the vast ancient Chinese empire brought together and effectively ruled? What are the historical origins of the resilience of contemporary China's political system? In The Constitution of Ancient China, Su Li, China's most...
Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays Xinian Fu
Edited by Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt
Translated by Alexandra Harrer
A groundbreaking book by one of the world's leading historians of Chinese architecture
A Confucian Constitutional Order: How China's Ancient Past Can Shape Its Political Future Jiang Qing
Edited by Daniel A. Bell and Ruiping Fan
Translated by Edmund Ryden
What a Confucian constitutional government might look like in China's political future
Confucian Perfectionism: A Political Philosophy for Modern Times Joseph Cho-wai Chan
Since the very beginning, Confucianism has been troubled by a serious gap between its political ideals and the reality of societal circumstances. Contemporary Confucians must develop a viable method of governance that can retain the...
Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power Yan Xuetong
Edited by Daniel A. Bell and Sun Zhe
Translated by Edmund Ryden
From China's most influential foreign policy thinker, a vision for a "Beijing Consensus" for international relations
Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power Yan Xuetong
Edited by Daniel A. Bell and Sun Zhe
Translated by Edmund Ryden
From China's most influential foreign policy thinker, a vision for a "Beijing Consensus" for international relations