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Discourses on salt and iron :

a debate on state control of commerce and industry in ancient China, chapter I-XXVIII / translated from the Chinese of Huan K'uan, with introduction and notes, by Esson M. Gale.
Huan, K'uan (1st cent. B.C.)
  
DISCOURSES ON SALT AND IRON
  
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Acknowledgment
  
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
  
PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION
  
APPENDIX
  
TRANSLATION OF THE DISCOURSES ON SALT AND IRON

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CHAPTER I
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CHAPTER II
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CHAPTER III
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CHAPTER IV
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CHAPTER V
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CHAPTER VI
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CHAPTER VII
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CHAPTER VIII
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CHAPTER IX
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CHAPTER X
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CHAPTER XI
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CHAPTER XII
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CHAPTER XIII
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CHAPTER XIV
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CHAPTER XV
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CHAPTER XVI
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CHAPTER XVII
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CHAPTER XVIII
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CHAPTER XIX
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GLOSSARY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                     
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PREFACE  IX 
INTRODUCTION  XV 
I. Historical Backgrounds of the Debate  XVII 
II. The Yen T'ieh Lun and its Author  XXXI 
§ 1. Huan K'uan and His Work  XXXI 
§ 2. The Various Editions  XXXIV 
§ 3. Authenticity of the Text  XXXIX 
III. Huan K'uan as Prose Writer  XLII 
§ 1. Stylistic Features  XLII 
§ 2. The Citatory Element  XLV 
APPENDIX  LII 
TRANSLATION OF THE YEN T'IEH LUN 
Book I 
I. The Basic Argument  1 
II. Hold Fast the Plough  12 
III. Circulation of Goods  18 
IV. Discordant Currencies  25 
V. Hindrance to Farming  30 
VI. Back to Ancient Truths  34 
Book II 
VII. In Criticism of Shang Yang  40 
VIII. Ch'ao Ts'o  50 
IX. Taunting the Puissant  54 
X. Thrust and Parry  59 
XI. Discoursing on Confucianists  66 
XII. Frontiers, The Great Concern  74 
Book III 
XIII. Parks and Ponds  81 
XIV. The Ratio of Production  85 
XV. Undeveloped Wealth  92 
Book IV 
XVI. Territorial Expansion  99 
XVII. The Poor and the Rich  106 
XVIII. Vilifying the Learned  112 
XIX. Extolling the Worthy  120 
GLOSSARY 
A. Historical  129 
B. Geographical  155 
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