Jullien, François,  1951- <br/><br/>
The propensity of things :  toward a history of efficacy in China / 
François Jullien ; translated by Janet Lloyd. 
 - 317 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-306). 
<br/><br/> Translator's Note --  Introduction --  Notice to the Reader --  Potential Is Born of Disposition in Military Strategy --  Position as the Determining Factor in Politics --  Conclusion I: A Logic of Manipulation --  The Force of Form, the Effect of Genre --  Lifelines across a Landscape --  Categories of Efficacious Dispositions --  Dynamism Is Continuous --  Conclusion II: The Dragon Motif --  Situation and Tendency in History --  Propensity at Work in Reality --  Conclusion III: Conformism and Efficacy --  Notes --  Glossary of Chinese Expressions.  I.  II.  III.  IV.  V.  VI.  VII.  VIII.  IX.  X.  XI. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0942299949 9780942299946 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94030660 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--History--Philosophy
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS736.5.  / J85 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951.001