Publisher's Synopsis
Authors of this book are the officials of the Shang dynasty (475 BC - 221 BC) including Shang Yang, Lord Shang, et al. Jan Julius Lodewijk Duyvendak (28 June 1889 - 9 July 1954) was a Dutch sinologist and professor of Chinese at Leiden University. He is known for his translation of The Book of Lord Shang and his studies of the Dao De Jing.[1] He was co-editor of the renowned sinology journal T'oung Pao with French scholar Paul Pelliot for several decades. (Wikipedia, 2017)