READING / 001BOOK IN PROGRESS60 CHAPTERS

ANCIENT TEXTS / MODERN QUESTIONS

鹽鐵論

YANTIE LUN

This room follows the structure of the book itself. Four complete chapters are now live, each keeping the classical text, working translation and interpretation on one page.

START WITH CHAPTER 01 VOLUME I READING STATUS

COVER ART / GALOK READING 《鹽鐵論》AI-generated cover artwork for this Reading project. Editorial interpretation; not a historical reproduction.

01 / VOLUME ARCHIVE

Ten volumes. Sixty chapter titles.

Every volume now carries its full bilingual source table of contents. Chinese chapter titles use the same display face as Dongjing Meng Hua Lu; English labels stay in the existing Reading hierarchy.

IOPENING ARGUMENTSIN PROGRESS / POLICY + AGRICULTURE + TRADE + MONEY01–064 / 6

The debate opens by defining the state’s economic problem.

The first four chapters move from fiscal necessity to farming, circulation and money. Chapters 05–06 remain next in the working sequence.

01本議Ben Yi / Original DebateThe opening conference: hardship, war finance, commerce, junshu and pingzhun.LIVE≈ 22 MIN 02力耕Li Geng / FarmingAgriculture, reserves, relief, trade, luxury goods and competing routes to wealth.LIVE≈ 16 MIN 03通有Tong You / CirculationCities, geography, trade routes, circulation and the distribution of abundance.LIVE≈ 17 MIN 04錯幣Cuo Bi / CoinageMoney, private minting, state control, wealth concentration and monetary trust.LIVE≈ 18 MIN

05禁耕Jin Geng / Restricting Private ProductionPower over salt and iron, private wealth and the costs of official control.NEXT—

06復古Fu Gu / Returning to the OldA closing argument for Volume I over precedent, institutions and political memory.PLANNED—

IICHAPTERS 07–12QUEUED / 6 CHAPTERS07–120 / 6

Volume II.

All 6 source chapter titles are listed here. Reading pages remain queued until research and edition checking are complete.

07非鞅Fei Yang / In Criticism of Shang YangQUEUED—

08晁錯Chao Cuo / Chao CuoQUEUED—

09刺權Ci Quan / Taunting the PuissantQUEUED—

10刺復Ci Fu / Thrust and ParryQUEUED—

11論儒Lun Ru / Discoursing on ConfuciansQUEUED—

12憂邊You Bian / Frontiers, the Great ConcernQUEUED—

IIICHAPTERS 13–15QUEUED / 3 CHAPTERS13–150 / 3

Volume III.

All 3 source chapter titles are listed here. Reading pages remain queued until research and edition checking are complete.

13園池Yuan Chi / Parks and PondsQUEUED—

14輕重Qing Zhong / The Ratio of ProductionQUEUED—

15未通Wei Tong / Undeveloped WealthQUEUED—

IVCHAPTERS 16–19QUEUED / 4 CHAPTERS16–190 / 4

Volume IV.

All 4 source chapter titles are listed here. Reading pages remain queued until research and edition checking are complete.

16地廣Di Guang / Territorial ExpansionQUEUED—

17貧富Pin Fu / The Poor and the RichQUEUED—

18毀學Hui Xue / Vilifying the LearnedQUEUED—

19褒賢Bao Xian / Extolling the WorthyQUEUED—

VCHAPTERS 20–28QUEUED / 9 CHAPTERS20–280 / 9

Volume V.

All 9 source chapter titles are listed here. Reading pages remain queued until research and edition checking are complete.

20相刺Xiang Ci / Mutual RecriminationsQUEUED—

21殊路Shu Lu / How Ways DivergeQUEUED—

22訟賢Song Xian / Impeaching the WorthyQUEUED—

23遵道Zun Dao / Pursuing the WayQUEUED—

24論誹Lun Fei / Assertions and AspersionsQUEUED—

25孝養Xiao Yang / Filial Piety and Filial SupportQUEUED—

26刺議Ci Yi / Cutting ExchangesQUEUED—

27利議Li Yi / Shrill PolemicsQUEUED—

28國疾Guo Ji / On National IllsQUEUED—

VICHAPTERS 29–36QUEUED / 8 CHAPTERS29–360 / 8

Volume VI.

All 8 source chapter titles are listed here. Reading pages remain queued until research and edition checking are complete.

29散不足San Bu Zu / Luxurious Life Leading to InsufficienciesQUEUED—

30救匱Jiu Kui / Remedies for DeficiencyQUEUED—

31箴石Zhen Shi / The Diagnostics Stone for GovernmentQUEUED—

32除狹Chu Xia / On Escaping Narrow-mindednessQUEUED—

33疾貪Ji Tan / Taking Corruption SeriouslyQUEUED—

34後刑Hou Xing / The Minor Importance of the Penal LawQUEUED—

35授時Shou Shi / Observing the SeasonsQUEUED—

36水旱Shui Han / Flood and DroughtQUEUED—

VIICHAPTERS 37–42QUEUED / 6 CHAPTERS37–420 / 6

Volume VII.

All 6 source chapter titles are listed here. Reading pages remain queued until research and edition checking are complete.

37崇禮Chong Li / Holding High the RitualsQUEUED—

38備胡Bei Hu / On Preparedness against the Steppe PeoplesQUEUED—

39執務Zhi Wu / Holding High the Most Important TasksQUEUED—

40能言Neng Yan / Talking about Matters without Completing ThemQUEUED—

41取下Qu Xia / On the Fairness to Take Taxes from Those BelowQUEUED—

42擊之Ji Zhi / Making War against the Steppe PeoplesQUEUED—

VIIICHAPTERS 43–48QUEUED / 6 CHAPTERS43–480 / 6

Volume VIII.

All 6 source chapter titles are listed here. Reading pages remain queued until research and edition checking are complete.

43結和Jie He / Concluding Peace with the Steppe PeoplesQUEUED—

44誅秦Zhu Qin / About the Failure of the Qin DynastyQUEUED—

45伐功Fa Gong / The Advantage of Expansionist PoliticsQUEUED—

46西域Xi Yu / The Usefulness of the Protectorate of the Western TerritoriesQUEUED—

47世務Shi Wu / The Political Challenges of the Present AgeQUEUED—

48和親He Qin / Appeasement by Marriage AllianceQUEUED—

IXCHAPTERS 49–54QUEUED / 6 CHAPTERS49–540 / 6

Volume IX.

All 6 source chapter titles are listed here. Reading pages remain queued until research and edition checking are complete.

49繇役Yao Yi / On Tax and Corvée LaborQUEUED—

50險固Xian Gu / On Border DefenseQUEUED—

51論勇Lun Yong / About the Use of Military BraveryQUEUED—

52論功Lun Gong / About the Use of Military ForceQUEUED—

53論鄒Lun Zou / About Zou Yan’s Theory of Governing the EmpireQUEUED—

54論菑Lun Zai / About Natural DisastersQUEUED—

XCHAPTERS 55–60QUEUED / 6 CHAPTERS55–600 / 6

Volume X.

All 6 source chapter titles are listed here. Reading pages remain queued until research and edition checking are complete.

55刑德Xing De / Administration by the Penal Law and Government by VirtueQUEUED—

56申韓Shen Han / The Doctrines of Shen Buhai and Han FeiQUEUED—

57周秦Zhou Qin / The Government Styles of Zhou and QinQUEUED—

58詔聖Zhao Sheng / Exhortation to Follow the Path of the SaintsQUEUED—

59大論Da Lun / SummaryQUEUED—

60雜論Za Lun / Miscellaneous Notes to the BookQUEUED—

02 / READING STATUS

The book grows chapter by chapter.

Completion is counted against the sixty source chapters, while edition checking and historical research remain visible as separate work.

BOOK

4 / 60

VOLUME I

4 / 6

EDITION CHECK

OPEN

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

OPEN

03 / PEOPLE

Who is speaking?

The institutional positions behind the voices remain visible as the chapters accumulate.

OFFICIAL SIDE

Sang Hongyang

A senior fiscal official associated with the economic policies defended throughout the debate.

CRITICAL SIDE

Worthies & Literati

Recommended men from the localities who attack the burdens, incentives and moral effects of the policy system.

TEXTUAL FRAME

Huan Kuan

The later compiler whose literary shaping of the conference has to remain part of the source audit.

04 / SOURCE ROOM

Keep the trail attached.

The working text is checked across digital transcription, public-domain witnesses and modern scholarship before a chapter leaves draft status.

PRIMARY WITNESS / PUBLIC DOMAIN

鹽鐵論

YANTIE LUN

Ten volumes. Sixty chapter titles.

The debate opens by defining the state’s economic problem.

Volume II.

Volume III.

Volume IV.

Volume V.

Volume VI.

Volume VII.

Volume VIII.

Volume IX.

Volume X.

The book grows chapter by chapter.

Who is speaking?

Sang Hongyang

Worthies & Literati

Huan Kuan

Keep the trail attached.

Ming printed Yantie Lun

Chinese Text Project

Wikisource / Volume I

Former Han economy