书名：The Prince君主论
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数1430
作者：Niccolò Machiavelli
出版社名称：Signet Classics
出版时间：2008
语种：英文
ISBN：9780451531001
商品尺寸：10.1x1.2 x 17.1cm
包装：简装
页数：126 （以实物为准）

The Prince《君主论》是一本毁誉参半的奇书，一直被奉为欧洲历代君主的案头之书，政治家的从政指南，统治阶级巩固其统治的治国原则，人类有史以来对政治斗争技巧颇为独到精辟的解剖。
推荐理由：
1.意大利政治家、思想家尼可罗·马基亚维利的代表作；
2.自1532年开始印行，迄今470多年，从西方到东方，在政界、宗教界、学术等领域引起巨大的反响；
3.被西方评论界列为和《圣经》《资本论》等相提并论的影响人类历史的十部著作之一；
4.此版本为Signet Classic版本，采用牛津出版社权威翻译文文本，语言地道（意大剧歌剧作家Luigi Ricci翻译，E. R. P. Vincent修订），并补充美国学者里贾纳·巴瑞卡（Regina Barreca）撰写的后记；
5.英文原版无删减，小巧轻便，阅读方便。
The Princeis a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli.The Princeis sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. It was also in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic and scholastic doctrines of the time concerning politics and ethics.

全书讨论了“君主国是什么，它有什么种类，怎样获得，怎样维持，以及为什么会丧失”的问题。对于这一系列问题的探索，作者摒弃了中世纪宗教教条式的推理方法，从历史的经验角度出发，以“人性本恶”的基本假设为依据，认为国家的产生是出于人性本身的需要，并不是上帝的意志，从而否认了君权神授。他大胆地将政治与伦理道德分离，认为政治的基础不再是伦理道德，而应由权力取而代之。全书共26章，前11章论述了君主国应该怎样进行统治和维持下去，强调有势力保护国家容易、反之则难，君主应靠残暴和讹诈取胜；12—14章阐明军队是一切国家的主要基础，君主要拥有自己的军队，战争、军事制度和训练是君主惟一的专业。后12章是全书的重点，全面论证马基雅维利的术治理论。
Inthis work, Machiavelli described the ideal prince and encouraged the people of Italy to imagine what it might be like if such a person led a unified Italy.THE PRINCEhas been interpreted both as a genuine handbook for potential rulers and as a satirical portrait of certain prevailing styles of leadership of the time. Instead of advocating a sense of moral obligation to one’s constituents, Machiavelli believed that it is far better for a leader to be feared than liked. He believed that the ends justify the means, and deceit, ruthlessness, and greed are acceptable in the interest of maintaining power.

尼可罗·马基亚维利（1469~1527），意大利政治思想家和历史学家，出生于佛罗伦萨。在中世纪后期政治思想家中，他率先明显地摆脱了神学和伦理学的束缚，为政治学和法学开辟了走向独立学科的道路。他主张国家至上，将国家权力作为法的基础。代表作《君主论》主要论述为君之道、君主应具备哪些条件和本领、应该如何夺取和巩固政权等。他是名符其实的近代政治思想的主要奠基人之一。
Niccolò Machiavelliwas an Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer. He has often been called the founder of modern political science. He was for many years a senior official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is renowned in the Italian language. He was secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power. He wrote his most renowned workThe Prince(Il Principe) in 1513.
Regina Barecca, Professor of English and Feminist Theory at the University of Connecticut, is the editor of the influential journalLIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory. Among her many books areThey Used to Call Me Snow White...But I Drifted, a widely acclaimed study of women’s humor, andBabes in Boyland,It’s Not That I’m Bitter..., andUntamed and Unabashed: Essays on Women and Humor in British Literature. She is also the editor ofThe Penguin Book of Women’s Humor.

Introduction简介
1. Of the Various Kinds of Princedom,and of the Ways in Which They Are Acquired君主国的种类及获得方法
2. Of Hereditary Princedoms论世袭君主国
3. Of Mixed Princedoms论混合君主国
4. Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered byAlexander, DidNot, onAlexander’sDeath, RebelAgainst His Successors为什么亚历山大征服的大流士王国在亚历山大死后没有反抗其继任者
5. How Cities or Provinces Which Before Their Acquisition Have Lived Under Their Own Laws Are To Be Governed对于被占领前生活在各自法律之下的城市或君主国该如何统治
6. Of New Princedoms Which a Prince Acquires With His Own Arms and by Merit关于依靠自己的军队和能力获得的新君主国
7. Of New Princedoms Acquired By the Aid of Others and By Good Fortune关于依靠他人的武力或凭借好运取得的新君主国
8. Of Those Who By Their Crimes Come to Be Princes关于依靠邪恶之道取得君主国的人
9. Of the Civil Princedom关于市民君主国
10. How the Strength of All Princedoms Should Be Measured关于衡量所有君主国之力量的方法
11. Of Ecclesiastical Princedoms关于教会君主国
12. How Many Different Kinds of Soldiers There Are, and of Mercenaries军队的种类和雇佣军
13. Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and National Arms关于援军、混合军以及本国军队
14. Of the Duty of a Prince In Respect of Military Affairs关于君主对于军事艺术的态度
15. Of the Qualities In Respect of Which Men, and Most of all Princes, Are Praised or Blamed关于世人特别是君主受褒奖或斥责的原因
16. Of Liberality and Miserliness关于慷概与吝啬
17. Of Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It Is Better To Be Loved or Feared关于残忍与仁慈，以及受人爱戴和被人畏惧哪一个更有利
18. How Princes Should Keep Faith关于君主守信之道
19. That a Prince Should Seek to Escape Contempt and Hatred君主应当避免受人轻视和憎恨
20. WhetherFortresses, andCertain Other Expedients to Which Princes Often Have Recourse, are Profitable or Hurtful城堡以及其他许多被君主们经常采用的手段是有利还是有害
21. How a Prince Should Bear Himself So As to Acquire Reputation君主获得声望的行事准则
22. Of the Secretaries of Princes关于君主的大臣们
23. That Flatterers Should Be Shunned如何避开诌媚者
24. Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States意大利的君主们丧失国家的原因
25. What Fortune Can Effect in HumanAffairs, andHow She May Be Withstood命运如何影响世事及如何抗急
26. An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians将意大利从蛮族手中解放的劝导
Afterword编后记
Selected Bibliography精选目录

I will not here speak of republics, having already treated of them fully in another place. I will deal only with monarchies, and will discuss how the various kinds described above can be governed and maintained. In the first place, the difficulty of maintaining hereditarystatesaccustomed to a reigning family is far less than in new monarchies; for it is sufficient not to transgress ancestral usages, and to adapt one’s self to unforeseen circumstances; in this way such a prince, if of ordinary assiduity, will always be able to maintain his position, unless some very exceptional and excessive force deprives him of it; and even if he be thus deprived, on the slightest mischance happening to the new occupier, he will be able to regain it.
We have in Italy the example of the Duke of Ferrara, who was able to withstand theassaultsof the Venetians in 1484 and of Pope Julius in 1510, for no other reason than because of the antiquity of his family in that dominion. In as much as the legitimate prince has less cause and less necessity to give offence, it is only natural that he should be more loved; and, if no extraordinary vices make him hated, it is only reasonable for his subjects to be naturally attached to him, the memories and causes of innovations being forgotten in the long period over which his rule has extended; whereas one change always leaves the way prepared for the introduction of another.