The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu - Hardcover

Chuang Tzu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231031475 ISBN 13: 9780231031479

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1968

Synopsis

This is one of the most justly celebrated texts of the Chinese tradition - impressive for both its bold philosophical imagination and its striking literary style. Accepting the challenge of translating this captivating classic in its entirety, Burton Watson has expertly rendered into English both the profound thought and the literary brilliance of the text.

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About the Author

Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.

Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919–2017) was John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University. His many books include Waiting for the Dawn, Message of the Mind, and Learning for One’s Self, as well as Sources of Japanese Tradition and Sources of Korean Tradition, all published by Columbia University Press.

From the Back Cover

This is one of the Translations from the Oriental Classics by which the Committee on Oriental Studies has sought to transmit to Western readers representative works of the major Asian traditions in thought and literature. The Chuang Tzu is one of the most justly celebrated texts of the Chinese tradition. Impressive for both its bold philosophical imagination and its striking literary style, the Chuang Tzu has been a challenge for centuries to the best minds in the Far East, and has usually captivated even those it could not convince.

Edition details

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231031475
• ISBN 13: 9780231031479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 397