The Tso Chuan - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231067151 ISBN 13: 9780231067157

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1992

Synopsis

A vivid chronicle of events in the feudal states of China between 722 and 468 B.C., the Tso Chuan has long been considered both a major historical document and and an influential literary model. Covering over 250 years, these historical narratives focus not only on the political, diplomatic, and military affairs of ancient China, but also on its economic and cultural developments during the turbulent era when warring feudal states were gradually working towards unification. Ending shortly after Confucius' death in 479 B.C., the Tso Chuan provides a background to the life and thought of Confucius and his followers that is available in no other work.

About this title

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.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Chinese (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0231067151
• ISBN 13: 9780231067157
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Bary Wm. Theodore De, Hsia C. T., Miller Barbara Stoler, Watson Burton, Keene Donald, Yampolsky Philip B.