Mo Tzu: basic writings. / Translated by Burton Watson

Mo, Di active 400 B.C. Watson, Burton (1925-2017)

ISBN 10: 0231086083 / ISBN 13: 9780231086080

Published by New York: Columbia University Press, 1963

About this Item

Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: vi, 140 p. ; 21 cm. Notes: Translation of selected excerpts of Mo Tzu.Subjects: Moism. Philosophy, Chinese To 221 B.C. Philosophy, Chinese. 3 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mo Tzu: basic writings. / Translated by Burton Watson
• Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press
• Publication Date: 1963
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231086083
• ISBN 13: 9780231086080
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Weight: 3 kilograms

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Synopsis

The thoughts and writings of this important fifth century B.C. political and social thinker -- and formidable rival of the Confucianists -- are presented here in English translation.

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.