The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu (Translations from the Asian Classics)

The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu (Translations from the Asian Classics)

by B Watson (Author)

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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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 397
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 01 Aug 1968

ISBN 10: 0231031475
ISBN 13: 9780231031479

Author Bio
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.