<p>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.</p>
Foreward, by Wm. Theodore de Bary Outline of Early Chinese History Introduction Honoring the Worthy Identifying with One's Superior Universal Love Against Offensive Warfare Moderation in Expenditure Moderation in Funerals The Will of Heaven Explaining Ghosts Against Music Against Fatalism Against Confucians Index
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Product details

ISBN
9780231086080
Published
1963-10-22
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Height
130 mm
Width
198 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
140

Translated by
Foreword by

Biographical note

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.