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Original Tao
Inward Training (Nei-yeh) and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism
Av Harold Roth
Häftad, 2004
298 kr
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Revolutionizing received opinion of Taoism's origins in light of historic new discoveries, Harold D. Roth has uncovered China's oldest mystical text-the original expression of Taoist philosophy-and presents it here with a complete translation and commentary. Over the past twenty-five years, …
Zhuangzi
A New Translation of the Sayings of Master Zhuang as Interpreted by Guo Xiang
Häftad, 2022
381 kr
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The Zhuangzi (Sayings of Master Zhuang) is one of the foundational texts of the Chinese philosophical tradition and the cornerstone of Daoist thought. The earliest and most influential commentary on the Zhuangzi is that of Guo Xiang (265–312), who also edited the text into the thirty-three-chapter …
The Kojiki
An Account of Ancient Matters
Häftad, 2014
281 kr
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Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past. Gustav Heldt's engaging new …
The Lotus Sutra
Häftad, 1994
238 kr
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Since its appearance in China in the third century, The Lotus Sutra has been regarded as one of the most illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon. The object of intense veneration among generations of Buddhists in China, Korea, Japan, and other parts of the world, it has had a profound …
Zhuangzi: Basic Writings
Av Zhuangzi
Häftad, 2003
247 kr
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Only by inhabiting Dao (the Way of Nature) and dwelling in its unity can humankind achieve true happiness and freedom, in both life and death. This is Daoist philosophy's central tenet, espoused by the person-or group of people-known as Zhuangzi (369?-286? BCE) in a text by the same name. To be …
Ghalib
Selected Poems and Letters
Av Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
Häftad, 2019
284 kr
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This selection of poetry and prose by Ghalib provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the preeminent Urdu poet of the nineteenth century. Ghalib's poems, especially his ghazals, remain beloved throughout South Asia for their arresting intelligence and lively wit. His …
Han Feizi
Basic Writings
Häftad, 2003
230 kr
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Trenchant, sophisticated, and cynical, Han Feizi has been read in every age and is still of interest today when people are more than ever concerned with the nature and use of power. Han Feizi (280?-233 B.C.), a prince of Han, was a representative of the Fa-chia, or Legalist, school of philosophy …
The Complete Works of Zhuangzi
Inbunden, 2013
1230 kr
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Only by inhabiting Dao (the Way of Nature) and dwelling in its unity can humankind achieve true happiness and freedom, in both life and death. This is Daoist philosophy's central tenet, espoused by the person-or group of people-known as Zhuangzi (369?-286? B.C.E.) in a text by the same name. To be …
Ryōkan
Zen Monk-Poet of Japan
Av Ryōkan
Häftad, 1992
225 kr
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Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk in the Zen sect, was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. Although a Zen master, he never headed a temple but chose to live alone in simple huts and to support himself by begging. His poems are mainly a record of his daily activities - of chores and outings to …
Kūkai
Major Works
Av Kūkai
Häftad, 1984
377 kr
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Kukai, more commonly known by the honorific Kobo Daishi, was one of the great characters in the development of Janpanese culture. He was active in literature, engineering, calligraphy, and architecture and is represented in this work in terms of his major effort--the introduction of esoteric …
The Tale of an Anklet
An Epic of South India
Häftad, 1994
402 kr
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Originating in Tamil mythology, "Cilappatikaram" is the love story of Kannaki and Kovalan. Kannaki wears a circular anklet representing the power, strength and dignity of the goddess Pattini. Goddess status is bestowed upon Kannaki as her life undergoes the same fate as the anklet that is stolen …
The Columbia Book of Later Chinese Poetry
Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing Dynasties (1279–1911)
Häftad, 1988
974 kr
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Jonathan Chaves makes available a vast store of rich and significant poems by both major and minor poets from China's last three dynasties. Featured are poems from the Yuan dynasty, which range from quiet landscape depictions to expansive, freely expressive works; from the Ming era, notable for its …
The Art of War
Sun Zi's Military Methods
Av Sun Zi
Inbunden, 2007
221 kr
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Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese military strategy over the past two thousand years and occupies an important place in East Asian intellectual history. It is the first known attempt to formulate a …
Clouds Thick, Whereabouts Unknown
Poems by Zen Monks of China
Häftad, 2010
727 kr
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Compiled by a leading scholar of Chinese poetry, Clouds Thick, Whereabouts Unknown is the first collection of Chan (Zen) poems to be situated within Chan thought and practice. Combined with exquisite paintings by Charles Chu, the anthology compellingly captures the ideological and literary nuances …
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
Häftad, 2012
324 kr
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Dating back to the eighth century C.E., the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational text of Chan/Zen Buddhism that reveals much about the early evolution of Chinese Chan and the ideological origins of Japanese Zen and Korean Son. Purported to be the recorded words of the famed …
Mozi
Basic Writings
Häftad, 2003
479 kr
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Mozi (fifth century B.C.) was an important political and social thinker and formidable rival of the Confucianists. He advocated universal love-his most important doctrine according to which all humankind should be loved and treated as one's kinfolk-honoring and making use of worthy men in …
The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry
From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century
Häftad, 1987
402 kr
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The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry presents translations of more than 420 poems by 96 poets drawn from the great ages of Chinese poetry. It begins with selections from the Book of Odes, the oldest anthology of Chinese poetry compiled around the seventh century B.C., and covers the succeeding …
Quelling the Demons' Revolt
A Novel from Ming China
Häftad, 2017
303 kr
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In this Ming-era novel, historical narrative, raucous humor, and the supernatural are interwoven to tell the tale of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Song dynasty. A poor young girl meets an old woman who gives her a magic book that allows her to create rice and money. Her father, terrified …
Saigyo
Poems of a Mountain Home
Av Saigyo
Häftad, 1992
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
798 kr
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Burton's Watson translations are accompanied by a Romanized version of the Japanese original and identification of its location in Japanese anthologies. A general introduction discusses the few facts known about Saigyo's life and analyzes the origins and characteristics of his poetic style.
The Art of War
Sun Zi's Military Methods
Av Sun Zi
Häftad, 2009
152 kr
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Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese military strategy over the past two thousand years and occupies an important place in East Asian intellectual history. It is the first known attempt to formulate a …
More Swindles from the Late Ming
Sex, Scams, and Sorcery
Av Yingyu Zhang
Inbunden, 2024
1090 kr
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A woman seduces her landlord to extort the family farm. Gamblers recruit a wily prostitute to get a rich young man back in the game. Silver counterfeiters wreak havoc for traveling merchants. A wealthy widow is drugged and robbed by a lodger posing as a well-to-do student. Vengeful judges and …
Beyond Spring
Tz'u Poems of the Sung Dynasty
Häftad, 1997
343 kr
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This anthology of poetry from the Sung Dynasty, translated into English, represents the golden age of the Tz'u period in the 10th-12th centuries AD. These translations of an important lyric form in Chinese literature strive to capture the phrasing and rhythms crucial to Tz'u. Organized by …
Chuang Tzu
Basic Writings
Häftad, 1996
247 kr
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The basic writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years. And Burton Watson's lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers. Chuang Tzu (369?-286? B.C.) was a leading philosopher representing the Taoist strain in Chinese thought. …
Essays in Idleness
The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō
Häftad, 1998
281 kr
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Despite the turbulent times in which he lived, the Buddhist priest Kenko met the world with a measured eye. As Emperor Go-Daigo fended off a challenge from the usurping Hojo family, and Japan stood at the brink of a dark political era, Kenko held fast to his Buddhist beliefs and took refuge in the …
Selected Poems of Du Fu
Häftad, 2003
274 kr
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Du Fu (712-777) has been called China's greatest poet, and some call him the greatest nonepic, nondramatic poet whose writings survive in any language. Du Fu excelled in a great variety of poetic forms, showing a richness of language ranging from elegant to colloquial, from allusive to direct. His …
The Teachings of Master Wuzhu
Zen and Religion of No-Religion
Av Wendi Adamek
Häftad, 2011
632 kr
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The Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations (Lidai fabao ji) is a little-known Chan/Zen Buddhist text of the eighth century, rediscovered in 1900 at the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang. The only remaining artifact of the Bao Tang Chan school of Sichuan, the text provides a fascinating …
Haiku Before Haiku
From the Renga Masters to Basho
Häftad, 2011
284 kr
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While the rise of the charmingly simple, brilliantly evocative haiku is often associated with the seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, the form had already flourished for more than four hundred years before Basho even began to write. These early poems, known as hokku, are identical to …
In Remembrance of the Saints
The Rise and Fall of an Inner Asian Sufi Dynasty
Häftad, 2021
316 kr
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Winner, 2024 Patrick D. Hanan Prize for Translation, Association for Asian StudiesIn the first half of the eighteenth century, rival dynasties of Naqshbandi Sufi shaykhs vied for influence in the Tarim Basin, part of present-day Xinjiang. In the 1750s, the collapse of the Junghar Mongol state gave …
Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
A Puppet Play
Häftad, 1971
621 kr
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Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers), also known as the story of the Forty-Six (or Forty-Seven) Ronin, is the most famous and perennially popular of all Japanese dramas. Written around 1748 as a puppet play, it is now better known through Kabuki theater performances. Donald Keene's …
Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy
Inbunden, 1985
2201 kr
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Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy is a classic play from Japan's golden age of puppet theater. Written in the eighteenth century, it tells the tale of Sugawara no Michizane, a wronged scholar-official who, in death, joins the Shinto pantheon as a nurturer of scholarship and calligraphy. The …
