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The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
Watson
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Description for The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
Hardback. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 397 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 564. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 397 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; HPDF. Dimension: 138 x 207 x 19. Weight: 566. Translator(s): Watson, Burton.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
397
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
397
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231031479
SKU
V9780231031479
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About Watson
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.
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