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The Four Chinese Classics: Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, Analects, Mencius
David Hinton
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Description for The Four Chinese Classics: Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, Analects, Mencius
Paperback. Translator(s): Hinton, David. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 295 x 37. Weight in Grams: 774.
The books collected in this volume represent the first time since the mid-nineteenth century that the four seminal masterworks of ancient Chinese thought have been translated as a unified series by a single translator. Hinton's award-winning experience translating a wide range of ancient Chinese poets makes these books sing in English as never before. But these new versions are not only inviting and immensely readable, they also apply much-needed consistency to key philosophical terms in these texts, lending structural links and philosophical rigor heretofore unavailable in English. Breathing new life into these originary classics, Hinton's new translations will stand as ... Read more
The books collected in this volume represent the first time since the mid-nineteenth century that the four seminal masterworks of ancient Chinese thought have been translated as a unified series by a single translator. Hinton's award-winning experience translating a wide range of ancient Chinese poets makes these books sing in English as never before. But these new versions are not only inviting and immensely readable, they also apply much-needed consistency to key philosophical terms in these texts, lending structural links and philosophical rigor heretofore unavailable in English. Breathing new life into these originary classics, Hinton's new translations will stand as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
773g
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781619028340
SKU
V9781619028340
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About David Hinton
David Hinton has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, numerous fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and both of the major awards given for poetry translation in the United States: the Landon Translation Award, and the PEN Translation Award. His recent book of essays, Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and ... Read more
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