The Daodejing of Laozi
A beautiful book and an excellent translation: This volume is lovely, and the translation is excellent. I recommend this for both lay and academic readers. !!!!!Correction: The publisher and ISBN number for this book are listed incorrectly. I have sent [... more]
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The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue
Unearthing the root metaphors: Sarah Allan's The Way of Water and the Sprouts of Virtue is an absorbing book that yields productive insight into the thematic watersheds of Chinese philosophical discourse. Enjoyable for the general reader, it is also a [... more]
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Early Daoist Scriptures
From Amazon.com: What do we know about Daoism (Taoism) beyond Laozi and that slightly more obscure fellow Zhuangzi? A complex and colorful religious system grew up in China paralleling the developments of Buddhism and Confucianism, and yet there have [... more]
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Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations
Well worth: John Minford, one of our finer Sino-Anglo translators, here brings out a remarkably successful anthology of Chinese literature which stands together with the Norton's as a must-buy for lovers of Chinese literature. The book gives a [... more]
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Taoism and the Arts of China
From Amazon.com: Taoism and the Arts of China, the catalog for a blockbuster show in Chicago, represents an explosion of recent research into Taoism, China's most important indigenous religion and one of the world's oldest mystical traditions. Western [... more]
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Readings in Han Chinese Thought
Csikszentmihalyi's Collection: This is a very good collection of works written in the Han Dynasty translated by Mark Csikszentmihalyi with some commentary. Original authors include Dong Zhongshu, Jia Yi, Yang Xiong, Cui Shi, Lu Jia, Huainanzi, Wang Chong, [... more]
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As You Think
Politically Correct Version: In this edition of "As a Man Thinketh," Marc Allen (no relation to author James Allen), neuters the male overtones by replacing all references to "man" (which I always interpreted as "humanity," [... more]
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Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy
An Excellent Overview!: I got this book as a textbook for a class that I subsequently dropped, but I decided that as long as I had it, I might as well read it. I'm glad I did! This book is a wonderful overview of the greatest Chinese philosophers. Each [... more]
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Religious and Philosophical Aspects of the Laozi
Lao Tzu: a great book for people who are interested in the philosophy and the practices of the earliest "Daoists". Many of the best modern scholars have contributed essays to this book, such as Liu Xiaogan, Robert Henricks, Harold Roth, Philip [... more]
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Tao Te Ching: A Literal Translation
IT IS HIGH TIME TO EXONERATE LAU TZU: The Tao Te Ching is perhaps the most misunderstood and misinterpreted book in history. It is highly subtle and paradoxical. In comparing the Silk texts to the prevalent texts, Chichung Huang amazingly corrected some 5 [... more]
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Dao De Jing: The Book of the Way
An exceptional translation.: Moss Roberts' fine translation of TAO TE CHING is one of several recent translations based upon the Ma-wang-tui texts of Lao-tzu's reflective book of wisdom. Those texts were discovered in 1973, preserved in the tomb of an [... more]
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Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching": A Translation of the Startling ...
Embrace this translation with confidence...: This is a sure bet for a reliable edition of the Tao Te Ching in the hands of a skilled translator. He guides you through a brief introduction to the 'philosophy' of Taoism and through the significance of the [... more]
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