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The Lotus Sutra
 COMPLETE, CONCISE, AND FLAWLESS IN TRANSLATION.: Watson's translation of the Lotus Sutra is an incredibly scholar work, and instead of using verbose words that may confuse the reader, he makes it applicable to the most simple direct language that the [... more]
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Four Huts: Asian Writings on the Simple Life
Happy with one's surroundings, and at peace within.: Burton Watson, the well-known translator of 'The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu' and Ssu-Ma Chien's 'Records of the Grand Historian of China,' here turns his attention to something much slighter, though [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Tao: The Watercourse Way
Sharing the important and beautiful things.: Many years ago I undertook an extensive program of reading in Zen Buddhism, which as many know is simply Buddhism as filtered through the Taoist sensibility. I must have read or consulted upwards of a hundred [... more]
CDN$17.00
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Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hsun Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu
helpful information: This is a good edition of three books that ought to be better known than they actually are. One point to consider when shopping: the book is actually more like 450 pages than the 130... It is three books bound together, each of which [... more]
CDN$42.72
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Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: How a Chinese Poem ...
Amazing wee book: I checked the book out of the local library a couple of weeks ago and have not stopped reading it since. The library volume is due back, so I just purchased it. My only complaint is that the last poem is Gary Synder's from 1978. I would [... more]
CDN$8.28
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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
one of the best available english translations: The language is direct, giving some hint of the concision and grace of classical Chinese, but also retains some of the subtle humor of this profoundly subversive philosopher. Burton Watson tried to create a [... more]
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The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
The Best Translation Available: The Dhammapada is perhaps the most popular book of the Pali canon, a collection of verses in twenty-six chapters outlining many aspects of the Buddhist teaching. And, of all the numerous translations out there, the only [... more]
CDN$22.50
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Han Feizi: Basic Writings
A chilling classic: Han Fei's "Legalist" writings on government may be the most brutal and amoral in China's long written history. I can't even call it vicious - his grasping, avaricious view of human nature displays the same bizarre innocence [... more]
CDN$22.92
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Zhuangzi: Basic Writings
The second classic of Taoism: This is a very different book than the Lao Tzu. It's written in a much less poetic style, but I find Zhuangzi more readable for that reason. The style is more conversational, and well rendered into contemporary English by [... more]
CDN$23.96
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Xunzi: Basic Writings
Same as "Hsun Tzu": - just romanized (spelled out in English) differently. The material is wonderful, an important addition to the Confucian canon. As always, Watson gives us an exceptional translation. Still, I was very disappointed in buying [... more]
CDN$22.92
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Grand Scribes Records
Superb translation and copious notes: I read The Grand Scribe's Records vol. 7 with immense pleasure, having worked on translations of several Shiji Memoirs in the past, finally defeated by the immensity of the task and the overwhelming number of obscure [... more]
CDN$53.13
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