Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings (Translations from the Asian Classics) - Softcover

Watson, Burton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231086091 ISBN 13: 9780231086097

Verlag: Columbia University Press, 1996

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Representative of the Fachia, or Legalist, school of philosophy, the writings of Han Fei Tzu (280?-233 B.C.) confront the issues of preserving and strengthening the state. His lessons remain timely as scholars continue to examine the nature and use of power. Burton Watson provides a new preface and a helpful introduction.

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Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations includeThe Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, andThe Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.

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Han Fie Tzu (280?-233 B.C.) was a prince of the ruling house of the small state of Han. A representative of the Fa-chia, or Legalist, school of philosophy, he produced the final and most readable exposition of its theories. Burton Watson is one of the world's most celebrated translators of Chinese and Japanese.

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• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0231086091
• ISBN 13: 9780231086097
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 148
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