Yuan Dao (Classics of Ancient China) - Softcover

Lau, D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345425685 ISBN 13: 9780345425683

Verlag: Ballantine Books Inc., 1998

Inhaltsangabe

A classic work of Daoist poetry, philosophy, and political science, offered for the first time in a dual English/Chinese edition, provides a fascinating glimpse into the intellectual culture of the ancient Han dynasty. Original.

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l and compelling, Yuan Dao is a stunning accomplishment of Daoist literature-- now available for the first time in English

Written around 140 b.c., and presented to a young Chinese Emperor by a beloved uncle--a philosopher, scholar, and patron of the arts--Yuan Dao distills and explains in one remarkable work the first several hundred years of Daoist thought. Drawing from and expanding upon the popular Tao-Te Ching and Chuang-tzu texts, this singular work was written to show the inclusionary aspects of Daoism, that one should appreciate the contribution all things make to the well-being of the whole; Yuan Dao was also created as advice to a ruler, on the beauty of uniting a disparate people under one government without destroying their individuality.

Presented here by two of the world's foremost translators of Chinese classics, this unique edition is the only English-language translation in print and features the Chinese text on facing pages. Insightful and fascinating, here

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Ballantine Books Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0345425685
• ISBN 13: 9780345425683
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 149
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