Four Chinese Classics (eBook)

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2013
544 Seiten
Counterpoint (Verlag)
978-1-61902-265-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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 Translated by. 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 the definitive texts for our era.Perhaps the most broadly influential spiritual text in human history, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is the source of Taoist philosophy, which eventually developed into Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism. Equally influential in the social sphere, Confucious' Analects is the source of social wisdom in China. The Chuang Tzu is the wild and wacky prose complement to the Tao Te Ching. And with its philosophical story-telling, the Menicius adds depth and complexity to Confucius' vision.

Autor

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 Landscape, was on the Best-Books-of-the-Year list at The Guardian in England.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.11.2013
• Übersetzer: David Hinton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch
• Schlagworte: anthology of chinese poetry • book of chinese poetry • chinese classics • chinese poetry translated • chinese poetry translation • Chuang Tzu • Confucious • Confucious analects • davd hinton • dave hinton • david hinten • david hintn • david hinton • david hinton translated • david hinton translator • david hitnon • four chinese classics • hinton translation • Lao Tzu • lau tzu • Menicius • poetry in translation • poetry translation • taoist philosophy • taoist poetry • Tao Te Ching • Tao Te Ching english • Tao Te Ching translated
• ISBN-10: 1-61902-265-6 / 1619022656
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61902-265-2 / 9781619022652