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The Tso Chuan. Selections from China's Oldest Narrative History.
Burton . Ed(S): Watson
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Description for The Tso Chuan. Selections from China's Oldest Narrative History.
Paperback. A classic of China's early prose tradition. This title provides an account of events during the crucial period from 722 to 468. It focuses on political, diplomatic, and military affairs, and reveals about economic and cultural developments during the turbulent era when China's warring feudal states were gradually working toward unification. Editor(s): Watson, Burton. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
A vivid chronicle of events in the feudal states of China between 722 and 468 B.C., the Tso Chuan has long been considered both a major historical document and and an influential literary model. Covering over 250 years, these historical narratives focus not only on the political, diplomatic, and military affairs of ancient China, but also on its economic and cultural developments during the turbulent era when warring feudal states were gradually working towards unification. Ending shortly after Confucius' death in 479 B.C., the Tso Chuan provides a background to the life and thought of Confucius and his followers that ... Read more
A vivid chronicle of events in the feudal states of China between 722 and 468 B.C., the Tso Chuan has long been considered both a major historical document and and an influential literary model. Covering over 250 years, these historical narratives focus not only on the political, diplomatic, and military affairs of ancient China, but also on its economic and cultural developments during the turbulent era when warring feudal states were gradually working towards unification. Ending shortly after Confucius' death in 479 B.C., the Tso Chuan provides a background to the life and thought of Confucius and his followers that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231067157
SKU
V9780231067157
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Ref
99-15
About Burton . Ed(S): Watson
Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.
Reviews for The Tso Chuan. Selections from China's Oldest Narrative History.
An elegant English translations of thirty-seven of the most famous narratives in Two chuan... Sinologists who use it to check the references to Two Chuan so abundant in later writings may be confident that this translation embodies the careful scholarship of this eminent translator of Chinese texts... Those who are simply curious about ancient China may now, through Watson's selections ... Read more