Xunzi: Basic Writings - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Burton Watson (Translator)Series:Translations from the Asian ClassicsPublish date:2003-05-21Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231129657ISBN-10:231129653UPC:9780231129657Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Confucianism, Eastern, AsianSize:7.88 x 7.12 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCN0E5ZPZX
Xunzi: Basic Writings
Xunzi asserted that the original nature of man is evil, differing on this point from Mencius, his famous predecessor in the Confucian school. In the most complete, well-ordered philosophical system of his day, Xunzi advocated the counteraction of man's evil through self-improvement, the pursuit of learning, the avoidance of obsession, and observance of ritual in life. Readers familiar with...
Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231129657ISBN-10:231129653UPC:9780231129657Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Confucianism, Eastern, AsianSize:7.88 x 7.12 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCN0E5ZPZX
Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. He received the PEN translation prize in 1981. 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. This book...
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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