Early Chinese Literature / Edition 1

by Burton Watson

Overview

Watson's account of Chinese writing from the time of the Chou dynasty (1100-249 B.C.) to the Latter Han (25-220) is accompanied by a chronology, biographical information, and a selected list of translations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231086714
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	04/22/1972
Series:	Companions to Asian Studies Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 7.92(h) x 0.74(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.