Description
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.
Author: Burton Watson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 04/22/1972
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.62w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9780231086714
ISBN10: 0231086717
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Asian | Chinese
Author: Burton Watson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 04/22/1972
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.62w x 0.74d
ISBN13: 9780231086714
ISBN10: 0231086717
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Asian | Chinese
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.