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The T'Ang Code, Volume I - General Principles

by Wallace Johnson

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 Contents include:PrefaceAbbreviationsWeights and MeasuresPart One: Introduction Chapter I: Background Chapter II: General Prniciples of The T'ang Code Chapter III: The Text of the T'ang CodePart Two: The T'ang Code: General Principles, Chapters I-VI Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chap
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Central Philosophy Of Tibet - A Study And Translation Of Jey Tsong Khapa''S Essence Of True Eloquence

by Robert A.F. Thurman

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 An edition of the full study, translation, and critical annotation of the "Essence of True Eloquence". The translation and introduction present a strain of Indian Buddhist thought emphasizing the need for both critical reason and contemplative realization in the attainment of enlightenment.
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Ramayana Of Valmiki - The Complete English Translation

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 The definitive English translation of the classic Sanskrit epic poem—now available in a one-volume paperback The Rmyaa of Vlmki, the monumental Sanskrit epic of the life of Rama, ideal man and incarnation of the great god Visnu, has profoundly affected the literature, art, religions, and cultures of South and Southeast Asia from antiquity to the present. Filled with thrilling battles, flying monkeys, and ten-headed demons, the work, composed almost 3,000 years ago, recounts Prince Rama’s exile and his odyssey to recover his abducted wife, Sita, and establish a utopian kingdom. Now, the definitive English translation of the critical edition of this classic is available in a single volume. Based on the authoritative seven-volume translation edited by Robert Goldman and Sally Sutherland Goldman, this volume presents the unabridged translated text in contemporary English, revised and reformatted into paragraph form. The book includes a new introduction providing important historical and literary contexts, as well as a glossary, pronunciation guide, and index. Ideal for students and general readers, this edition of the Rmyaa of Vlmki introduces an extraordinary work of world literature to a new generation of readers.
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On The Art Of The No Drama - The Major Treatises Of Zeami

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 Presents a translation of the nine major treatises on the art of the Japanese No theater, which discuss subjects from the art of the playwright to the reciprocal nature of the relationship between performer and audience.
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Culture Of The Meiji Period

by Daikichi Irokawa

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 The description for this book, The Culture of the Meiji Period, will be forthcoming.
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The Rmyaa Of Vlmki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume Vi - Yuddhaka

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 Counts the final dramatic war between the forces of good led by the exiled prince Rama, and the forces of evil commanded by the arch demon Ravana. This title contains some of the extraordinary events and larger-than-life characters to be found anywhere in world literature. It includes an introduction, notes, and a comprehensive bibliography.
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The Formation Of Ch'An Ideology In China And Korea - The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra, A Buddhist Apocryphon

by Robert E., Jr. Buswell

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 This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad implications for the development of East Asian Buddhism. The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra was traditionally assumed to have been translated from Sanskrit, but some modern scholars, principally in Japan, have proposed that it is instead an indigenous Chinese composi
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The Formation Of Ch'An Ideology In China And Korea - The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra, A Buddhist Apocryphon

by Jr. Robert E. Buswell e Robert E. Buswell

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 This book is a translation and study of the Vajrasamadhi-Sutra and an examination of its broad implications for the development of East Asian Buddhism. The Vajrasamadhi-Sutra was traditionally assumed to have been translated from Sanskrit, but some modern scholars, principally in Japan, have proposed that it is instead an indigenous Chinese composi
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The Rmyaa Of Vlmki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume Vii - Uttaraka

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 The concluding volume of a critical English edition of the monumental Indian epic The seventh and final book of the monumental Rmyaa of Vlmki, the Uttaraka, brings the epic saga to a close with an account of the dramatic events of King Rma's millennia-long reign. It opens with a colorful history of the demonic race of the rkasas and the violent career of Rmas villainous foe Rvaa, and later recounts Rmas grateful discharge of his allies in the great war at Lank as well as his romantic reunion with his wife St. But dark clouds gather as Rma, confronted by scandal over Sts time in captivity under the lustful Rvaa, makes the agonizing decision to banish his beloved wife, now pregnant. As Rma continues as king, marvelous tales and events unfurl, illustrating the benefits of righteous rule and the perils that await monarchs who fail to address the needs of their subjects. The Uttaraka has long served as a point of social and religious controversy largely for its accounts of the banishment of St, as well as of Rmas killing of a low-caste ascetic. The translators introduction provides a full discussion of these issues and the complex reception history of the Uttaraka. This translation of the critical edition also includes exhaustive notes and a comprehensive bibliography.
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The Rmyaa Of Vlmki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume Iv - Kiskindhaka

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 Presents the hero Rama at the turning point of his fortunes. Having lost first his kingship and his wife, he forms an alliance with the monkey prince, Sugriva. Rama needs the monkeys to help him find his abducted wife, and they do finally discover where her abductor has taken her. This work is accompanied by notes on the original Sanskrit text.
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The Rmyaa Of Vlmki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume V - Sundaraka

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 The fifth and most popular book of the Ramayana of Valmiki, the Sundarakanda, recounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hanuman in leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka. Once there, he scours the city for the abducted Princess Siti. The poet vividly describes the opulence of the court of the demon king, Ravana, the beauty of his
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The Rmyaa Of Vlmki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume I - Balaka

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 A translation of "Valmiki Ramayana", the great Sanskrit epic of the life of Rama, ideal man and incarnation of the great god Visnu.
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The Rmyaa Of Vlmki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume Iii - Aranyaka

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 This is the third volume of a planned seven-volume translation of India's most beloved and influential epic tale--the Ramayana of Valmiki. This third volume carries forward the narrative by following the exiled hero Rama, his wife, and his brother on their wanderings. The book contains the narrative center of the epic, the abduction of Sita by the demon king Ravana. It provides a profound meditation on the paradox of the hero as both human and divine. The present translation seeks to provide a readable and trustworthy English version of the poem. It is accompanied by a full commentary elucidating the philological, aesthetic, and cultural problems of the text. Extensive use is made in the annotations of the numerous commentaries on the Ramayana. The substantial introduction to this volume aims to supply a historical context for an appreciation of the poem and a critical reading exploring the ideological components of the work. The volumes of this work will present the entire Ramayana, translated for the first time on the basis of the critical edition (Oriental Institute, Baroda).
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The Rmyaa Of Vlmki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume Ii - Ayodhyaka

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 This is the second volume of a translation of India's most beloved and influential epic saga, the monumental Rmyaa of Vlmki. Of the seven sections of this great Sanskrit masterpiece, the Ayodhyaka is the most human, and it remains one of the best introductions to the social and political values of traditional India. This readable translation is accompanied by commentary that elucidates the various problems of the textphilological, aesthetic, and cultural. The annotations make extensive use of the numerous commentaries on the Rmyaa composed in medieval India. The substantial introduction supplies a historical context for the poem and a critical reading that explores its literary and ideological components.
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The Ramayana Of Valmiki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume Vi - Yuddhakanda

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 The sixth book of the Ramayana of Valmiki, the Yuddhakanda, recounts the final dramatic war between the forces of good led by the exiled prince Rama, and the forces of evil commanded by the arch demon Ravana. The hero Rama's primary purpose in the battle is to rescue the abducted princess Sita and destroy the demon king. However, the confrontation
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The Ramayana Of Valmiki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume V - Sundarakanda

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 The fifth and most popular book of the Ramayana of Valmiki, the Sundarakanda, recounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hanuman in leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka. Once there, he scours the city for the abducted Princess Siti. The poet vividly describes the opulence of the court of the demon king, Ravana, the beauty of his
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The Ramayana Of Valmiki: An Epic Of Ancient India, Volume Iii - Aranyakanda

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 This is the third volume of a planned seven-volume translation of India's most beloved and influential epic tale--the Ramayana of Valmiki. This third volume carries forward the narrative by following the exiled hero Rama, his wife, and his brother on their wanderings. The book contains the narrative center of the epic, the abduction of Sita by the
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How To Read The Chinese Novel

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 Fiction criticism has a long and influential history in pre-modern China, where critics would read and reread certain novels with a concentration and fervor far exceeding that which most Western critics give to individual works. This volume, a source book for the study of traditional Chinese fiction criticism from the late sixteenth to the early tw
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K'Ung-Ts'Ung-Tzu - The K'Ung Family Masters' Anthology

by Yoav Ariel

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 In analyzing evidence indicating that K'ung-ts'ung-tzu was a forgery, Yoav Ariel questions current views of the Confucian school in the time between the Sage's death in the fifth century B.C. and the emergence in the eleventh century of Neo-Confucianism. The text, traditionally ascribed to a descendant of Confucius, K'ung Fu (264-208 B.C.), provide
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Five Hundred Years Of Chinese Poetry, 1150-1650 - The Chin, Yuan, And Ming Dynasties

by John Timothy Wixted e Kojiro Yoshikawa

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 Five Hundred Years of Chinese Poetry offers the only historical survey, in any language, of this important span of Chinese poetry. Written by the foremost Japanese sinologist of this century, and translated here in a lucid analogue to his famous prose style, the work provides a brief but comprehensive review of the period's literary history, a sket
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Noh Drama And The Tale Of The Genji - The Art Of Allusion In Fifteen Classical Plays

by Janet Goff

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 The Japanese noh theater has enjoyed a rich, continuous history dating back to the Muromachi period (1336-1573), when virtually the entire repertoire was written. Some of the finest plays were inspired by the eleventh-century masterpiece of court literature, The Tale of Genji. In this detailed study of fifteen noh plays based upon the Genji, Janet
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Okagami, The Great Mirror - Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027) And His Times

by Helen Craig Mccullough

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 Presented here in a new and complete translation is the Japanese classic Okagami, an historical talc that mirrors a man's life and the times in which he lived. Dating from the late eleventh or early twelfth century, it focuses on Fujiwara Michinaga, the leading political figure in the great family that dominated the court during most of the Helan p
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Wen Xuan Or Selections Of Refined Literature, Volume I - Rhapsodies On Metropolises And Capitals

by David R. Knechtges e Tong Xiao

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 A text of central importance to the Chinese literary tradition, the Wen xuan was compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531) and is the oldest surviving anthology of Chinese literature arranged by genre. This volume, the first of a planned eight-volume translation of the entire work, contains thoroughly annotated translations of the first section of the Wen xu
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Philosophy And Argumentation In Third-Century China - The Essays Of Hsi K'Ang

by His K'Ang e Robert G. Henricks

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 A valuable source of information on third-century Chinese argumentation and thought, the essays are eloquent, clear, and to the point; humorous at times; philosophically subtle; and psychologically perceptive. They treat matters of perennial concern--immortality, the nature of morality, the relation of music to emotion--and should be of interest to
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