Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty I

Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty

Sima Qian (145?-90? BCE) was the first major Chinese historian. His "Shiji," or "Records of the Grand Historian," documents the history of China and its neighboring countries from the ancient past to his own time. These three volumes cover the Qin and Han

Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings

The basic writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years. And Burton Watson's lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers.Chuang Tzu (369?-286? B.C.) was a leading philosopher represent

The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath

Cold Mountain: One Hundred Poems by the t'Ang Poet Han-Shan

This collection is one of the earliest and most important works of Chinese Buddhist poetry and is especially influential in the later literature of the Zen Sect of Buddhism, which looked back to these poems as a classic of Zen literature. The poems cover

The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi: A Translation of the Lin-Chi Lu

Among the most important texts of Zen literature, the "Lin-Chi lu" details the insights and exploits of the great ninth century Chinese Zen master Lin-chi, one of the most highly regarded of the T'ang period masters. PEN Translation Prize-winner Burton Wa

Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day

Modern Japanese Literature is Donald Keene’s critically acclaimed companion volume to his landmark Anthology of Japanese Literature. Now considered the standard canon of modern Japanese writing translated into English, Modern Japanese Literature include

The Lotus Sutra

Since its appearance in China in the third century, The Lotus Sutra has been regarded as one of the most illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon. The object of intense veneration among generations of Buddhists in China, Korea, Japan, and oth

Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century