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Classics of Chinese Thought

This book series provides authoritative editions of great works in the Chinese intellectual tradition. The series focuses on foundational texts and works of leading thinkers from early China that formed the core of traditional Chinese learning. Volumes are presented in a uniform format, to serve as basic texts for teaching, research, and citation. Each includes bilingual Chinese and English texts on facing pages, extensive annotation, and supplementary material.
Series editors: Andrew H. Plaks and Michael Nylan
Please send book proposals to: Lorri Hagman
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A Thorough Exploration in Historiography / Shitong
In the early eighth century, frustrated with the authorities but still hoping to gain immortality through his future oeuvre, the Tang court historian Liu Zhiji set out to write Shitong, in which he would rigorously...
ISBN: 9780295751061
more detailsGarden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑
In 17 BCE the Han dynasty archivist Liu Xiang presented to the throne a collection of some seven hundred items of varying length, mostly quasi-historical anecdotes and narratives, that he deemed essential reading for wise...
ISBN: 9780295995199
more detailsZuo Tradition / Zuozhuan左傳
Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals"
Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo Commentary) is China’s first great work of history. It consists of two interwoven texts - the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu, a terse annalistic record) and a vast...
ISBN: 9780295999159
more detailsExemplary Figures / Fayan法言
Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature
Exemplary Figures (sometimes translated as Model Sayings) is an unabridged, annotated translation of Fayan, one of three major works...
ISBN: 9780295992891
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