Mo Tzu - Basic Writings

The thoughts and writings of this important fifth century B.C. political and social thinker -- and formidable rival of the Confucianists -- are presented here in English translation.

List of contents

Foreward, by Wm. Theodore de Bary Outline of Early Chinese History Introduction Honoring the Worthy Identifying with One's Superior Universal Love Against Offensive Warfare Moderation in Expenditure Moderation in Funerals The Will of Heaven Explaining Ghosts Against Music Against Fatalism Against Confucians Index

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.

Summary

The thoughts and writings of this important fifth century B.C. political and social thinker -- and formidable rival of the Confucianists -- are presented here in English translation.

Product details

• Authors: Han Fei Tzu, Hsun Tzu, Di Mo, Tzu Mo, Mo-tzu, Mo-Tzu Hsun Tzu Han Fei Tzu
• Assisted by: Wm. Theodore De Bary (Foreword), Burton Watson (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.1963
• EAN: 9780231086080
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08608-0
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Translations from the Asian Classics; Translations from the Asian Cl; Translations from the Asian Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, Chinese, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy