Tso Chuan - Selections From China''s Oldest Narrative History

The Tso chuan has long been recognized as a classic of China's early prose tradition. Probably written in the third century B.C., the book is a vivid account of events during the crucial period from 722 to 468. The Tso chuan focuses on political, diplomatic, and military affairs, but also reveals a great deal about economic and cultural developments during the turbulent era when China's warring feudal states were gradually working toward unification.
Burton Watson presents here the most famous and influential narratives from the Tso chuan. His expert translations give the reader the principal ideas of the original text as well as a sense of its style.

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A classic of China's early prose tradition. This title provides an account of events during the crucial period from 722 to 468. It focuses on political, diplomatic, and military affairs, and reveals about economic and cultural developments during the turbulent era when China's warring feudal states were gradually working toward unification.

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• Authors: Wm. Theodore De Hsia Bary, Burton Watson
• Assisted by: Wm Theodore de Bary (Editor), Wm. Theodore De Bary (Editor), C. T. Hsia (Editor), Hsia C. T. (Editor), Donald Keene (Editor), Keene Donald (Editor), Barbara Stoler Miller (Editor), Miller Barbara Stoler (Editor), Burton Watson (Editor), Philip B. Yampolsky (Editor), Burton Watson (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.1992
• EAN: 9780231067157
• ISBN: 978-0-231-06715-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Translations from the Asian Classics; Translations from the Asian Cl; Translations from the Asian Cl
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays