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Burton Watson

Author of Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings

Includes the names: Burton Watson, Burton Waston, Trans. Burton Watson, various & Burton Watson

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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (also Author) (Author) 438 copies, 2 reviews
The Lotus Sutra 169 copies
The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi 63 copies
Han Fei Tzu 62 copies, 3 reviews
The Vimalakirti Sutra 52 copies
The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry 50 copies
Four Huts: Asian Writings on the Simple Life 48 copies
The Tales of the Heike (Translations from the Asian Classics) 39 copies
Chinese Lyricism 31 copies
Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hs¿n Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu 30 copies
The Tso Chuan 24 copies, 1 review
Early Chinese Literature 23 copies
The Essential Lotus 19 copies
Kanshi: The Poetry of Ishikawa Jozan and Other Edo-Period Poets 19 copies, 2 reviews

Courtier And Commoner In Ancient China: Selections From The History Of The… 17 copies

Chinese Rhyme-Prose: Poems in the Fu Form from the Han and Six Dynasties… 6 copies

SU TUNG-P'O 6 copies

An Introduction to the Hadith (Islamic Surveys) 5 copies

The Rainbow World: Japan in Essays and Translations 5 copies

The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings 4 copies

Japanese Literature in Chinese, Vol. 2 4 copies

Ssu-ma Ch'ien: Grand Historian of China 4 copies

Masaoka Shiki 2 copies

Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty I 1 copy

The Tales of the Heike (Translations from the Asian Classics) [Hardcover] 1 copy

Le Sûtra du Lotus 1 copy

Tao Te Ching 1 copy

Cold Mountain: One Hundred Poems of Han Shan 1 copy

Japanese Literature in Chinese : Volume 1 Poetry and Prose in Chinese By… 1 copy

Selected poetry of Su Tung-P'o 1 copy

The demon at Agi Bridge and other Japanese tales 1 copy

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Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the… (Translator) 432 copies
Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 (Editor, some editions) 347 copies
The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu (Translator, some editions) 180 copies, 2 reviews
Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day (Translator, some editions) 149 copies, 1 review
Cold Mountain: 100 Poems (Translator, some editions) 107 copies, 1 review
19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei (Translator) 105 copies, 3 reviews
Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty (Translator, some editions) 58 copies, 2 reviews
Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty I (Translator, some editions) 40 copies
Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty II (Translator, some editions) 37 copies
Records of the historian : chapters from the Shih chi of Ssu-ma Ch'ien (Translator) 20 copies, 1 review
The Selected Poems of Du Fu (Translator) 13 copies
Masaoka Shiki : selected poems (Translator) 1 copy

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