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Burton Watson

Author of Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings

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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (Author) 403 copies, 2 reviews
The Lotus Sutra 149 copies
The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi 57 copies
Han Fei Tzu 54 copies, 3 reviews
Four Huts: Asian Writings on the Simple Life 46 copies
The Vimalakirti Sutra 46 copies
The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry 45 copies
The Tales of the Heike (Translations from the Asian Classics) 34 copies
Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hs¿n Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu 30 copies
Chinese Lyricism 29 copies
The Tso Chuan 22 copies, 1 review
Early Chinese Literature 21 copies
The Essential Lotus 18 copies
Kanshi: The Poetry of Ishikawa Jozan and Other Edo-Period Poets 16 copies, 2 reviews

Courtier And Commoner In Ancient China: Selections From The History Of The… 14 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

Chinese Rhyme-Prose: Poems in the Fu Form from the Han and Six Dynasties… 5 copies

Japanese Literature in Chinese, Vol. 2 4 copies

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

Po Ch¿-i 3 copies

Records of the Grand Historian: Sima Qian 3 copies

The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings 3 copies

Records of the Grand Historian of China Volume 2 the Age of Emperor Wu,… 2 copies

Masaoka Shiki 2 copies

Tao Te Ching 1 copy

The demon at Agi Bridge and other Japanese tales 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

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Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the… (Translator) 401 copies
Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 (Editor, some editions) 306 copies
The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu (Translator, some editions) 125 copies, 2 reviews
Cold Mountain: 100 Poems (Translator, some editions) 96 copies, 1 review
Records of the historian : chapters from the Shih chi of Ssu-ma Ch'ien (Translator) 17 copies, 1 review
Masaoka Shiki : selected poems (Translator) 1 copy

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