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NOMEThe Arthur Waley Estate
PRENOMESThe Arthur Waley
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TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
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PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2012
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2013
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  • The Life and Times of Po Chü-i

    The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur WaleyBOOKLife and Times of Po Chü-I2013

    First published in 1949. This book gives the biographical background to the many poems of Po Chü-I (A.D 772-846) and traces the connection between his literary career and the disturbed political life of the time. The volume also provides new translations in whole or in part of about a hundred poems by Po Chü-i

  • The Analects of Confucius

    Arthur Waley, The Arthur Waley Estate et al.BOOKAnalects of Confucius2012

    First published in 1938.Previous translations of the Analects of Confucius are based upon a medieval interpretation which reflects the philosophy of the 12th century A.D rather than of the 5th century B.C., when Confucius lived. This book detaches the Analects from the Scholastic interpretation and lets these famous sayings speak for themselves.

  • Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China

    The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur WaleyBOOKThree Ways of Thought in Ancient…2012

    First published in 1939. This book consists chiefly of extracts from Chuang Tzu, Mencius and Han Fei Tzu. Chuang Tzu's appeal is to the imagination; the appeal of mencius is to the moral feelings; realism, as expounded by Han Fei Tzu, finds a close parallel in modern Totalitarianism and as a result these extracts from a book of the third century B.C. nonetheless have a very contemporary connection

  • Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang

    The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur WaleyBOOKBallads and Stories from Tun-Huang2012

    First published in 1960.Over a century ago the Chinese discovered in a sealed-up cave in the west of China a collection of manuscripts dating from the fifth century to the end of the tenth. These included many specimens of popular literature of a kind that was not previously known to exist. Although the find was made long ago, only two or three of these pieces had been translated before. Arthur Waley here translates, whole or as extracts, twenty-…

  • The Book of Songs

    The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur WaleyBOOKBook of Songs2012

    First published in 1937. The Book of Songs is a collection of ancient Chinese songs, dating from 800 to 600 B.C. Until this was published in 1937 it had not been translated into English since the middle of nineteenth century, when sinology was still in its infancy. For the first time the original meaning of 290 out of the 305 songs is given, use being made of the advances in the study of old Chinese. The result is not merely a clear picture of ea…