The Huainanzi: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China (Translations from the Asian Classics)
An excellent and richly annotated translation.(Moss RobertsJournal of the American Oriental Society1900-01-00)Users of this magnificent contribution to the study of Chinese thought will find here almost everything imaginable.(Russell KirklandReligious Studies Review1900-01-00)It is a major accomplishment in every sense of the term.(Mark CsikszentmihalyiJournal of Chinese Studies1900-01-00)In sum, this volume bringing to annotated translation all 21 chapters of the Huainanzi will invaluably ease and enhance the work of future scholars.(Benjamin E. WallackerJournal of Asian History1900-01-00)[An] epochal achievement.... TheHuainanzivibrates with the authors' intellectual confidence.... this translation of theHuainanziis a convenient and reassuring shortcut into the heart of traditional China.(Barbara HendrischkeMonumenta Serica1900-01-00)This English version earns for the Huainanzi the widespread recognition as anepochal classic that it deserves, and at the same time provides a resource forspecialists. The translations are carefully thought out but evocative.(China Review International1900-01-00)