The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

Zhuangzi, Columbia College (Columbia University)

Columbia University Press, 1968 - Literary Criticism - 397 pages

This is one of the most justly celebrated texts of the Chinese tradition - impressive for both its bold philosophical imagination and its striking literary style. Accepting the challenge of translating this captivating classic in its entirety, Burton Watson has expertly rendered into English both the profound thought and the literary brilliance of the text.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu; Collection Unesco d'oeuvres représentatives; Issue 80 of Records of civilization, ISSN 0080-0287; Issue 80 of Records of civilization, sources and studies; Translations from the Asian classics; UNESCO collection of representative works: Chinese series; UNESCO collection of representative works: Series of translations from the literatures of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Issue 80 of Unesco. Collection of representative works, Chinese series; Records of civilization, sources and studies series
• Authors: Zhuangzi, Columbia College (Columbia University)
• Editor: Burton Watson
• Translated by: Burton Watson
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1968
• ISBN: 0231031475, 9780231031479
• Length: 397 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / Asian / General; Philosophy / Eastern; Philosophy / General; Philosophy / Taoist