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  • The Selected Poems of Tu Fu

    Expanded and Newly Translated by David Hinton

    by Tu Fu ...
    Translated by David Hinton ...
    **A new and substantially expanded version of Hinton’s landmark translation of Tu Fu, published on the thirtieth anniversary of that original editionShortlisted for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize**Tu Fu (712–770 C.E.) has for a millennium been widely considered the greatest poet in the Chinese tradition, and Hinton’s original translation played a key role in developing that reputation in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Wild Mind, Wild Earth

    Our Place in the Sixth Extinction

    by David Hinton ...
    Exploring the confluence of ancient Chinese spirituality and modern Western environmental thought, Wild Mind, Wild Earth reveals the unrecognized kinship of mind and nature that must be reanimated if we are to end our destruction of the planet.Earth is embroiled in its sixth major extinction event—this time caused not by asteroids or volcanos, but by us. At bottom, preventing this sixth extinction ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Blue-Cliff Record

    by David Hinton ...
    Series series The Great Koan Collections of Ch'an and Zen
    A once-in-a-generation translation of the definitive Ch’an (Zen) koan collection from preeminent translator David Hinton.The Blue-Cliff Record, a collection of Ch’an (Zen) koans stemming from the eleventh century, is a remarkable masterwork of classical Chinese literature, a philosophical text of profound power, and an active practice guide in use by Ch’an and Zen Buddhists all over the world. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Classical Chinese Poetry

    An Anthology

    Edited by David Hinton ...
    "A magisterial book" of nearly five hundred poems from some of history's greatest Chinese poets, translated and edited by a renowned poet and scholar ( New Republic).The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature. This rich and far-reaching anthology of nearly five hundred poems provides a comprehensive account of its first three millennia (1500 ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Carefree-Ease Record

    In this radical new translation of a classic Ch’an (Zen) koan collection, David Hinton illuminates the Taoist dimensions of “carefree-ease,” the effortless joy of the enlightened mind in harmony with earth and cosmos.First collected by the Ch’an master Wisdom-Expanse (Hung-Chih) in the twelfth century, this collection of one hundred kung-ans, or koans, is an essential text for students of Ch’an ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • No-Gate Gateway

    The Original Wu-Men Kuan

    by David Hinton ...
    Series series The Great Koan Collections of Ch'an and Zen
    A new translation of one of the great koan collections--by the premier translator of the Chinese classics--that reveals it to be a literary and philosophical masterwork beyond its association with Chan/Zen.A monk asked: “A dog too has Buddha-nature, no?” And with the master’s enigmatic one-word response begins the great No-Gate Gateway (Wu-Men Kuan), ancient China’s classic foray into the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • China Root

    Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen

    by David Hinton ...
    A beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton.Buddhism migrated from India to China in the first century C.E., and Ch'an (Japanese: Zen) is generally seen as China's most distinctive and enduring form of Buddhism. In China Root, however, David Hinton shows how Ch'an was in fact a Buddhist-influenced ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Wheel-Rim River

    The Mountain Poems and Paintings

    by Wang Wei ...
    Translated by David Hinton ...
    A breathtaking presentation of artistic and spiritual collaboration in the classical Chinese traditions of landscape poetry and painting—with 40 full-color artworks.The quintessential poet of solitude of the middle Tang dynasty, Wang Wei spent much of his time in seclusion at his retreat property at Wheel-Rim River in the Whole-South Mountains, near present-day Xian, China. One autumn, his friend ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The Late Poems of Wang An-Shih

    by Wang An-Shih ...
    Translated by David Hinton ...
    A selection of poems by the ancient Chinese poet and statesman Wang Ah-Shih, translated by David Hinton.Wang An-shih (1021-1086 C.E.) was a remarkable figure—not only one of the great Sung Dynasty poets, but also the most influential and controversial statesman of his time. Although Wang had little interest in the grandeur of high office and political power, he took the responsibility of serving ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Orient

    Two Walks at the Edge of the Human

    by David Hinton ...
    Join renowned author David Hinton on two walks into the wild beauty and archaeological ruins of the desert Southwest, where he maps the edges of consciousness and our place in the Cosmos.Walks in the desert and journeys through Ch’an (Zen) enlightenment. Meditations on the nature of perception and on the nature of ruins. Topographies of mind and of space-time. Poetry and prose. This talismanic ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Four Chinese Classics

    Tao Te Ching, Analects, Chuang Tzu, Mencius

    Discover 4 seminal masterworks of Chinese thought—Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, the Analects of Confucius, the Chuang Tzu, and the Mencius—presented in one volume for the first time in nearly 2 centuries.Award-winning translator David Hinton offers fresh insights on the most influential texts on Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Chinese philosophy, and more.Hinton’s award–winning experience translating a wide range ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Selected Poems of Yang Wan-li

    An expansive selection of poems from the last giant of classical Chinese poetry’s golden age, Yang Wan-li (1127–1206 c.e.), masterfully translated by David Hinton.A typical Yang Wan-li poem attends to immediate experience with profound clarity, and this attention usually leads to a moment of sudden awakening: a startling image or turn of thought, a surprising imaginative gesture, a twist of humor. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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