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Ch’ing, a Chinese Book of Love

From Early Times to the Modern Age

by John Minford ...

This landmark anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the rich tradition of Chinese writing on love – sensuous, romantic and ecstatic – from early classics like the Book of Songs to twentieth-century modernist verse. Challenging the stereotype of Chinese literature as stiffly Confucian, it celebrates instead the Taoist embrace of physical passion as cosmic harmony. The selections ... Read more

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This landmark anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the rich tradition of Chinese writing on love – sensuous, romantic and ecstatic – from early classics like the Book of Songs to twentieth-century modernist verse. Challenging the stereotype of Chinese literature as stiffly Confucian, it celebrates instead the Taoist embrace of physical passion as cosmic harmony. The selections
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Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

by Pu Songling ...

Translated by John Minford ...

The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a magical pear tree, a scholar recounts his previous incarnations, a woman out ... Read more

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The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a magical pear tree, a scholar recounts his previous incarnations, a woman out
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Lotus Leaves

Selected Poems of Leung Ping-kwan

by Leung Ping-kwan ...

Translated by John Minford ...

Series Book 1 - Hong Kong Literature Series
Lotus Leaves has been selected in the “Poetry and Literature” category for the 2021 Association ofUniversity Presses “Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.”**HONG KONG LITERATURE SERIESSeries Editor: John Minford**Leung Ping-kwan is one of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed poets. His poems display a unique blend of the literary and the down-to-earth, the modern and the traditional, the serious and the humorous ... Read more

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Lotus Leaves has been selected in the “Poetry and Literature” category for the 2021 Association ofUniversity Presses “Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.”**HONG KONG LITERATURE SERIESSeries Editor: John Minford**Leung Ping-kwan is one of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed poets. His poems display a unique blend of the literary and the down-to-earth, the modern and the traditional, the serious and the humorous
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Tao Te Ching

The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of the Tao (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Lao Tzu, John Minford ...

Translated by John Minford ...

The original mindfulness book, in a landmark new translation by the award-winning translator of the I Ching and The Art of WarThe most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or “Book of the Tao,” is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the “Way”: harmony with the life force of ... Read more

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The original mindfulness book, in a landmark new translation by the award-winning translator of the I Ching and The Art of WarThe most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or “Book of the Tao,” is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the “Way”: harmony with the life force of
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The Art of War

by Sun-tzu ...

Translated by John Minford ...

Series series Penguin Great Ideas
The world’s most famous military treatise, in an acclaimed translationThe perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, ... Read more

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The world’s most famous military treatise, in an acclaimed translationThe perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices,
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Sun Tzu's The Art of War

Bilingual Edition Complete Chinese and English Text

by Sun Tzu ...

Translated by Lionel Giles ...

Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still one of the world's most influential treatises on strategic thought. Applicable everywhere from the boardroom to the bedroom, from the playing field to the battlefield, its wisdom has never been more highly regarded.Now available in its complete form, including the Chinese characters and English text, this essential examination of the art of decisive military ... Read more

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Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still one of the world's most influential treatises on strategic thought. Applicable everywhere from the boardroom to the bedroom, from the playing field to the battlefield, its wisdom has never been more highly regarded.Now available in its complete form, including the Chinese characters and English text, this essential examination of the art of decisive military
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I Ching

The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Oracle and Book of Wisdom

by John Minford ...

Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
The award-winning new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, by the acclaimed translator of the Tao Te Ching and The Art of WarPose a question, then toss three coins (or cast your yarrow stalks) to access the time-honored wisdom of the I Ching.The I Ching, or Book of Change, has been consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for answers to fundamental question. ... Read more

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The award-winning new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, by the acclaimed translator of the Tao Te Ching and The Art of WarPose a question, then toss three coins (or cast your yarrow stalks) to access the time-honored wisdom of the I Ching.The I Ching, or Book of Change, has been consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for answers to fundamental question.
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The Story of the Stone (Volume I)

by Cao Xueqin ...

Translated by John Minford ...

Series Book 1 - The Story of the Stone
The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets ... Read more

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The Story of the Stone (c.1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty Dai-yu. Through the changing fortunes of the Jia family, this rich, magical work sets
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Dragons

Shorter Fiction of Leung Ping-kwan

by Leung Ping-kwan ...

Translated by Wendy Chan, Jasmine Tong Man, David Morgan ...

Series Book 2 - Hong Kong Literature Series
Dragons has been selected in the “Book Jackets and Covers” category for the 2021 Association ofUniversity Presses “Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.”**HONG KONG LITERATURE SERIESSeries Editor: John Minford**Leung Ping-kwan brought as much talent and inspiration to the writing of his short stories as he did to his poems. ‘I have drawn on magical realism to explore the absurdity of Hong Kong,’ he ... Read more

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Dragons has been selected in the “Book Jackets and Covers” category for the 2021 Association ofUniversity Presses “Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.”**HONG KONG LITERATURE SERIESSeries Editor: John Minford**Leung Ping-kwan brought as much talent and inspiration to the writing of his short stories as he did to his poems. ‘I have drawn on magical realism to explore the absurdity of Hong Kong,’ he
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The Best China

Essays from Hong Kong

Edited by John Minford ...

Series Book 6 - Hong Kong Literature Series
The Best China has been selected in the “Book Jackets and Covers” category for the 2021 Association of University Presses “Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.”It represents one of the finest traditions in Chinese culture: the tradition of creativity, of the freedom of thought, freedom of spirit and freedom of the imagination. These are the characteristics of Hong Kong literature.The Best China, an ... Read more

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The Best China has been selected in the “Book Jackets and Covers” category for the 2021 Association of University Presses “Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.”It represents one of the finest traditions in Chinese culture: the tradition of creativity, of the freedom of thought, freedom of spirit and freedom of the imagination. These are the characteristics of Hong Kong literature.The Best China, an
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Ordinary Days

A Memoir in Six Chapters

by Leo Ou-fan Lee, Esther Yuk-ying Lee ...

Translated by Carol Ong, Annie Ren ...

Series Book 5 - Hong Kong Literature Series
Testimony to the emotional truth of their life together even in these increasingly trying times.The memoir Ordinary Days by the scholar and critic Leo Ou-fan Lee and his wife Esther Yuk-ying Lee brings to this Hong Kong series an intensely personal touch, consciously echoing the great sentimental memoir of 18th-century China, Shen Fu’s Six Chapters of a Floating Life. With disarming candour, Leo ... Read more

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Testimony to the emotional truth of their life together even in these increasingly trying times.The memoir Ordinary Days by the scholar and critic Leo Ou-fan Lee and his wife Esther Yuk-ying Lee brings to this Hong Kong series an intensely personal touch, consciously echoing the great sentimental memoir of 18th-century China, Shen Fu’s Six Chapters of a Floating Life. With disarming candour, Leo
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Best China

by John Minford ...

The Best China, an expression traditionally used to refer to the finest crockery brought out when one is entertaining special guests, has been adapted here to mean the Best Chinese Tradition of free-thinking discursive prose. This anthology of essays from Hong Kong and the diaspora, ranging across the past hundred and seventy years, records the intellectual ferment that has always characterised ... Read more

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The Best China, an expression traditionally used to refer to the finest crockery brought out when one is entertaining special guests, has been adapted here to mean the Best Chinese Tradition of free-thinking discursive prose. This anthology of essays from Hong Kong and the diaspora, ranging across the past hundred and seventy years, records the intellectual ferment that has always characterised
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