{"product_id":"eastern-canons-approaches-to-the-asian-classics-paperback","title":"Eastern Canons: Approaches to the Asian Classics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWm Theodore de Bary\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIrene Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays gathered here, in addition to those by editors Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloob, are written by leading scholars of Asian cultures--among them Donald Keene, Peter Awn, Barbara Stoler Miller, Ainslie Embree, Burton Watson, C.T. Hsia, Paul Anderer, and others. They introduce classics from the Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions, providing entree to texts which have emerged as monuments of Asian thought and literature. Among the works discussed are the Qu'ran, the philosophy of history of Ibn Khaldun, the Upanishads, the epic \u003ci\u003eMahabarata, \u003c\/i\u003e the philosopher Mencius, the Lotus Sutra, T'and Poetry, the \u003ci\u003eTale of Genji, \u003c\/i\u003e and the poet Bash\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWm. Theodore de Bary\u003c\/b\u003e (1919-2017) was John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMessage of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLearning for One's Self\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eSources of Japanese Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSources of Korean Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Columbia University Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIrene Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (1939-2010) was Wm. Theodore and Fanny de Bary and Class of 1941 Associate Professor of Asian Humanities at Columbia University and Anne Whitney Olin Professor Emerita in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College. She edited and translated \u003ci\u003eKnowledge Painfully Acquired: The K'un-chih chi of Lo Ch'in-shun\u003c\/i\u003e and coedited, with Joshua A. Fogel, \u003ci\u003eMeeting of Minds: Intellectual and Religious Interaction in East Asian Traditions of Thought\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 395\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 8.24 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408753639602,"sku":"9780231070058","price":68.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f8b39c99b939d4360c16c92bbf975526.webp?v=1778252003","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/eastern-canons-approaches-to-the-asian-classics-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}