The Sacred Books of the East (China: THE TEXTS OF TAOISM, PART-I: THE TAO TEH KI…

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About the Book:-This volume is translations of the Tao Teh King by Lao-tze ( sixth century B. C.) The writings of Kwang-tze (between the middle of the fourth and third centuries B. C.) and the treatise of Actions and their retributions ( of our eleventh century); and perhaps also of one or more of the other characteristic productions of the system. They contain versions of the Three works which were specified and in addition as Appendixces, four other shorter Treatises of Taoism; Analyses of several of the books of Kwang-tze by Lin His-kung; a list of the stories which form so important a part of those Books; two Essays by two of the greatest scholars of China, written the one in A. D. 586 and illustrating the Taoistic beliefs of that age and the other in A. D. 1078 and dealing with the four books of Kwang-tze whose genuineness is frequently called in question. About the Author:-Friedrich Max Müller (1823 –1900) was a German-born philologist and Orientalist, who lived and studied in Britain for most of his life. He was one of the founders of the western academic disciplines of Indian studies and religious studies (‘science of religion’, German: Religionswissenschaft). Müller wrote both scholarly and popular works on the subject of Indology. The Sacred Books of the East, a 50-volume set of English translations, was prepared under his direction. James Legge (1815 –1897) was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873) and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876–1897). In association with Max Muller he prepared the monumental Sacred Books of the East series, published in 50 volumes between 1879 and 1891. Legge went, in 1839, as a missionary to China, but first stayed at Malacca three years, in charge of the Anglo-Chinese College there. The College wa

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gyan Publishing House
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 430 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8121229472
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8121229470
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.89 x 5.65 x 1.69 inches