Balanced discourses / by Xu Gan ; English translation by John Makeham ; introductions by Dang Shengyuan and John Makeham
2002, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press ; Beijing : Foreign Languages Press. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 366 pages; Description: xl, 366 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-355) and index. Series: The classical library of Chinese literature and thought. Subjects: Philosophy, Chinese. Summary: Balanced Discourses urges individual cultivation of Confucian morals. It was written in 170-217 AD in response to corruption and depravity of the ailing Eastern Han dynasty. Item #158191
ISBN: 0300092016
Price: €10.95