Das Genji-Monogatari ist das älteste und bedeutendste Werk der japanischen Frauenromane. Zugleich...

First published in 1949. This book gives the biographical background to the many poems of Po Chü-...

First published in 1952. The Real Tripitaka gives an account of the seventh century pilgrim's adv...

Dating from around 300BC, Tao Te Ching is the first great classic of the Chinese school of philos...

Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic combination of picare...

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is one of the most important and profound texts of world literature. A gui...

This unique anthology of Buddhist scripture traces the development of Buddhism through the ages, ...

Confucius is one of the most humane, rational, and lucid of moral teachers, concerned not with ar...

The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of Chinese poetry, and Bo Juyi is generally acclaimed as one ...

A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems

'The beauty of his (Waley's) prose captures the artistic spirit of a brilliant and fascinating wo...

Originally completed in the year 1002 and not meant for the public eye, this engrossing collectio...