A Guide to Oriental Classics

xi, 257 pp. This useful guide to the classics of four Asian traditions has been significantly revised. Major cultural works from the Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions, ranging from history, philosophy, and religion to poetry, drama, and fiction, are included in this biographic guide. Added to this edition are new translations and studies published since the appearance of the first edition. The sections dealing with major texts of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Buddhism have been expanded to cover five more Indian texts, two more Chinese texts, and two more Japanese texts. Sections on supplementary readings in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism have been added, paralleling the section of supplementary readings in Indian Buddhism. The entry for each classic includes a list of translations, complete or partial, into English and other Western languages, with evaluative notes, followed by a list of secondary readings and a series of topics for discussion.