Sources of East Asian Tradition: Premodern Asia

Edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary

Paper, 936 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14305-9
$32.50 / £19.00

vol. 1
July, 2008
Cloth, 936 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14304-2
$99.50 / £58.50

"The selections are excellent, translations faithful and elegant, and introductions terse and to the point. If I were asked to recommend only one book for anyone who wishes to know something about Chinese culture, I would name, without a moment of hesitation, Sources of Chinese Tradition." — Ying-shih Yu, Princeton University

"Sources of Japanese Tradition has proved to be invaluable to the study of Japanese history and culture. Its publication is welcome news to teachers and students of Japanese civilization and all those who are interested in the origins of contemporary Japanese society and culture." — Akira Iriye, author of Cultural Internationalism and World Order

Related Subjects

• Asian History
• Asian Religion
• East Asian Studies
• Reference

Series

• Introduction to Asian Civilizations

About the Author

Wm. Theodore de Bary is the John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University and past president of the Association for Asian Studies. He has written extensively on Confucianism in East Asia and is the coeditor of Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Japanese Tradition, and Sources of Korean Tradition.

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