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The Sacred books of the East

by Thomas F. Cleary, Richard Wilhelm, John Blofeld, Carl Gustav Jung, James Legge, Moritz Winternitz, Confucius, F. Max Müller, Zhuangzi, Maurice Bloomfield
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~31h 19min
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About Author

Thomas F. Cleary

Thomas Francis Cleary (24 April 1949 – 20 June 2021) was an American translator and author of more than 80 books related to Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Muslim classics, and of The Art of War, a treatise on management, military strategy, and statecraft. He has translated books from Pali, Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Old Irish into English. Cleary lived in Oakland, California.

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A translation of the early document of Chinese philosophy with explanatory notes.

How the series evolves

beginning
I Ching
3.0· strong start
the pit
A general index to the names and subject-matter of The sacred books of the East
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finale
Hymns of the Atharva-Veda
0.0· messes up the ending
overall
0.8· better in the beginning

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