Carus dr paul editor (2 Ergebnisse)

New edition. Small 8vo. Prelims. + 139pp. B/w. illustrations. Pages heavily browned. Publisher's inkstamp to title page. Slightly soiled original cream cloth with red lettering to spine. US$22.

Reprint. Translated by Teitaro Suzuki and Paul Carus. Frontispiece of the philosopher Lao Tze, numerous black line illustrations throughout, index, 139pp. 21 x 13.5cm. Includes original Chinese text with character-by-character translations on facing pages. Evenly browned throughout, place of purchase neatly written front endpaper, publisher's stamp title page. Text in English, with a section of original text in traditional Chinese characters. Small mark lower cover, very good hardback copy. According to the introduction, the T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ian is a work of Taoist piety and ethics, and its moral maxims are presented with a popular directness. Texts and illustrations are facsimile reproductions taken mainly from Chinese texts made in Japan by Chinese scribes and artists. It is a book of moral injunctions, a description of evil-doers and their penalties, and sayings from various unknown Taoist sources.…