{"product_id":"zuo-tradition-zuozhuan-9780295999159","title":"Zuo Tradition  Zuozhuan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is impossible to do justice to this monumental publication in a brief review; let me merely emphasize that these renowned translators, working as a trio, amount to even more than the sum of their parts because their strengths are complementary. No single human being could have handled so many aspects of this text . . . which is compact but rooted in three lifetimes of learning and reflection.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Paul R. Goldin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The three scholars who have joined forces to produce this new translation are. . . to be heartily congratulated. The resulting publication is. . . eminently readable, with bilingual text, helpfully divided into coherent sections, and annotation that provides necessary explanations without overwhelming the reader with minutiae. . . Naturally it is impossible to do justice to this monumental publication in a brief review; let me merely emphasize that these renowned translators, working as a trio, amount to even more than the sum of their parts because their strengths are complementary.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Critical Inquiry *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The translation team has successfully produced a work that is not only an English rendering but an accessible user manual for the \u003ci\u003eZuo Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e...[T]his translation will at last allow the \u003ci\u003eZuo Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e to take its proper place among the classics of world literature and ancient history.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a long-awaited monumental work that keeps what has been promised: It is a very well readable translation of the first major narrative history of China, one that for many years to come will replace the version that James Legge produced almost 150 years ago.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Monumenta Serica *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] precise, elegant—and, yes, reader-friendly—translation that brings out many nuances in the text that had heretofore been lost to the English reader. \u003ci\u003eZuo Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e does not merely complement Legge’s translation but supersedes it. It will itself be the new “measuring rod” in \u003ci\u003eZuozhuan\u003c\/i\u003e studies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * The Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is one of the greatest translations of the Chinese classical works into English.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Asian and African Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[N]ow, at last, we have a convenient, bilingual, and helpfully annotated edition from which to study this immensely rich work…Some books are so physically beautiful and so eminently useful that one is sorely tempted to celebrate their publication instead of reviewing them. \u003ci\u003eZuo Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e is one of these wonderful publications that literally everyone with any interest in traditional China will need to hurry to buy. The book is handsomely produced, lavishly bound, and it is the result of many, many years of intensive cooperation between three of the world’s leading scholars in the field…Thus this is not only a singularly beautiful printed object, it is also an authoritative translation if ever there was one, by the leading US scholars in the field. It seems bound to become a classic of sinology.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Chinese Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The quality of this translation as well as the accompanying introduction and critical apparatus are a strong argument for the long overdue insight that solid translation work must no longer be relegated to a secondary position in academia but deserves the same recognition as primarily interpretive or systematizing studies. The students of early China and ancient history in general owe immense gratitude to Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, and David Schaberg for this truly exemplary magnum opus.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * China Review International *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is to be hoped that the \u003ci\u003eZuozhuan Reader\u003c\/i\u003e will whet the appetite of future students to explore the full world of the Zuozhuan when having read the starters presented here… the \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e-version will present a good starting-point for a new generation of scholars who will try to unravel the enigma of the \u003ci\u003eZuozhuan\u003c\/i\u003e itself and to take scholarship concerning this first narrative history of ancient China to a level unreached so far.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Monumenta Serica *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of Dynasties\u003cbr\u003e Reigns of Lords of the Domain of Lu \u003cbr\u003e Map of the Major Domains and Peoples during the Spring and Autumn Period\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 \u003cbr\u003e On Reading and Anthologizing Zuozhuan \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2\u003cbr\u003e Succession Struggles and Assassinations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3\u003cbr\u003e Women \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4\u003cbr\u003e The Overlord: Chong'er, Lord Wen of Jin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5\u003cbr\u003e Warfare \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6\u003cbr\u003e Ritual Propriety \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7\u003cbr\u003e Temporal Order and the Arc of History \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8\u003cbr\u003e Governance \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9\u003cbr\u003e Law and Punishment \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10\u003cbr\u003e The Tragedy of King Ling of Chu \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11\u003cbr\u003e Two Famous Statesmen: Zichan and Yan Ying \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12\u003cbr\u003e Diplomacy \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13\u003cbr\u003e Confucius and His Disciples\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14\u003cbr\u003e Dreams and Anomalies \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15\u003cbr\u003e Cultural Others\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading \u003cbr\u003e Passage Index \u003cbr\u003e Subject Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400937283927,"sku":"9780295999159","price":245.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/zuo-tradition-zuozhuan-9780295999159","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}