Yin Chih Wen: The Tract of the Quiet Way (Forgotten Books)
Book Details
Author(s)Teitaro Teitaro Suzuki
PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN1606201549
ISBN-139781606201541
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Description
The Yin Chih Wen is described as a religio-ethical tract that, at least in the China of the translators' day, was read, taught, and studied, in schools and homes: "there is probably no family in China without it". (Quote from philtar.ucsm.ac.uk)
About the Author
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (Suzuki Daisetsu, October 18, 1870 - July 22, 1966) was a famous Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature."
"Paul Carus, Ph.D. (1852-1919) was a German-American author, editor, a student of comparative religion, and former professor of philosophy. Carus was born at Ilsenburg, Germany, and educated at the universities of Strassburg, France and Tubingen, Germany. After obtaining his Ph. D from Tubingen in 1876 he served in the army and then taught school. He had been raised in a pious and orthodox Protestant home, but gradually moved away from this tradition. (Quote from wikipedia.org)
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
http://www.forgottenbooks.org
About the Author
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (Suzuki Daisetsu, October 18, 1870 - July 22, 1966) was a famous Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature."
"Paul Carus, Ph.D. (1852-1919) was a German-American author, editor, a student of comparative religion, and former professor of philosophy. Carus was born at Ilsenburg, Germany, and educated at the universities of Strassburg, France and Tubingen, Germany. After obtaining his Ph. D from Tubingen in 1876 he served in the army and then taught school. He had been raised in a pious and orthodox Protestant home, but gradually moved away from this tradition. (Quote from wikipedia.org)
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
http://www.forgottenbooks.org
