by Thomas Cleary · HarperSanFrancisco · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780062501783
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«The Essential Confucius» is a collection of sayings of Confucius translated by Thomas Cleary, in paperback (HarperSanFrancisco, 160 pages, in English).
The book gathers Confucius's sayings in the order of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, according to Thomas Cleary's translation from the original Chinese. It offers a guide to ethical and philosophical wisdom with the moral principles of Confucianism and reflections on human conduct.
Published on June 11, 1992; the edition includes Thomas Cleary's translation and introduction.
For readers interested in philosophy, spirituality, and Confucianism, as well as Chinese classics.
Thomas Francis Cleary 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.
