The Taoist Classics, Volume Four: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary

by Thomas Cleary

Overview

This collection of Taoist texts includes:

   •  The Taoist I Ching: The classic "Book of Change" illuminated by the commentary of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Taoist adept Liu I-ming. The first part of the book is the text of I Ching proper with Liu's commentary. The second part is Liu's commentary on two additional sections—known as the Overall Image and the Mixed Hexagrams—added to the I Ching by earlier commentators, believed to be members of the original Confucian school. In total, the book illuminates the Taoist inner teachings as practiced in the School of Complete Reality.
   •  I Ching Mandalas: A traditional program of study that enables students of the I Ching to achieve a deeper understanding of the meaning of this great classic. I Ching Mandalas presents diagrams as tools for whole-brain learning that help the student to visualize patterns and interrelationships among the trigrams and hexagrams of the I Ching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570629082
Publisher:	Shambhala
Publication date:	02/11/2003
Series:	The Taoist Classics , #4
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	666,701
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Thomas Cleary holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of more than fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.

Table of Contents

	Publisher's Note	ix
	Thunder in the Sky
	Foreword	3
	Translator's Introduction	6
	The Master of Demon Valley	11
	Opening and Closing	13
	Response	17
	Acceptance and Solidarity	21
	Stopping Gaps	26
	Excitation and Arrest	28
	Opposition and Alliance	31
	Figuring Out Psychological Conditions	34
	Pressuring	37
	Assessment	41
	Strategic Thinking	45
	Decision Making	50
	Talismanic Sayings	52
	Basic Course: Seven Arts of Covert Correspondence	55
	Holding the Pivot	66
	Course from the Center	67
	Notes	72
	The Master of the Hidden Storehouse	87
	Preserving the Way Intact	89
	Applying the Way	93
	The Way of Government	96
	The Way of Leadership	105
	The Way of Administrators	108
	The Way of the Wise	111
	The Way of Education	116
	The Way of Agriculture	121
	The Way of War	125
	The Japanese Art of War
	Introduction	131
	A Martial History of Japan	133
	Zen in Japanese History	142
	Bushido and Martial Arts	150
	The Way of the Zen Warrior	170
	Schemes of the Samurai	200
	The Thirty-six Strategies	219
	Bushido and Christianity: Ethical Crossroads	226
	A Zen Razor	251
	Summary	258
	The Book of Five Rings
	Translator's Preface	265
	Translator's Introduction	266
	The Book of Five Rings	273
	Preface	275
	The Earth Scroll	277
	The Water Scroll	289
	The Fire Scroll	304
	The Wind Scroll	319
	The Scroll of Emptiness	329
	Notes	331
	The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War	333
	The Killing Sword	335
	The Life-Giving Sword	354
	No Sword	368
	Notes	375
	Bibliography	378
	Ways of Warriors, Codes of Kings
	Introduction	383
	Lessons in Leadership from the Chinese Classics	387
	Sources	469

Editorial Reviews

Sun Tzu's is a Taoist work: "Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness." develops the strategies of into a handbook of organization and leadership. Sun Bin's recently discovered book of strategy, is also heavily informed by Sun Tzu's work. is a never-before- published translation of Sun Tzu's work based on a more recently discovered version of the classic text. Cleary, a Harvard Ph.D., has translated some 50 volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts. Each work is provided with an introduction. This is the first volume of a three-volume work. No index or notes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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