Taoism and Confucianism
                                       EALC 40 and Religion 33
 
Works for Further Reading
 
For very comprehensive listings of works, both books and articles, consult
the following two web sites:
Though far less comprhensive, the following list features a selection of interpretations and translations through which to pursue an interest in Confuciansim and Taoism beyond the basic level of the course. 

Confucianism

  • Wei-Ming Tu

    • Centrality and Commonality : An Essay on Confucian Religiousness
    (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)
    Albany: New York State University Press, 1989
  • Herbert Fingarette

    • Confucius : The Secular As Sacred
    New York: Harper Torchbook, 1972
     
  • Confucius, Roger T. Ames and Henry Rosemont translators

    • The Analects of Confucius : A Philosphical Translation
    New York: Ballentine Publishing, 1998
  • Herrlee Glessner Creel

    • Confucius, the Man and the Myth 
    Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1973
  • David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames

    • Thinking Through Confucius
    (Suny Series in Systematic Philosophy)
    Albany: State University of New York Press: 1987
     
  • Mencius, D.C. Lau translator

    • Mencius
    London: Hammondsworth, 1970
  • Burton Watson, translator

    • Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hsun Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu
    New York Columnia University Press, 1967
  • Chung-Ying Cheng

    • New Dimensions of Confucian and Neo-Confucian Philosophy 
    (Suny Series in Philosophy)
    Albany: New York State University Press, 1991
     
  • A. C. Graham 

    • Two Chinese Philosophers : The Metaphysics of the Brothers Cheng
    Chicago: Open Court, 1992
  • Chu Hsi, Wingtsit Chan translator

    • Reflections of Things at Hand
    New York: Columbia University Press, 1967
  • Chu Hsi , Allen Wittenborn translator

    • Further Reflections on Things at Hand : A Reader
    Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1991
     
  • Wing-Tsit Chan

    • Chu Hsi and Neo-Confucianism
    Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
  • Shou-Jen Wang 

    • Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings
    (Records of Civilization : Sources and Studies, No 68)
    New York: Columbia University Press, 1985
  • William Theodore De Barry, editor

    • The Unfolding of Neo-Confucianism
    (Columbia Neo-Confucian Studies)
    New York: Columbia University Press, 1975
     
  • Wm. Theodore De Bary, editor

    • The Message of the Mind in Neo-Confucianism
    (Columbia Neo-Confucian Studies)
    New York: Coulumbia University Press, 1989


Taoism

  • Holmes Welch and Anna Seidel, editors

    • Facets of Taoism
    New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979
     
  • John Bloefield

    • Taoism. The Quest for Immortality
    London: Unwin and Allen. 1979
     
  • Chang Chung-yuan

    • Creativity and Taoism. A Study of Chinese Philosophy, Art, and Poetry
    New York: Harper Torchbook, 1970
  • Arthur Waley

    • Way and Its Power a Study of the Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought
    New York: Grove Press, 1988
  • Holmes Welch

    • The Parting of the Way. Lao Tze and the Taoist Movement
    Boston: Beacon Press, 1965
     
  • Max Kaltenmark, 

    • Lao Tzu and Taoism
    Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1965
     
  • Michael Lafargue

    • Tao and Method : A Reasoned Approach to the Tao Te Ching
    (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)
    Albany: New York State University, 1994
     
  • Chuang Tzu, A. C. Graham translator

    • Chuang-Tzu: The Inner Chapters
    New York: Routledge, 1986
  • Chuang Tzu, Burton Watson translator

    • Chuang Tzu : Basic Writings (Columbia Translations from the Asian Classics)
    New York: Columbia University Press, 1996
     
  • Victor H. Mair, Editor

    • Experimental Essays on Chuang-Tzu
    Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1983
     
  • Robert E. Allinson

    • Chuang-Tzu for Spiritual Transformation : An Analysis of the Inner Chapters
    (Suny Series in Philosophy)
    Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989
  • A.C. Graham, translator

    • The Book of Lieh Tzu : A Classic of the Tao
    (Translations from the Oriental Classics)
    New York: Columbia University Press, 1990
  • Livia Kohn

    • The Taoiost Experience. An Anthology
    Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993
revised March 21, 2000
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