Ebook: Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600

Here at last is a completely revised and expanded edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative English-language source-book of Chinese civilization.
Since its first appearance in I960, Sources of Chinese Tradition has educated several generations of students, teachers, and scholars in the West interested in getting a firm grasp of the fundamentals of Chinese civilization. This second edition will undoubtedly do the same for a now much larger and ever-growing reading population for decades to come. The selections are excellent, translations faithful and elegant, and introductions terse and to the point.