Confucius: The Great Digest & The Unwobbling Pivot, trans. by Ezra Pound
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London: Peter Owen Limited. (1952) 4th Printing (1968). Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine with previous owner's name on ffp. Book Jacket Condition: Very Good-, metallic gold cover with some overall rubbing & wear. Scarce edition. 187pp.
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Ezra Pound ranks as one of the great interpreters of Chinese philosophy. His primary concern is to retain the meaning of the original, and this is presented in his unique style.
The stone tablet inscriptions, rubbings of which are reproduced in the Chinese original to face the English translations, were repeatedly renewed by the Chinese emperors, who regarded this work as being of major importance.
Chinese text facing the English translation