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1	Monkey: Folk Novel of China more books like this by Ch'eng-En Wu, Wu Ch'eng-En, Arthur Waley (Translator) add to wishlist Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic sixteenth century novel is a combination of picaresque novel and folk epic that mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking adventure. It is the story of the roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, ... see all copies from $4.12! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
2	Analects of Confucius more books like this by Arthur Waley, Confucius add to wishlist This series of short sayings, proverbs, and observations on ethics and methods for living originated around 400 B.C. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $7.96! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Tale of Genji more books like this by Lady Murasaki, Arthur Waley (Translator) add to wishlist THE TALE OF GENJI, the world's first novel, was written around A.D. 1000 and has often been called Japan's greatest literary achievement. The author of this story of a Japanese prince and his many lovers was Shikibu Murasaki, the brilliant young governess to the Empress. The novel was read aloud at court and became wildly popular; its appeal has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China more books like this by Arthur Waley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.90! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry more books like this by Joseph R Allen (Editor), Arthur Waley (Translator), Stephen Owen (Foreword by) add to wishlist One of the five Confucian classics, The Book of Songs (Shijing) is the oldest collection of poetry in world literature and the finest treasure of traditional songs left from antiquity. Where the other Confucian classics treat "outward things: deeds, moral precepts, the way the world works," as Stephen Owen tells us in his foreword, The Book of ... see all copies from $4.15! new only from $9.07! \| SVS
6	The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes more books like this by Arthur Waley add to wishlist see all copies from $4.49! new only from $14.78! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Monkey more books like this by Wu Chengen, Wu Ch'eng-En, Arthur Waley (Translator) add to wishlist Monkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanied by his three unruly disciples: the greedy pig creature Pipsy, the river monster Sandy and Monkey. Hatched from a stone egg and given the secrets of heaven and earth, the irrepressible trickster ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $12.09! \| first editions
8	The Lotus Lovers: The Complete History of the Curious Erotic Custom of Footbinding in China more books like this by Howard S. Levy, Arthur Waley (Foreword by), Wolfram Eberhard (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $28.00! new only from $182.94! \| first editions
9	The Way & Its Power: A Study of the Tao Te Ching & Its Place in Chinese Thought more books like this by Arthur Waley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	The Tales of Genji more books like this by Lady Murasaki, Lady Murasaki, Arthur Waley (Translator) add to wishlist THE TALE OF GENJI, the world's first novel, was written around A.D. 1000 and has often been called Japan's greatest literary achievement. The author of this story of a Japanese prince and his many lovers was Shikibu Murasaki, the brilliant young governess to the Empress. The novel was read aloud at court and became wildly popular; its appeal has ... see all copies from $6.01!
11	The no Plays of Japan more books like this by Arthur Waley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Yuan Mei: Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet more books like this by Mei Yuan, Arthur Waley add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! first editions
13	A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems more books like this by Arthur Waley (Translator) add to wishlist This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $2.44! new only from $19.16! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Chinese Poems more books like this by Arthur Waley add to wishlist Scores of poems in incomparable translations by brilliant British sinologist: "16 Songs of Courtship," "Hymn to the Fallen," "Ballad of Mulan," more, including many works by the poet Po Chu-I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.64! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Japanese poetry : the uta more books like this by Arthur Waley (Compiled by) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.60! new only from $14.35! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Life and Times of Po Chu-I 772-846 A.D. by Arthur Waley add to wishlist see all copies from $12.00! new only from $19.15! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon more books like this by SEI Shonagon, Arthur Waley (Translator) add to wishlist 996 A.D., with later revisions. The translation of the diaries of a court lady in tenth-century Japan, it is a collection of anecdotes, memories of court and religious ceremonies, character sketches, lists of things the author enjoyed or loathed, places that interested her, diary entries, descriptions of nature, pilgrimages, conversations, poetry ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $15.80! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Translations from the Chinese more books like this by Arthur Waley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Way and Its Power: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought more books like this by Arthur Waley (Editor), Professor Lao Tzu add to wishlist Arthur Waley's brilliant and definitive translation of one of the foremost of all mystical books, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, has become a modern classic in its own right. Unlike previous translations, it is founded not on the medieval commentaries but on a close study of all the early Chinese literature, and it provides a singular example of ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $8.86! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Monkey more books like this by Cheng'en Wu, Arthur Waley add to wishlist Written in the middle of the 16th century, this Chinese classic tells the story of Tripitaka's journey to India and what happens on the way. Its true theme is man's pilgrimage through life, with Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy symbolizing diverse elements of human nature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.61! \| first editions
21 view cover	Travels Into Spain more books like this by Madame D'Aulnoy, Arthur Waley (Translator) add to wishlist Madame D'Aulnoy was one of the most widely-read and most popular authors of her time. Seeing Spain at a strange moment in her history, it is the end of a great age. The reader can judge the Spanish character from a witness who saw it. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $171.78! \| first editions
22 view cover	A Confucian notebook. more books like this by Edward Herbert add to wishlist There have been many introductions to Confucianism on conventional lines, in which can be found details of the lives of the Master and his successors, with accounts of his teaching and the literature of the School. The pages that follow represent an attempt to give, not a description, but an impression of Confucianism by selecting certain facets ... see all copies from $2.86! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	170 Chinese Poems more books like this by Arthur Waley (Translator) add to wishlist First published by Alfred Knopf in 1919, this is the book that alerted the West to the richness and variety of Chinese literature. Arthur Waley (1889-1966), a shy reclusive scholar, was one of the earliest champions of Asian literature in the English-speaking world.This splendid collection of Chinese poetry, accompanied by delightful introductory ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.62! \| first editions \| SVS
24	The Book of Songs more books like this by Arthur Waley (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25 view cover	The Noh Plays of Japan more books like this by Arthur Waley add to wishlist First published in 1921, "The Noh Plays of Japan" has been justly famous for more than three-quarters of a century and established the Noh play for the Western reader as beautiful literature. It contains translations of nineteen plays and summaries of sixteen more. see all copies from $10.20! new only from $14.66! \| SVS

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