Burton Watson is one of the world´s best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations
include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home,
and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.
Summary
Hsün Tzu (born ca. 312 B.C.) provided the dominant philosophical system of his day. Although basically
Confucian, he differed with Mencius by asserting that the original nature of man is evil, and also expounded on
such subjects as good government, military affairs, Heaven, and music.
