The ANCIENT
CHINESE
PHILOSOPHY
COLLECTION
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A truly unique and
fascinating collection of 179 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for
the first time on one USB flash drive covering all aspects of ANCIENT CHINESE
PHILOSOPHY.
Discover the wisdom
of the ancient Chinese philosophers. Learn about the life and works of
Confucius, Lao-Tse, Mencius and Wang Yangming. Explore the religions of ancient
China
– Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Study the sacred texts, writings, proverbs
and ancient Chinese literature. Some of the books contained within this
collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of
reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in Chinese
philosophy and the religions of ancient China. The full list of titles
included speaks for itself….
This superb
compilation of 179 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of
pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All
of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf
format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet,
smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select
pages.
This is without
doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List
of Titles Included is as Follows:
A
brief history of early Chinese philosophy - D. Suzuki (1914)
A
Chinese biographical dictionary - H. Giles (1898)
A
Chinese wonder book - N. Pitman (1919)
A
collection of Chinese proverbs - W. Scarborough
(1875)
A
comparative history of religions Vol. 1 - J. Moffatt (1871)
A
comparative history of religions Vol. 2 - J. Moffatt (1871)
A
guide to the tablets in a temple
of Confucius - T. Watters
(1879)
A
history of Chinese literature - H. Giles (1909)
A
history of philosophy Vol. 1 - J. Erdmann (1891)
A
history of philosophy Vol. 2 - J. Erdmann (1891)
A
history of philosophy Vol. 3 - J. Erdmann (1891)
A
record of Buddhistic kingdoms; being an account by the Chinese monk Fâ-Hien of
his travels in India and Ceylon, A.D. 399-414, in search of the Buddhist books
of discipline - J. Legge (1886)
A
systematical digest of the doctrines of Confucius, according to the analects,
great learning, and doctrine of the mean - E. Faber (1902)
An
epitome of the history of philosophy Vol. 1 - L. Bautain (1841)
An
epitome of the history of philosophy Vol. 2 - L. Bautain (1841)
Ancient
China.
The Shoo king, or the historical classic - Confucius (1846)
Book
of history (Shu King) - Sepharial (1911)
Book
of Odes (Shi-King) - L. Cranmer-Byng (1908)
Buddhism
in China
- S. Beal (1884)
Buddhist
China
- R. Johnston (1913)
Calendar
of the gods in China
- T. Richard (1906)
China
and the Chinese - H. Giles (1902)
China
and the Chinese. A text-book comprising the religions and philosophies, the
language and literature, the history and geography of China - J. Fryer (1897)
China
Or, Illustrations of the Symbols, Philosophy, Antiquities, Customs,
Superstitions, Laws - S. Kidd (1841)
Chinese
Buddhism - a volume of sketches, historical, descriptive, and critical - J.
Edkins (1880)
Chinese
characteristics - A. Smith (1900)
Chinese
classics Vol. 1 - J. Legge (1861)
Chinese
classics Vol. 2 - J. Legge (1861)
Chinese
classics Vol. 3 Pt. 1 - J. Legge (1861)
Chinese
classics Vol. 3 Pt. 2 - J. Legge (1861)
Chinese
classics Vol. 4 Pt. 1 - J. Legge (1861)
Chinese
classics Vol. 4 Pt. 2 - J. Legge (1861)
Chinese
classics Vol. 5 Pt. 1 - J. Legge (1861)
Chinese
classics Vol. 5 Pt. 2 - J. Legge (1861)
Chinese
fairy stories - N. Pitman (1910)
Chinese
fairy tales - H. Giles (1911)
Chinese
literature - comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Shi-King, the Sayings of
Mencius, the Sorrows of Han, and the Travels of Fa-Hien - E. Wilson (1900)
Chinese
moral sentiments before Confucius - H. Rudd (1914)
Chinese
philosophy. An exposition of the main characteristic features of Chinese
thought - P. Carus (1902)
Chinese
proverbs for American preachers and teachers - A. Adams (1921)
Chinese
religion through Hindu eyes; a study in the tendencies of Asiatic mentality -
B. Sarkar (1916)
Chinese
thought - an exposition of the main characteristic features of the Chinese
world-conception - P. Carus (1907)
Chips
of jade, being Chinese proverbs with more folk-sayings from Hindustan
and other oriental countries - A. Guiterman (1920)
Christ
and other masters an historical inquiry into some of the chief parallelisms and
contrasts between Christianity and the religious systems of the ancient world -
C. Hardwick (1863)
Chuang
Tzu, mystic, moralist, and social reformer - H. Giles (1889)
Confucianism
and its rivals - H. Giles (1915)
Confucianism
and Taouism - R. Douglas (1879)
Confucianism
in relation to Christianity - J. Legge (1877)
Confucius
and Confucianism - W. Walshe (1911)
Confucius
and the Chinese classics or, Readings in Chinese
literature - A. Loomis (1867)
Confucius
sinarum philosophus, sive, Scientia Sinensis Latine exposita (1687) (Latin)
Confucius
und seiner schüler leben und lehren Vols. 1-4 - J. Plarth (1867) (German)
Confucius,
the great teacher - G. Alexander (1890)
Deliverance,
the freeing of the spirit in the ancient world - H. Taylor (1915)
Early
Chinese history. Are the Chinese classics forged - H. Allen (1906)
Essays,
scientific and philosophical - A. Moore (1890)
Gems
of Chinese literature - H. Giles (1884)
Gleanings
from Chinese folklore - N. Russell (1915)
Gleanings
from fifty years in China
- A. Litle (1910)
Great
religious teachers of the East - A. Martin (1911)
Guide
to Buddahood, being a standard manual of Chinese Buddhism - T. Richard (1907)
Hand
book of Chinese Buddhism being a Sanskrit-Chinese dictionary - E. Eitel (1888)
Hanlin
papers - W. Martin (1894)
Is
the Shang-ti of the Chinese classics the same being as Jehovah of the Sacred
Scriptures - A. Happer (1877)
Jade
- a study in Chinese archaeology and religion - B. Laufer (1912)
Japanese
impressions, with a note on Confucius - P. Couchoud (1921)
Lâo-tsze,
the great thinker - G. Alexander (1895)
Lao-Tze's
Tao-teh-king Chinese-English, with introduction, transliteration - P. Carus (1901)
Lao-Tzu
- a study in Chinese philosophy - T. Watters (1870)
Laotzu's
Tao and Wu Wei (1919)
Leaves
from my Chinese scrapbook - F. Balfour (1887)
Life
and teachings of Confucius - J. Legge (1875)
Light
from the East. Studies in Japanese Confucianism - R. Armstrong (1914)
Lun-heng
Vol. 1 - A. Forke (1907)
Lun-heng
Vol. 2 - A. Forke (1907)
Memoirs
and observations topographical, physical, mathematical, mechanical, natural,
civil, and ecclesiastical. Made in a late journey through the Empire of China
- L. Le Comte (697)
Moral
and metaphysical philosophy - F. Maurice (1854)
Moral
sayings of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher - L. Barnard (1855)
Musings
of a Chinese mystic - L. Giles (1911)
Myths
of China and Japan
- D. Mackenzie (1922)
One
of China's scholars - the
culture & conversion of a Confucianist - H. Taylor (1905)
Oriental
religions and their relation to universal religion - S. Johnson (1878)
Prophets,
poets and philosophers of the ancient world - H. Taylor (1919)
Proverbs
and common sayings from the Chinese - A. Smith (1914)
Religion
in China
- J. Edkins (1884)
Religion
in China;
universism. a key to the study of Taoism and Confucianism - J. Groot (1912)
Religious
attitude of the Chinese - W. Martin (1891)
Sacred
edict Vol. 1 - F. Baller (1892)
Sacred
edict Vol. 2 - F. Baller (1892)
Sacred
places in China
- C. Kupfer (1911)
Sacred
writings - Confucian, Hebrew, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Mohammedan - C. Eliot
(1910)
Sketches
of Confucius - T. Kan (1920)
Studies
in Chinese religion - E. Parker (1910)
Sun
Yat Sen and the awakening of China
- J. Cantlie (1912)
Taoist
teachings. Translated from the Chinese, with introd. and notes by Lionel Giles
(1912)
Taoist
texts - ethical, political, and speculative - F. Balfour (1884)
Ten
thousand things relating to China
and the Chinese - W. Langdon (1842)
The
analects of Confucius - W. Soothill (1910)
The
authenticity of the Tao Teh King - P. Carus (1901) (article)
The
Awakening of China
- W. Martin (1910)
The
awakening of the East - P. Leroy-Beaulieu (1900)
The
beverages of the Chinese Kung-fu; or, Tauist medical gymnastics - J. Dudgeon
(1895)
The
book of the simple way of Laotze - Sepharial (1904)
The
canon of reason and virtue, being Lao-tze's Tao teh king - P. Carus (1913)
The
Celestial and his religions or, The religious aspect in China - J. Ball (1906)
The
Chinese and their rebellions - T. Meadows (1856)
The
Chinese classics - 2nd Edition Revised Vol. 1 - J. Legge (1893)
The
Chinese classics - 2nd Edition Revised Vol. 2 - J. Legge (1893)
The
Chinese reader's manual - W. Mayers (1874)
The
Chinese, their education, philosophy, and letters - W. Martin (1881)
The
conduct of life - the ethics of Confucius - Confucius (1915)
The
conduct of life; or, The universal order of Confucius (1920)
The
development of the logical method in ancient China - S. Hu (1922)
The
diary of a Japanese convert - K. Uchimura (1895)
The
Discourses And Sayings Of Confucius - K. Hung-Ming (1898)
The
dragon, image, and demon or, The three
religions of China;
Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism - H. Dubose (1887)
The
economic principles of Confucius and his school Vol. 1 - C. Huan-Chang (1911)
The
economic principles of Confucius and his school Vol. 2 - C. Huan-Chang (1911)
The
ethics of Confucius - Confucius (1915)
The
four books - The great learning, The doctrine of the mear [i.e. mean] Confucian
Analects and The works of Mencius (1902)
The
inner life and the Tao-teh-king - C. Bjerregaard (1912)
The
international development of China
- Y. Sun (1920)
The
Kan ying pien
- book of rewards and punishments - J. Webster (1918)
The
life and teachings of Confucius, with explanatory notes - J. Legge (1895)
The
life and works of Mencius - J. Legge (1875)
The
life, labours and doctrines of Confucius - E. Parker (1897)
The
lore of Cathay or, The intellect of China
- W. Martin (1901)
The
makers of Cathay - C. Allan (1909)
The
mind of Mencius ; or, Political economy founded upon moral philosophy - a
systematic digest of the doctrines of the Chinese philosopher Mencius, B.C. 325
(1882)
The
moral aphorisms and terseological teachings of Confucius - M. Wright (1870)
The
Morals of Confucius (1724)
The
notions of the Chinese concerning God and spirits - J. Legge (1852)
The
odes of Confucius - L. Cranmer-Byng (1908)
The
origin of the Chinese people - J. Ross (1916)
The
Period Of The Philosophers (from The Beginnings To Circa 100 B.c.) - D. Bodde
(1922)
The
phenix - a collection old and rare fragments incl. the Morals of Confucius, the
Chinese philosopher (1835)
The
philosophies and religions of China
- J. Fyer (1900)
The
Philosophy Of Human Nature - B. Percy (1922)
The
philosophy of Wang Yang-ming - Y. Wang (1916)
The
prologomena to the Chinese classics of Confucius and Mencius - J. Legge (1907)
The
religion of the Samurai; a study of Zen philosophy and discipline in China and Japan - K. Nukariya (1913)
The
religions of China
- Confucianism and Tâoism - J. Legge (1880)
The
religions of eastern Asia - H. Underwood (1910)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 1 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 2 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 3 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 4 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 5 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 6 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 7 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 8 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 9 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 10 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 11 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 12 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 13 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books and early literature of the East Vol. 14 - C. Horne (1917)
The
sacred books of China
- the texts of Confucianism - J. Legge (1899)
The
sacred books of China
- The texts of Tâoism - J. Legge (1891)
The
sacred edict - containing sixteen maxims of the emperor Kang-Hi (1870)
The
Sacred edict; with a translation of the colloquial rendering - F. Baller (1907)
The
sayings of Confucius - L. Lyall (1909)
The
sayings of Lao Tzu - L. Giles (1905)
The
Shu king; or, The Chinese historical classic, being an authentic record of the
religion, philosophy, customs and government of the Chinese from the earliest
times - W. Old (1904)
The
simple way - Laozi (1909)
The
Tao Teh King - C. Spurgeon (1905)
The
Taoist religion - E. Parker (1900)
The
three religions of China
- W. Soothill (1913)
The
wisdom of Confucius, with critical and biographical sketches - E. Wilson (1900)
The
wisdom of the Chinese, their philosophy in sayings and proverbs - B. Brown
(1920)
Universismus,
die Grundlage der Religion und Ethik, des Staatswesens und der Wissenschaften
Chinas - J. Groot (1918) (German)
Why
China
Has No Science. An Interpretation of the History and Consequences of Chinese
Philosophy - Y. Fung (1922) (article)
Wu
Wei - a phantasy based on the philosophy of Lao-Tse - H. Borel (1903)
Yin
chih wen - the tract of the quiet way, with extracts from the Chinese
commentary - P. Carus (1906)
Yoga;
or, Transformation; a comparative statement of the various religious dogmas
concerning the soul and its destiny - W. Flagg (1898)
Zhu
shi jiao zheng Hua Ying Si shu - J. Legge (1897)
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