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Title: Confucius Speaks : Words to Live By by Brian Bruya, Tsai Chih Chung, Brian (Translator) Bruya ISBN: 0-385-48034-2 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Start Here
Comment: Just getting started on your desire to understand eastern philosophies? Have you stood at the bookstore for hours pouring over where to start and what to buy?
Any of this authors books are a wonderful place to start. The reason? Because these books are all about the title subject in a nutshell, easy to read as a comic book, the story lines and illustrations are wonderful, and after you read this as well as all the other books by Tsai, you will have a great, well rounded start on your path and will know what you want to study more deeply!
To add, when others ask you about your interest in eastern philosophy, you can get them started here as well, because these books are fun, consise, and you know they will enjoy them over and over again!
Rating: 4
Summary: Helps keep things straight
Comment: One of the best things about this book is it puts a face on Confucius and, more importantly, his disciples. It's difficult to read The Analects (which this book uses a few sayings from) and keep straight who's who; this book helps a lot. The last section with a brief bio on a few of the disciples is fantastic. I can find no other source to compare to this. Now when I read The Analect I see the faces from this book when different people are mentioned. My only complaint is that different translations of Confucius' work seem to use slightly different names then those used in this book. It can be a bit confusing when this book is the first one you read, but I would still HIGHLY recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Introduction to Confucianism!
Comment: The Cartoon Chinese Philosophy books of this series interest me for two reasons: I like Chinese History and I have to teach it to high school kids.
On a personal level I enjoy reading through these books and find it much more useful than some of the straight translations even though they may be more complete and more pleasing to academics. In addition to the Confucius book, I have enjoyed both Daoist books and the version of the Art of War.
As a teacher, I like this book even better. New York State requires high school kids to have 2 years of world history. In this new political correct world, world history is no longer dominated by Europe. In fact, must of the New York State exam is about Asia and Africa. Thus Confucianism is a very important concept to teach.
Filial Piety, the concept of order and relationships, and the 5 Confucianian relationships are extremely important. But they are not fun things to the average teenager. There are many lessons we can get from Confucius as adults, for kids its a bit harder. However, these comic books make teaching Confucius so much easier and effective. The kids like to read them and they get so much more from them.
So in short, yes this is not the complete Confucius. But for anyone who wants to read a visually pleasing edition or teaches this is quite good.
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Title: Sunzi Speaks : The Art of War by Tsai Chih Chung, Brian Bruya, Brian (Translator) Bruya ISBN: 0385472587 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 15 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Zhuangzi Speaks by Chih-chung Ts'ai, Brian Bruya ISBN: 0691008825 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 13 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Zen Speaks : Shouts of Nothingness by Brian Bruya, Tsai Chih Chung ISBN: 0385472579 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 15 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Dao of Zhuangzi : The Harmony of Nature by Tsai Chih Chung ISBN: 0385487428 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 13 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Wisdom of the Zen Masters by Tsai Chih Chung ISBN: 0385487436 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 20 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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