Eastern Classics - Year 7

Eastern Classics Reading List – Year 7

Month One

• Anonymous, The Mahabharata: Complete and Unabridged, Volume 7, translated by Bibek Debroy (Penguin Classics)

Month Two

• Hsün Tzu, "On Nature", "On the Recitification of Names", "The Nature of Man is Evil", in A Sourcebook of Chinese Philosophy, translated and edited by Wing-Tsit Chan, pp. 115-135

Month Three

• The Sacred Books of China, vol. 3 of 6. Part III of the texts of Confucianism. The Lî Kî (Book of Rites), part 1 of 2, The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27. 

Month Four

• The Sacred Books of China, vol. 4 of 6. Part IV of the texts of Confucianism. The Lî Kî (Book of Rites), part 2 of 2, The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 28. 

Month Five

• The Texts of Taoism, Part 1 of 2. The Sacred Books of China, vol. 5 of 6. Also: The Tâo the king (Tao te Ching): The writings of Kwang-tze, books I-XVII, The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 39. 

Month Six

• The Texts of Taoism, Part 2 of 2. Includes The Writings of Kwang Tse, books XVII- XXXIII, The Thâi-shang tractate of actions and their retributions, other Taoist texts, and the Index to vols. 39 and 40, The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 40. 

Month Seven

• The Sacred Books of China, vol. 1 of 6. Part I of The Texts of Confucianism. The Shû king (Classic of History). The religions portions of the Shih king (Classic of Poetry). The Hsiâo king (Xiao Jing), The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 3.

Month Eight

• Thai Ramayana (abridged), King Rama I

Month Nine

• TBS

Month Ten

• TBS

Month Eleven

• TBS

Month Twelve

• TBS