Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chapters
by David Hinton
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Author: David HintonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); Chinese (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-06-01
ISBN: 1887178791
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Counterpoint
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Book Review: A. C. Graham
Summary: 2 Stars
This translation, I have to say, cannot hold a candle to A. C. Graham's. Graham reorganized the whole text, and explains how and why very methodically in his 35-page introduction. He tried to put the Inner Chapters into what could be (he believes) more faithful to the initial text. His translations read beautifully, much better than Hinton's often clunky ones. Also, when Zhuangzi switches from prose to poetry, or vice versa, it is noted in Graham's translation, often by putting the translation into a poem. In Hinton's, you'll find no such doings. Also, call me a snob, but I like my philosophy books to be translated by philosophers.
I'm sure it's a fine book, but I really must strongly recommend the Graham translation over this.
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