Four Huts

Asian Writings on the Simple Life

Burton Watson, Stephen Addiss

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English

Shambhala Publications Inc
15 July 2002

Oriental & Indian philosophy; Taoism

The short works collected in

Four Huts

give voice to one of the most treasured aesthetic and spiritual ideals of Asia-that of a simple life lived in a simple dwelling. The texts were written between the ninth and the seventeenth centuries and convey each author's underlying sense of the world and what is to be valued in it.

Four Huts

presents original translations by Burton Watson-one of the most respected translators of Chinese and Japanese literature. The qualities that emerge from these writings are an awareness of impermanence, love of nature, fondness for poetry and music, and an appreciation of the quiet life.

Four Huts

features eleven brush paintings by artist Stephen Addiss.

Illustrated by: Stephen Addiss
Translated by: Burton Watson
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 147g
ISBN: 9781570629464
ISBN 10: 1570629463
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 15 July 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Burton Watson (1925-2017) taught Chinese and Japanese literature at Columbia, Stanford, and Kyoto universities. He translated many books from Chinese and Japanese, and was one of the most well-known and respected translators in his field. He received the Gold Medal Award of the Translation Center at Columbia University in 1979, the PEN Translation Prize in both 1982 and 1995. In 2015, he received the prestigious PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation. He died in 2017 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Stephen Addiss, PhD, is Professor of Art at the University of Richmond in Virginia. A scholar-artist, he has exhibited his ink paintings and calligraphy in Asia, Europe, and the United States. He is also the author or coauthor of more than thirty books and catalogues about East Asian arts, including The Sound of One Hand- The Paintings and Calligraphy of Zen Master Hakuin.