T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien: The Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution

The T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien is a classic work of Taoist ethics and morality. It is perhaps most famous for its expression of the Taoist version of the Golden Rule: "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss."The text of this edition was translated and published in 1906 by Paul Carus (1852-1919), a German-American philosopher and student of comparative religion, and Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966), a Japanese translator and author of books about Buddhism. It was the first translation of the T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien into English directly from the Chinese. The book contains the Chinese text, the English translation, and ample notes and references to assist in interpretation of the text. Bound with the T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien is a collection of morality tales that illustrate its principles.This is a complete digital version of 1906 edition of the T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien: The Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution. It includes:Table of Contents with hyperlinksThe original introductionAn introduction to the Alcuin Classic editionFacsimiles of the Chinese text and Carus' and Suzuki's English glossThe English translation with two-way hyperlinks to and from all of the original endnotes"Moral Tales Illustrative of the Kan-Ying P'ien," 17 morality tales with commentary by Carus and Suzuki, including two-way hyperlinks to the original footnotesFacsimiles of the original 16 line drawings digitized and adapted for the KindleNotations of the original page numbersComplete indexThis is a carefully scanned and edited text suitable for casual reading as well as more in depth study. At the time of publication it was the only complete digital version of the 1906 Suzuki/Carus book. Read more