Arthur Waley - Selected Works

Selected Works

  • A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems, 1918
  • More Translations from the Chinese (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1919).
  • Japanese Poetry: The Uta, 1919
  • The Nō Plays of Japan, 1921
  • The Temple and Other Poems, 1923
  • Introduction to the Study of Chinese Painting, 1923
  • The Tale of Genji, by Lady Murasaki, 1925-1933
  • The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon, 1928
  • The Way and its Power: A Study of the Tao Te Ching and its Place in Chinese Thought, 1934
  • The Book of Songs (Shih Ching), 1937
  • The Analects of Confucius, 1938
  • Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China, 1939
  • Translations from the Chinese, a compilation, 1941
  • Monkey, 1942, highly abridged translation of Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West
  • Chinese Poems, 1946
  • The Life and Times of Po Chü-I, 1949
  • The Real Tripitaka and Other Pieces, 1952
  • The Nine Songs: A Study of Shamanism in Ancient China, 1955
  • Yuan Mei: Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet, 1956
  • The Opium War through Chinese Eyes, 1958
  • The Poetry and Career of Li Po, 1959
  • Ballads and Stories from Tun-Huang, 1960
  • The Secret History of the Mongols, 1963

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