Approaches to the Asian Classics

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Classics of the Islamic Tradition

Qur'an.
'Attar. The Conference of the Birds.
Al-Ghazali.
Ibn Khaldun.

Classics of the Indian Tradition

Upanishads.
Mahabharata.
Kalidasa. Sakuntala
Gandhi. Autobiography, or the Story of My Experiments with Truth.

Classics of the Chinese Tradition and Buddhism

Mencius.
Lao Tzu. Tao te Ching.
Lotus Sutra.
Vimalakirti Sutra.
Hui-neng. Platform Sutra.
T'ang poetry.
Cao Xueqin. Dream of Red Mansions.

Classics of the Japanese Tradition

Murasaki Shikibu. Tale of Genji.
Kamo Chomei. Ten Foot Square Hut.
Tale of the Heike.
Kenko Yoshida. Essays in Idleness
Basho, Matsuo. Poetry.

Source: Approaches to the Asian Classics. Ed. by Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. ©

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