Burton Dewitt Watson was an American sinologist, translator, and writer known for his English translations of Chinese and Japanese literature. Watson's translations received many awards, including the
Burton Watson Xian Peihua University
The Zhuangzi is an ancient Chinese text that is one of the two foundational texts of Taoism, alongside the Tao Te Ching. It was written during the late Warring States period and is named for its tradi
Burton Watson
…Su Tung-p'o: Selections from a Sung Dynasty Poet, 1965 Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings, 1964 Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings, 1964…
The Butterfly Dream, by Chinese painter Lu Zhi (c. 1550)
Replica of an 8th-century Tang dynasty manuscript of the "Heavenly Revolutions" chapter (No. 14), published in Tokyo in 1932
Zhuangzi Dreaming of a Butterfly, by 18th-century Japanese painter Ike no Taiga
Zhuangzi Dreaming of a Butterfly, by Japanese painter Shibata Zeshin (1888)