Balance of the day, now annotated and translated

Author: Yang Jilin
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book can be regarded as a remarkable work of full translation of ancient classics. It uses Taiping Jing He Xiao as the base text, references Dunhuang manuscripts, and incorporates methods from phonology, textual studies, and archaeology. It draws on the strengths of various scholars, fuses them into a cohesive whole, fills in gaps, corrects omissions, selects and discards variant readings, and collates the text. It has conducted a relatively comprehensive collation, research, annotation, and translation of Taiping Jing. The book is divided into two volumes, with a total of over 1.32 million words. It examines the authenticity, offers insightful perspectives, and presents translations that are easy to understand, appropriately detailed, and thoroughly reveal the original meaning of Taiping Jing. It is truly commendable and not an easy achievement. Compared to similar works, it can also be considered a meticulous and excellent study. Undoubtedly, the publication and release of this book represent a significant new expansion in the textual studies of Taiping Jing, and it has also made substantial contributions to the study of Taoist culture. As an important achievement in the preservation and of ancient texts, this book represents a successful attempt at modernizing and translating ancient texts. It is bound to have a positive impact on future related works.