The Huananazi 淮南子
Preliminary Bibliography, Version 07.01
Suggestions Welcome
The Encyclopedic Work Considered to be the Principal Representative of
Huang-Lao Philosophy
in the Han Dynasty
Ames, Roger T.
The Art of Rulership: A Study of Ancient Chinese Political Thought
University of Hawaii Press, 1983. ISBN 0-7914-2062-0
SUNY Press, 1994
Huainanzi, Chapter 9
Ames, Roger T.
Wu-wei in "The Art of Rulership" Chapter of Huai Nan Tzu: Its Sources and
Philosophical Orientation
Philosophy East and West, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1981), pp. 193-213
Balfour, Frederic Henry
A Chapter from the Hung Lieh Chuan, By Huai-nan Tsze, Prince of Kuang Ling.
(History of Great Light)
[Shanghai and London, 1884]
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/ttx/ttx09.htm
Brant, Rosemary, Chou-Wing Chohan and Abe Bellenteen, translators
The Tao of the Huainan Masters: A Cornerstone of Chinese Thought
Astrolog Publishing House, 2004, 112 pp, (ISBN: 9654941872)
Brant, Rosemary, Chou-Wing Chohan and Abe Bellenteen, translators
Wisdom of the Huainan Masters: A Cornerstone of Chinese Thought
Astrolog Publishing House, 2006, 128 pp, (ISBN: 9654942127)
Bryce, Derek
Taoism (Daoism): a Selection of Texts from the Ancient Sages Lao-tzu, Lieh-tzu,
Chuang-tzu, Kua-yin-tzu and Huai-nan-tzu
Daoism,Taoism Master Series, Llanerch Press ISBN: 1897853548
Republished: Tao-Te-ching: With summaries of the Writings Attributed to
Huai-Nan-Tzu, Kuah-Yin-Tzu, and Tung-Ku-Ching, Samuel Weiser Inc, 1999
ISBN: 0517225344
Cleary, Thomas
The Tao of Politics: Lessons of the Masters of Huainan Translations from the Taoist Classics
Shambhala, 1990; (ISBN: 0877735867)
Reprinted as:
The Book of Leadership and Strategy: Lessons of the Chinese Masters
Shambhala, 1992
Excerpts from the Huainanzi arranged topically with main subjects of leadership and strategy
Graham, A.C.
Yin-Yang and the Nature of Correlative Thinking.
Singapore: Institute of East Asian Philosophies
(Occasional Paper and Monograph Series No. 6), 1986.
Portion of Chapter 3
Holland, Janice
You Never Can Tell (From the Transalation By Arthur W. Hummel from
The Book of Huai Nan Tzu, Written Before 122 B. C. )
Charles Scribners, New York, 1963
Lau, D.C. and Roger T. Ames
Yuan Dao: Tracing Dao to Its Source
Ballantine Books, 1998
Annotated translation of Chapter One
Le Blanc, Charles
Huai-Nan Tzu: Philosophical Synthesis in Early Han Thought
The Idea of Resonance (Kan-Ying) with a Translation and Analysis of Chapter Six
Hong Kong University Press, 1985; (ISBN: 9622091792); UMI 7816323
Lopez, Donald S., Jr, Ed.
Religions of China in Practice
Princeton University Press, 1996
Passages from Chapters 1, 2, 7 and 14, Pages 138-148, translated by Harold Roth
Major, John S.
Heaven and Earth in Early Han Thought: Chapters Three, Four and Five of the Huainanzi
SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture, 1993. (ISBN: 0791415864)
Look for "Essays on the Huainanzi", working title, pub circa 2001? Never published?
Morgan, Evan
Tao The GreatLuminant. Essays from Huai Nan Tzu with Introductory Articles Notes Analyses
Kelly and Welsh Limited, Shanghai, 1933
Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1966.
Paragon Book Reprint Corp., New York, 1969
http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/tgl/index.htm
Said to be not a good translation and incomplete
Roth, Harold David
The Textual History of the Huai-Nan Tzu
Monographs of the Association for Asian Studies, No. 46 Ann Arbor, MI, 1992
ISBN: 0924304057
This should be done for all the Chinese classics. Really helpful.
Vankeerberghen, Griet.
The 'Huainanzi' and Liu An's claim to moral authority.
Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture, 2001
ISBN: 0791451488; UMI 9621581
Vankeerberghen, Grief
Emotions and the Actions of the Sage: Recommendations for an Orderly Heart
in the "Huainanzi" Philosophy East and West, Vol. 45, No. 4, Comparative
Philosophy in the Low Countries (Oct., 1995), pp. 527-544
doi:10.2307/1399792
Wallacker, Benjamin E.
The Huai-nan-tzu, Book Eleven: Behavior, Culture and the Cosmos.
New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1962. ASIN: B0007DSHAA.
Most Important Redactions:
Original, Long Lost:
Author: Liu An 劉安 (d. 122 BC), King of Huainan, Uncle of Emperor Wu.
Also titled Huainan Honglie 淮南鸿烈, The Great Brilliance of Huainan,
a.k.a. Neishu 內書, the Inner Book
By legend written with the help of the Eight Immortals of Huainan (淮南八仙):
Jin Chang (晉昌), Lei Bei (雷被), Li Shang (李尚), Mao Bei (毛被), Su Fei (蘇非),
Tian You (田由), Wu Bei (伍被), and Zuo Wu (左吳).
Presented to Emperor Wu in 139 bce.
Two Root Redactions, Long Lost:
Xu Shen, Hsu Shen, (58-148 ce), 許慎 (who also wrote the first dictionary)
淮南鴻烈閒詁 Huainan Honglie Jiangu, Luminous Book of Huainan
with Inserted Explanations
Gao You, Kao Yu, (160-220 ce) 高誘
淮南鴻烈解經 Huainan Honglie Jiejing, Luminous Book of Huainan
with an Explanation of the Text
All surviving texts nominally consist of 8 chapters from the XS and 13 chapters
from the GY, possibly combined as early as the 4th cent ce.
Oldest Three Surviving Redactions, all titled 淮南鴻烈解, Huainan Honglie Jie
Northern Sung, from the Reign of Renzong (1023-1064), preserved in the Sibu Congkan 四部叢刊
In 21 zhuan
Available in 1920, 1965 Commercial Press Edition & 1974 Yiwen reprint
Daozang (Daoist Canon) 道藏, from 1445
In 28 zhuan (7 shang, 7 xia)
Available in 1926 Commercial Press Edition & 1963 Yiwen reprint
Liu Ji (commentator) 劉績, from 1501
In 28 zhuan (7 shang, 7 xia)
Not available in print? Exemplars in various libraries
Editions: Wu Zhong 吳仲, from 1545;
Fu Lin 傅霖 Revised Edition of Wang Ying, from 1536
ICS Ancient Chinese Text Concordance Series (Xian-Qin Liang Han guji zhuzi suoyin congkan
先秦兩漢古籍逐字索引叢刊).
First series: 65 vols. published or planned
Huainanzi zhu zi suo yin (BL1900.H85H82)
Text #9, 1992, A Concordance to the Huainanzi 淮南子逐字索引
Harvard-Yenching Institute Sinological Index Series.
69 vols. Beijing: Yenching University, 1931-50
What Volume Number ??????
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Online Chinese Texts, Links:
Outline of the Work Alternate Chapter Titles
01 原道訓 Yuandao Searching out Tao, the Original Way
02 俶真訓 Chuzhen Beginning of Reality, Primeval Reality
03 天文訓 Tianwen Patterns of Heaven, Heavenly Patterns
04 墬形訓 Zhuixing Forms of Earth, Earthly Forms
05 時則訓 Shize Seasonal Regulations, Seasonal Ordinances
06 覽冥訓 Lanming Peering into the Obscure, Peering into the Mysterious
07 精神訓 Jingshen Seminal Breath and Spirit, Numinous Essence
08 本經訓 Benjing Fundamental Norm, The Basic Standard
09 主術訓 Zhushu Craft of the Ruler, Techniques of Statecraft
10xs 繆稱訓 Miucheng On Erroneous Designations, Erroneous Designations
11xs 齊俗訓 Qisu Placing Customs on a Par
12xs 道應訓 Daoying Responses of Tao, Responses of the Way
13 氾論訓 Fanlun A Compendious Essay, A Far-Reaching Discussion
14xs 詮言訓 Quanyan An Explanatory Discourse, Inquiring Words
15xs 兵略訓 Binglue On Military Strategy, Essentials of Military Strategy
16 說山訓 Shuoshan Discourse on Mountains, Discussing the Mountain
17 說林訓 Shuolin Discourse on Forests, Discussing the Forest
18xs 人間訓 Renjian In the World of Man, Human Affairs
19 脩務訓 Youwu Necessity of Training, Necessity of Cultivation
20xs 泰族訓 Taizu Grand Reunion, The Grand Category
21xs 要略訓 Yaolue Outline of the Essentials, Summary of the Essentials
(xs= Chapter from the Xu Shen redaction, all others from the Gao You)