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Arthur Waley

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born

The United Kingdom

died

January 01, 1966

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Arthur Waley C.B.E., F.B.S. was a distinguished authority on Chinese language and literature. He was honoured many times for his translations from the Chinese and received the Queen's medal for poetry in 1953. His many books include Chinese Poems, Japanese Poetry, The Tale of Genji, The Way and Its Power, The Real Tripitaka and Yuan Mei.

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Books by Arthur Waley

Average rating: 3.90 · 1,594 ratings · 179 reviews · 49 distinct works

	Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China 3.55 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1939 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Way and Its Power: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought by Arthur Waley, Lao Tzu 3.69 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1977 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry by Arthur Waley (Editor), Stephen Owen (Foreword) 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1960 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Nō Plays of Japan 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1988 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Chinese Poems 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1946 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1958 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Poetry and Career of Li Po 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1951	My rating:
	The Analects Of Confucius 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	My rating:
	The Pillow Book of SEI Shonagon by Arthur Waley, Dennis Washburn 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Secret History Of The Mongols 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 5 editions	My rating: