Burton Dewitt Watson (June 13, 1925 – April 1, 2017) was an American sinologist, translator, and writer known for his English translations of Chinese and...

numbers several hundred thousand" (Shiji, 123, Zhang Qian quote, trans. Burton Watson). Later the Han dynasty conquered the region in the War of the Heavenly...

Hawai'i Press. p. 233, 268 Watson, Burton(1993). Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Translated by Burton Watson. Han Dynasty II (Revised Edition)...

been sourced mostly from the Zhuangzi itself. The American sinologist Burton Watson concluded "[w]hoever Zhuang Zhou was, the writings attributed to him...

bending (without breaking) it to discover a uniquely personal idiom..." Burton Watson, comparing him to Du Fu, says Li's poetry, "is essentially backward-looking...

highest order. But it has long been rare among people — Analects, 6:29 (Burton Watson tr.) The Analects never expands on what this term means, but Zisi's...

of Nichiren. Burton Watson et al., trans.; Philip B. Yampolsky, ed. Columbia University Press, 1990 Letters of Nichiren. Burton Watson et al., trans...

Historian: Qin Dynasty in English translated. [1996] (1996). Sima, Qian. Burton Watson as translator. Edition: 3, reissue, revised. Columbia. University Press...

 36–37. ISBN 978-1-84603-952-2. The Tales of the Heike. Translated by Burton Watson. Columbia University Press. 2006. p. 86. ISBN 9780231138031. Turnbull...

translated by Helen McCullough in 1988. An abridged translation by Burton Watson was published in 2006. In 2012, Royall Tyler completed his translation...