"Orient combines personal experience with Tao/Ch'an philosophical thinking in two parts: exploring Ch'an mind as empty and mirror-deep and as unborn and moving with wu-wei spontaneity"--

An exploration of the emerging Western consciousness of the mystery of existence, as seen through the work of the great American poets from Walt Whitman to Gary Snyder –a thrilling…

China’s tradition of rivers-and-mountains poetry is the earliest and literary engagement with the idea of wilderness. This title treats a range of topics: comic domestic scenes, social protest, travelogue, reclusive…

A deep and radically original exploration of Taoist and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist wisdom through the lens of the life and work of Tu Fu, widely considered China’s greatest classical poet.

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This book examines the contribution of archaeology to the study of the social, economic, religious, and other developments in England from the end of the Roman period at the start…

T'ao Ch'ien, (365 - 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. David Hinton is one of…

This book opens with a description of the history of the Jewish state and then documents the steps taken toward peace between Israel and Egypt. These steps resulted in a…

This volume, produced in honour of Professor David A. Hinton’s contribution to medieval studies, re-visits the sites, archaeologists and questions which have been central to the archaeology of medieval southern…