Bøker av Victor H. Mair

A landmark translation of one of the most popular works of world literture, this edition of the Tao Te Ching is based on the Ma-wang-tui manuscripts.

Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents the only surviving primary evidence of a widespread and flourishing world of popular entertainment during these centuries. The tales deal with both religious (mostly Buddhist) and secular themes, and make exciting and vivid reading.

Reconfiguring the Silk Road offers new research on the earliest cultural interactions along the trade and migration routes across Eurasia, mapping the spread and influence of Silk Road economies and social structures over time.

Four Testaments brings together four foundational texts from world religions-the Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Analects of Confucius, and Bhagavad Gita-inviting readers to experience them in full, to explore possible points of connection and divergence, and to better understand people who practice these traditions.