THE LOTUS OF THE WONDERFUL LAW; or The Lotus Gospel / Saddharma Pundarika Sutra / Miao-Fa Lien Hua Ching / By W. E. Soothill
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1930. Abridged Kumarajiva Edition. Cloth. First Abridged Kumarajiva Chinese Edition in English, 8vo, dark green cloth with gilt title and Chinese symbols on spine, translated and abridged by Prof. W.E. Soothill, Professor of Chinese, Oxford, (with the assistance of Mr. Bunno Kato, Japanese leader of the Nichiren School of Buddhism in Japan), illustrated with full-color glossy frontispiece of Chinese envoys returning from India and 13 full-page plates (one being a B&W photo; others B&W repros of early illustrations), xi, [xii] + 275 pages. Very Good / None. Item #201
Elegant, very useful, and faithful translation from the Chinese of a key text revered by all Buddhists and many others. On a par with one of the Gospels or a book of the Bible.
William Edward Soothill, FRGS (1861 – 1935) was a Methodist missionary to China who became Professor of Chinese at University College, Oxford, and a leading British sinologist.
Unannotated text with a tight binding (slightly scuffed in a few places) with bruised corners )causing some early pages to be a bit rippled). Residue of tape on half title. Errata slip inserted at p.45.
Price: $125.00