本書講述: 《焚書》共6卷, 是哲學與文學著作。書中收錄了明朝著名思想家、文學家李贄生前所寫的書信、雜著、史評、詩文、讀史短文等, 這些作品較為全面地闡釋了李贄的政治思想和哲學思想, 因此《焚書》也是研究李贄生平和思想的重要著作。目前《焚書》在國內(nèi)尚未有英譯本, 在國外也暫無全譯本。本書譯著者系統(tǒng)整理了《焚書》的內(nèi)容, 對選編作品進行了注解, 并把作品翻譯成英文。這本英漢對照讀本的出版不僅對中國哲學思想史研究有著重大貢獻, 也有助于在海外推廣與傳播優(yōu)秀中華傳統(tǒng)文化。
與焦弱侯
To Jiao Ruohou
答鄧石陽
In Response to Deng Shiyang
答李見羅先生
A Reply to Mr. Li Jianluo
復周南士
In Reply to Zhou Nanshi
與楊定見
To Yang Dingjian
答劉方伯書
A Letter in Reply to Provincial Governor Liu
答莊純夫書
A Letter in Reply to Zhuang Chunfu
與周友山
To Zhou Youshan
寄京友書
A Letter to a Friend in the Capital
與楊定見
To Yang Dingjian
與河南吳中丞書
A Letter to Governor Wu of Henan
答以女人學道為見短書
A Letter in Response to the Claim That Women Are Too Shortsighted to
Learn the Dao
與方伯雨柬
A Letter to Fang Boyu
答周柳塘
A Response to Zhou Liutang
卓吾論略
A Sketch of Zhuowu: Written in Yunnan
何心隱論
On He Xinyin
夫婦論
On Husband and Wife: Parenting Reflections
戰(zhàn)國論
On the Warring States
雜說
Miscellaneous Remarks
童心說
On the Childlike Mind
高潔說
On Loftiness and Purity
子由《解老》序
Preface to Su Zhe's Interpretation of Lao Tzu
李生十交文
Mr. Li's Ten Types of Association
自贊
Self-Appraisal
贊劉諧
An Appraisal of Liu Xie
方竹圖卷文
On a Scroll Painting of Square Bamboo
讀若無母寄書
Reading a Letter from Ruowu’s Mother
傷逝
The Mourning of Departure
拜月
The Moon Prayer Pavilion
紅拂
Hongfu
朋友篇
On Friendship