Lau, D. C. (Dim Cheuk)

Tao te ching by Laozi( Book )
55 editions published between 1963 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 1,132 libraries worldwide
"Fundamental to Chinese philosophy and religion, the Tao te ching is a simple guide book for virtue, encouraging peace, understanding and humility. Ranging from political advice to common wisdom, it has also served as an inspiration to artists acros the ages and throughout the world."--p. [4] of cover.

The analects (Lun yü) by Confucius( Book )
25 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in English and Chinese and held by 1,085 libraries worldwide
"Confucius is the one thinker most influential and instrumental in informing the Chinese tradition. The Analects, which is a record of the words and teachings of Confucius, is considered the most reliable source of Confucius' teachings. However, as he was looked upon as the founder of the Confucius school, his thought tended to be approached through the eyes of the Confucianists of a later age, particularly the Neo-Confucianists of the Song dynasty. This inevitably results in distortion of the original meaning." "In this translation by Professor D. C. Lau, an attempt has been made to interpret the sayings as they stand. The corpus of the sayings is taken as an organic whole and the final test of the interpretation rests on the internal consistency it exhibits. In other words, The Analects is read in the light of The Analects. It is hoped that this gives a truer understanding of Confucius' thought than the traditional interpretation and paves the way for a re-assessment of its importance in the history of Chinese thought and its relevance to the present day world." "This volume also contains an introduction to the life and teachings of Confucius, and three appendices on the events in the life of Confucius, on his disciples, and on the composition of The Analects. Complete with both Chinese and English texts, this classic translation is an authoritative interpretation of Confucius' thought."--BOOK JACKET.

Mencius by Mencius( Book )
19 editions published between 1970 and 2004 in English and Chinese and held by 844 libraries worldwide
"Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended and expanded. The Mencius, in which he recounts his dialogues with kings, dukes and military men, as well as other philosophers, is one of the Four Books that make up the essential Confucian corpus. It takes up Confucius's theories of jen, or goodness, and yi, righteousness, explaining that the individual can achieve harmony with mankind and the universe by perfecting his innate moral nature and acting with benevolence and justice. Mencius's strikingly modern views on the duties of subjects and their rulers, or the evils of war, created a Confucian orthodoxy that has remained intact since the third century BCE."--P. [4] of cover.

Yuan Dao : tracing Dao to its source( Book )
2 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 384 libraries worldwide
Yuan Dao is a subversive document that challenged the autocratic aspirations of one of China's most powerful emperors. Its presentation set in motion a family tragedy in which the compiler, the most celebrated patron of literature of his age, fell victim to the expansionist politics of his uncle, the "Martial" emperor. Yuan Dao, complete here with English translation and critical Chinese text, is a remarkable distillation of earlier Daoist ideas found in the popular Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) and Shuangzi (Chuang-tzu) texts.

Sun Pin : the art of warfare by Bin Sun( Book )
5 editions published between 1996 and 2003 in English and held by 349 libraries worldwide
"Sun Bin's Art of Warfare is an essential text of Chinese military philosophy and of strategy in general. This book, lost for over two thousand years and rediscovered only in 1972, has not yet reached the prominence of Sunzi's (Sun-tzu) The Art of Warfare, which is the best-known military treatise in the world. Sun Bin's work is an indispensable companion to the work of Sunzi, who is believed to be his ancestor, but deserves to be better known in its own right, both philosophically and historically. Here, noted sinologists D. C. Lau and Roger T. Ames offer an admirably lucid translation, and provide an introduction examining the life, times, and original philosophical contributions of Sun Bin."

Mencius( Book )
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 141 libraries worldwide

魯迅小說集詞彙 = Lu Xun xiao shuo ji, vocabulary = selected short stories of Lu Xun by 魯迅( Book )
3 editions published between 1979 and 1987 in Chinese and held by 128 libraries worldwide

Interpreting culture through translation : a festschrift for D.C. Lau( Book )
4 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 101 libraries worldwide

禮記逐字索引 = A Concordance to the Liji( Book )
4 editions published between 1992 and 1993 in Chinese and held by 73 libraries worldwide

商君書逐字索引 = A Concordance to the Shangjunshu( Book )
2 editions published in 1992 in Chinese and held by 70 libraries worldwide