First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition April 2016
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Puett, Michael J., 1964–
The path : what Chinese philosophers can teach us about the good life / Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh.—First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
pages cm
1. Philosophy, Chinese—History. I. Title.
B126.P84 2016
181'.11—dc23
2015022551
ISBN 978-1-4767-7783-2
ISBN 978-1-4767-7785-6 (ebook)