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'''Thomas Cleary''' (born 1949) is a prolific author and translator of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Taoism|Taoist]], [[Confucius|Confucian]] and [[Islam|Muslim]] classics, and of the Chinese [[The Art of War|Art of War]] tradition of strategy and statecraft.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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| title = The Qur'an, Translated by Dr. Thomas Cleary<br />
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| accessdate = 2009-07-10}} Brief biography.</ref> He lives in [[Oakland, California]] in the [[United States]].<ref name=FonsVitae/><br />
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==Life and work==<br />
Cleary received a [[PhD]] in [[East Asian Languages]] and [[Civilizations]] from [[Harvard University]],<ref name=Shambhala>{{cite web<br />
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His first publication, with his brother [[J.C. Cleary]] was the translation of the massive [[Zen]] [[koan]] collection, ''[[The Blue Cliff Record]]'' (ISBN 1-59030-232-X).<br />
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Cleary also translated the monumental ''[[Avatamsaka Sutra]]'' (''Huayan Jing / Flower Ornament Scripture''). <br />
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Cleary's most widely disseminated translation has been of the Chinese classic ''[[The Art of War]]'' (''Sunzi Bingfa'') by [[Sun Tzu]].<br />
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Another major translation is of the commentaries of the 18th century [[Taoist]] sage [[Liu Yiming]], who clearly explains the often impenetrable metaphoric coding of the main Taoist texts dealing with the transformation of [[consciousness]] and the fusion of the human mind with the Mind of the Tao.<br />
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In 2000, Cleary's various translations of Taoist scriptures were collected into 4 volumes by [[Shambhala Publications]] as ''The Taoist Classics''. A five volume set of Buddhist translations was collected as ''Classics of Buddhism and Zen''<br />
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Cleary's recent translation of the [[Qur'an]] has been praised by Muslims who know English and [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. Another outstanding translation from the Muslim wisdom tradition is ''[[Living and Dying with Grace]]''.<br />
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==Partial bibliography of translations==<br />
* ''The Blue Cliff Record'' - Thomas Cleary & J.C. Cleary. Shambhala Publications, 1977<br />
* ''The Taoist I Ching''. Shambhala Publications, 1986<br />
* ''The Buddhist I Ching''. Shambhala Publications, 1987<br />
* ''Book of Serenity - One Hundred Zen Dialogues''. Shambhala Publications, 1988<br />
*[http://www.amazon.com/Opening-Dragon-Gate-Making-Modern/dp/0804831858/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263177820&sr=1-1 Opening the Dragon Gate] Tuttle Publishing 1996 272 pages<br />
* Dates Unknown, from 2005 edition of The Taoist I Ching, is a categorized list of about 40 texts<br />
* ''[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0804836906 Soul of the Samurai]'' Tuttle Publishing (October 15, 2005) 166 pages<br />
* ''[http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590305728 Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushido Sourcebook]'' Shambhala (May 13, 2008) 288 pages <br />
* ''[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0804840083 Samurai Wisdom]'' Tuttle Publishing (April 10, 2009) 256 pages<br />
* ''[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0939117460 Lords of the Samurai: Legacy of a Daimyo Family]'' Asian Art Museum (June 24, 2009) 256 pages<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.sonshi.com/cleary.html Sonshi interview with Thomas Cleary]<br />
*[http://www.sfbg.com/40/04/lit_int.html San Francisco Bay Chronicle interview with Thomas Cleary]<br />
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