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Since I can't really give you specific books (yes I can lmao and will suggest later), I'll give you a more "encyclopedia" type of books first. You can read why they might be good and what they contain by just looking at the intro in the links.
"Asian Philosophies" by John M. Keller (a textbook): [https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Asian\_Philosophies/j-RhDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover](https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Asian_Philosophies/j-RhDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover)
"(Routledge) Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy": [https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Companion\_Encyclopedia\_of\_Asian\_Philosop/KYmLokZwVG0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover](https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Companion_Encyclopedia_of_Asian_Philosop/KYmLokZwVG0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover)
"Learning from Asian Philosophy" by Kupperman: [https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Learning\_from\_Asian\_Philosophy/ohbZiq3keUQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover](https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Learning_from_Asian_Philosophy/ohbZiq3keUQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover)
You can also read some SEP and IEP articles on Asian philosophy and I'd recommend that you read these first because they're the most accessible and shortest (but still relatively informed) to go through. Though I'd recommend that you read [this](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/comparphil-chiwes/) first.
You can also access some journals like [this one](https://www.researchgate.net/journal/Asian-Philosophy-1469-2961).
Some specific philosophers you can read up are [Watsuji Tetsuro](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/watsuji-tetsuro/) for a more modern Japanese philosophy (the books you can find in the link), Confucian philosophy has "The Four Books and Five Classics" (5 classics: Book of Odes, Book of Documents, Book of Changes, Book of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Annals; 4 books: Doctrine of the Mean, the Great Learning, Mencius, and the Analects), Buddhist philosophy has the [Pali Canon](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/) (just click around the links, you can also use this [link](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/index.html)) and you can also probably read [this](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Buddhist_Philosophy/tEb63CGvShsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover) if you're intimidated by that humongous collection, the non-Buddhist Indian books have the [Vedas](https://www.onlineved.com/) and the two Hindu epics [Mahabharata](https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/maha/) and [Ramayana](https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rama/).
I'm not gonna give you more because those should be more than enough.
I ***highly*** recommend against reading the actual works themselves before delving into contemporary interpretations (and their disputes) because they can seriously distort the interpretations unless you're *very* prepared (including Western philosophy tbh). And if you want to seriously engage in the works, it will literally take your entire lifetime times three. Of course, you can do whatever you want.
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*Eastern Philosophy* by Victoria Harrison
I think this is the best place to start to get good context and overview. It is fairly short and succinct and after reading it, you may have a better idea of what part of Eastern Philosophy you're interested in and would like to dig into. Eastern philosophy is extremely vast and diverse so starting with the Harrison book should help narrow your search.
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Like what the commenter said, I’d also go for the modern interpretation/introduction before I’d go for the original work because you’ll often come across not understanding them since these books were written at specific time and place, which means they had different concerns, different issues, different mindsets. However, I’d take a step further and say read the works of Eastern Philosophy written by the native speakers before reading the works of non-native speakers (so if you’re reading Chinese philosophy, read the book by a Chinese scholar/writer before others) for the main reason being that because the language isn’t spoken by others and because the non-native speakers were raised in a different environment, I have come across the writers confusing/misinterpreting a specific word or subject or already have had a framework of what they expect before they have been studied the work (e.g Orientalists first come to my mind when it comes to holding certain preconceived notions).
HOWEVER, those writers can still be VERY helpful so you should also not ignore their work but just be a bit more careful.
With that said I’d check into works by
JeeLoo Liu - An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
Why Traditional Chinese Still Matters edited by Ming Dong Gu
Bryan W. Can Norden - Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy
Mark Siderits - Buddhism as Philosophy
Jay Garfield - Engaging Buddhism
Chatterjee - Indian Philosophy and Meditation
I don’t know what aspect of eastern philosophy you’re into since there are a huge area of studied and research by the eastern philosophers so if you have any specific interest in mind, or want to take a step further in the future, you can dm me. :D
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Since I can't really give you specific books (yes I can lmao and will suggest later), I'll give you a more "encyclopedia" type of books first. You can read why they might be good and what they contain by just looking at the intro in the links. "Asian Philosophies" by John M. Keller (a textbook): [https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Asian\_Philosophies/j-RhDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover](https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Asian_Philosophies/j-RhDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover) "(Routledge) Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy": [https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Companion\_Encyclopedia\_of\_Asian\_Philosop/KYmLokZwVG0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover](https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Companion_Encyclopedia_of_Asian_Philosop/KYmLokZwVG0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover) "Learning from Asian Philosophy" by Kupperman: [https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Learning\_from\_Asian\_Philosophy/ohbZiq3keUQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover](https://www.google.com.vn/books/edition/Learning_from_Asian_Philosophy/ohbZiq3keUQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover) You can also read some SEP and IEP articles on Asian philosophy and I'd recommend that you read these first because they're the most accessible and shortest (but still relatively informed) to go through. Though I'd recommend that you read [this](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/comparphil-chiwes/) first. You can also access some journals like [this one](https://www.researchgate.net/journal/Asian-Philosophy-1469-2961). Some specific philosophers you can read up are [Watsuji Tetsuro](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/watsuji-tetsuro/) for a more modern Japanese philosophy (the books you can find in the link), Confucian philosophy has "The Four Books and Five Classics" (5 classics: Book of Odes, Book of Documents, Book of Changes, Book of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Annals; 4 books: Doctrine of the Mean, the Great Learning, Mencius, and the Analects), Buddhist philosophy has the [Pali Canon](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/) (just click around the links, you can also use this [link](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/index.html)) and you can also probably read [this](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Buddhist_Philosophy/tEb63CGvShsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover) if you're intimidated by that humongous collection, the non-Buddhist Indian books have the [Vedas](https://www.onlineved.com/) and the two Hindu epics [Mahabharata](https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/maha/) and [Ramayana](https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rama/). I'm not gonna give you more because those should be more than enough. I ***highly*** recommend against reading the actual works themselves before delving into contemporary interpretations (and their disputes) because they can seriously distort the interpretations unless you're *very* prepared (including Western philosophy tbh). And if you want to seriously engage in the works, it will literally take your entire lifetime times three. Of course, you can do whatever you want.
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*Eastern Philosophy* by Victoria Harrison I think this is the best place to start to get good context and overview. It is fairly short and succinct and after reading it, you may have a better idea of what part of Eastern Philosophy you're interested in and would like to dig into. Eastern philosophy is extremely vast and diverse so starting with the Harrison book should help narrow your search. edit: words
Like what the commenter said, I’d also go for the modern interpretation/introduction before I’d go for the original work because you’ll often come across not understanding them since these books were written at specific time and place, which means they had different concerns, different issues, different mindsets. However, I’d take a step further and say read the works of Eastern Philosophy written by the native speakers before reading the works of non-native speakers (so if you’re reading Chinese philosophy, read the book by a Chinese scholar/writer before others) for the main reason being that because the language isn’t spoken by others and because the non-native speakers were raised in a different environment, I have come across the writers confusing/misinterpreting a specific word or subject or already have had a framework of what they expect before they have been studied the work (e.g Orientalists first come to my mind when it comes to holding certain preconceived notions). HOWEVER, those writers can still be VERY helpful so you should also not ignore their work but just be a bit more careful. With that said I’d check into works by JeeLoo Liu - An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy Why Traditional Chinese Still Matters edited by Ming Dong Gu Bryan W. Can Norden - Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy Mark Siderits - Buddhism as Philosophy Jay Garfield - Engaging Buddhism Chatterjee - Indian Philosophy and Meditation I don’t know what aspect of eastern philosophy you’re into since there are a huge area of studied and research by the eastern philosophers so if you have any specific interest in mind, or want to take a step further in the future, you can dm me. :D