CLASSICAL HISTORIOGRAPHY FOR CHINESE HISTORY

Compiled by Benjamin A. Elman

Professor of Chinese History, UCLA, 1986-2002; Princeton University, since 2002. With the help of Ping-yi Chu (Academia Sinica, Institute of History and Philology), Xiaoping Cong (University of Houston), Miaw-fen Lu (Academia Sinica, Institute of Modern History), Sam Gilbert (UCLA, ABD), Adam Schorr (Ph.D., UCLA East Asian Languages and Cultures Department), and Susan Schneller, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. This information system is an official Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library Associate site. A Pinyin version of this website has been established at the East Asian Studies Department, Princeton University since November 1, 2002. This new site will be updated and eventually will be linked to another specialized site in the East Asian Studies Department on sources for Ming-Qing history prepared by Professor Susan Naquin. The site at UCLA will eventually be discontinued. HTML formatting initially was provided by Professor Steve Angle, Wesleyan University.

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A. Summary Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Classical Chinese Historiography 2. Relevant Electronic Resources for Chinese Studies 3. Exercise 1: Dictionaries 4. Exercises 2 & 6: Selected List Of Bibliographical & Geographical Aids 5. Exercise 3: Biographical Aids 6. Exercise 4: Some Aids For Translating Chinese Official Titles & Institutions 7. Exercises 5, 7 & 8: Reference Guide to Classical Book Titles 8. Exercise 5: The Four Parts 9. Exercise 7: Bibliography of Chinese Classics & Literature In Translation With Recent Related Histories

10. Exercize 8: Selected English Bibliography For Chinese Civilization: A Brief Topical and Historical Survey to Ming Times 11. Exercize 9: Sources For The Ming Dynasty 12. Exercize 9: Sources For The Ch'ing Dynasty 13. Exercizes 3 & 9: Civil and Military Examination Bibliographies

B. Detailed Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Classical Chinese Historiography

Bibliography General Dictionaries Biography Chronology Official Titles Book Titles Geography

2. Relevant Electronic Resources for Chinese Studies

Union and Other Lists of Electronic Resources in North America Electronic Resources in Libraries in U.S., Europe, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong Internet Databases & Other CD ROM Materials

3. Exercise 1: Dictionaries

Chinese-Western Chinese and Japanese Rhyming Dictionaries Special Subjects: Chinese Medicine, Buddhism, etc. Encyclopedias

Return to Summary Table of Contents 4. Exercises 2 & 6: Selected List Of Bibliographical & Geographical Aids and Chronologies in Chinese, Japanese & Western Languages

Bibliographies Place Name Dictionaries and Gazetteers Atlases

Chronologies

5. Exercise 3: Biographical Aids

Reference Works Indexes Dating Aids Special: Women, Pseudonyms, etc.

6. Exercise 4: Some Aids For Translating Chinese Official Titles & Institutions

General Ch'in and Han Period of Disunity (AD 220-317) T'ang Five Dynasties (907-960) and Liao (907-1126) Sung Chin and Yuan Ming Ch'ing Buddhist Titles

7. Exercises 5 & 7: Reference Guide to Classical Book Titles

Collections of Confucian Classical Learning and Bibliographies Ts'ung-shu Titles Sinological Indexes (Supplement to Teng & Biggerstaff) Western Indices of Chinese Works Japanese Indices of Chinese Works Bibliographies for Traditional Chinese Science & Medical Texts

8. Exercise 5: The Four Parts

Ching-pu - Classics Shih-pu - Histories Tzu-pu - Writers, Thinkers, & Philosophers Chi-pu - Belles-lettres

Return to Summary Table of Contents 9. Exercise 7: Select Bibliography of Chinese Classics & Literature In Translation With Recent Related Histories

General Chou yi or Yi ching (The Book of Changes) The Rites , etc. Shang shu or Shu-ching (Book of History) Ch'un ch'iu Tso chuan (Spring and Autumn Annals and Tso Commentary) Bibliography of Philosophers o General Introduction & Collected Translations o Confucianism o Confucius o Mencius o Hsun Tzu o Chu Hsi , Tao-hsueh , and Neo-Confucianism o Mohism o Taoism / & Taoist Writings o Lao Tzu o Chuang Tzu o Lieh Tzu o Huai-nan Tzu o Buddhist Writings o Legalism

Classic of Poetry (Shih-ching ),Traditional Chinese Poetry and Literature Select Bibliographies On China o Works in Chinese and Japanese o Western Works o Poetry

Return to Summary Table of Contents 10. Selected English Bibliography For Chinese Civilization: A Brief Topical and Historical Survey to Ming Times

Bibliographies Journals General Works Geography and Description Languages Gender Studies Chinese Classics

General Philosophy Confucianism Taoism Buddhism Other Philosophies Other Literatures Popular Culture Chinese Science General Histories & World History Legal History Art History Prehistory and Myths Shang Dynasty (trad. 1766-1123 B.C.) Chou Dynasty (1122?-256 B.C.) Ch'in Dynasty (255-207 B.C.) Han Dynasties (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) & Medieval China Sui (581-617) and T'ang Dynasty (618-907) & Medieval China Sung Dynasties (960-1280) Hsi-hsia (990-1227), Liao (907-1199), Chin (1115-1205), & Yuan Dynasties (1280-1368)

11. Sources For The Ming Dynasty

Recent Biographic Indexes Translations of government offices and titles Bibliographies Other Sources

Return to Summary Table of Contents 12. Sources For The Ch'ing Dynasty

Part One: Ch'ing History o Ch'ing Founding o Biographic Information o Administration Central Government Institutions Local Government o The Elites and Literati Culture o The Traditional Economy o Peasant Life o High Ch'ing

Intellectual Trends To 1826 Part Two: Biographic Information o Indexes To Biographical Collections o Biographic Collections o Nien-P'u (Chronological Biographies) o Commemorative Writings, Epitaphs, Etc. o Name Lists o Genealogies Part Three: Government Administration o Administrative Law o Annotated Bibliography Of Books On Ch'ing Government o Useful Reference Books o Hui-Tien , including: Provincial Regulations Board Regulations Salt Monopoly Administrative and Punishment Statutes o Penal Law o Administrative Manuals, Magistrates' Manuals o Merchants' Manuals o Encyclopedias o Collections Of Essays On Government o Agricultural Technology And Water Control o Land Deeds, Contracts, etc. o Manchu Sources and Ethnic Issues o Ch'ing Histories Of Earlier Periods o Local and Foreign Archives and Gazetteers Gazetteers Memorials, Edicts, & Archives o Useful works on Ch'ing central government communications system o On the archives o Collections of edicts o Memorials o Edicts and Memorials Together
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Return to Summary Table of Contents 13. Civil and Military Examination Bibliographies

1. Southern Sung Dynasty (1127-1279) Civil Examinations II. Yuan Dynasty (1280-1367) Civil Examinations III. UCLA East Asian Library

Ming-Ch'ing Archives of Civil Service Examinations Ming-tai teng-k'o-lu hui-pien (Ming Examinations) o Ch'ing-tai chu-chun chi-ch'eng (Ch'ing Examination Essays) o Microfilm & Microfiche IV. Mormon Genealogical Library o Civil metro & palace: Wen hui-shih & Teng-k'o-lu o Examination Rolls: Chin-Pang o Military metropolitan & palace: Wu hui-shih & Teng-k'o-lu o Civil Provincial Examination: Wen hsiang-shih o Military Provincial Examination: Wu hsiang-shih o Translation Examinations: Fan-Yi o Imperial Clans & Genealogy: Shih-hsi V. Others (Palace Museum, etc.) o China: Rare Books Collections o Paris: College de France and Bibliotheque Nationale VI. Collectanea (Ts'ung-shu ), etc.
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1. Introduction to Classical Chinese Historiography

(1) Bibliography

Bol, Peter K., Research Tools for the Study of Sung History. Binghamton: Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies, 1990. Chung-kuo kung-chu shu ta-tz'u-tien (Dictionary of Chinese research aids). Compiled by Yang Mu-chih et al. Hei-lungchiang ren-min ch'u-pan-she , 1993.

Chung-kuo li-shih kung-chu-shu chih-nan (Guide to Chinese History Reference Works). Compiled by Lin Tieh-sen . Peking: Peiching ch'u pan-she, 1992. Cole, James H., Updating Wilkinson: An Annotated Bibliography of Reference Works on Imperial China Published Since 1973. New York, 1991. Farmer, Edward L., Romeyn Taylor, & Ann Waltner, Ming History: An Introductory Guide to Research. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis History Department, 1995. Hucker, Charles O., China: A Critical Bibliography. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1962. Loewe, Michael, Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1994. She-hui k'o-hsueh kung-chu shu ch'i-ch'ien-chung (Seven thousand varieties of research aids in the social sciences). Shensi People's Press. Teng, Ssu-yu and Knight Biggerstaff, An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Reference Works. Rev. ed. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950, 1971 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Series). Wen-shih kung-chu shu tz'u-tien (Dictionary of research aids in literature & history). Compiled by Chu Hung-hsi , et al. Che-chiang ku-chi ch'u-pan-she , 1990. Wilkinson, Endymion, Chinese History: A Manual. Cambridge: HarvardYenching Institute Monograph Series 46, 1998. Revised Version, 2000. ---, The History of Imperial China: A Research Guide. Cambridge: Harvard East Asian Monograph, 1973. Zurndorfer, Harriet T., China Bibliography: A Research Guide to Reference Works about China Past and Present. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995.

(2) General Dictionaries

Ch'iu, Kuang-ming , Chung-kuo li-tai tu-liang heng k'ao (Study of historical weights and measures in China through the dynasties). Peking: K'o-hsueh, 1992. Another standard and comprehensive study of historical weights and measures. Chung-wen ta-tz'u-tien (Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Chinese Language). Compiled under the direction of Chang Ch'i-chun . 40 vols. Taipei: The Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies, 1962. Represents a Chinese translation of the Dai kanwa jiten . Courveur, Seraphin, Dictionnaire classique de la langue chinoise. Hsienhsien: Press de la Mission Catholique, 1890. Taipei reprint, 1966.

Dai kanwa jiten (Encyclopedic Chinese-Japanese Dictionary) 13 vols. Compiled by Morohashi Tetsuji . Tokyo: Taishukan shoten, 1955-60. The best multi-volume Chinese-Japanese dictionary of classical Chinese. Biased toward philosophy, religion, and Buddhism in particular. Giles, Herbert Allen, Chinese-English Dictionary. 2 vols. Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1912 (Later editions in 1 vol). Han yu ta tzu-tien . Compiled by Han-yu ta-tzu-tien w

1. Introduction to Classical Chinese Historiography

(1) Bibliography

Bol, Peter K., Research Tools for the Study of Sung History. Binghamton: Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies, 1990. Chung-kuo kung-chu shu ta-tz'u-tien (Dictionary of Chinese research aids). Compiled by Yang Mu-chih et al. Hei-lungchiang ren-min ch'u-pan-she , 1993. Chung-kuo li-shih kung-chu-shu chih-nan (Guide to Chinese History Reference Works). Compiled by Lin Tieh-sen . Peking: Peiching ch'u pan-she, 1992. Cole, James H., Updating Wilkinson: An Annotated Bibliography of Reference Works on Imperial China Published Since 1973. New York, 1991. Farmer, Edward L., Romeyn Taylor, & Ann Waltner, Ming History: An Introductory Guide to Research. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis History Department, 1995. Hucker, Charles O., China: A Critical Bibliography. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1962. Loewe, Michael, Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1994. She-hui k'o-hsueh kung-chu shu ch'i-ch'ien-chung (Seven thousand varieties of research aids in the social sciences). Shensi People's Press. Teng, Ssu-yu and Knight Biggerstaff, An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Reference Works. Rev. ed. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950, 1971 (Harvard-Yenching Institute Series). Wen-shih kung-chu shu tz'u-tien (Dictionary of research aids in literature & history). Compiled by Chu Hung-hsi , et al. Che-chiang ku-chi ch'u-pan-she , 1990.

Wilkinson, Endymion, Chinese History: A Manual. Cambridge: HarvardYenching Institute Monograph Series 46, 1998. Revised Version, 2000. ---, The History of Imperial China: A Research Guide. Cambridge: Harvard East Asian Monograph, 1973. Zurndorfer, Harriet T., China Bibliography: A Research Guide to Reference Works about China Past and Present. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995.

(2) General Dictionaries

Ch'iu, Kuang-ming , Chung-kuo li-tai tu-liang heng k'ao (Study of historical weights and measures in China through the dynasties). Peking: K'o-hsueh, 1992. Another standard and comprehensive study of historical weights and measures. Chung-wen ta-tz'u-tien (Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Chinese Language). Compiled under the direction of Chang Ch'i-chun . 40 vols. Taipei: The Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies, 1962. Represents a Chinese translation of the Dai kanwa jiten . Courveur, Seraphin, Dictionnaire classique de la langue chinoise. Hsienhsien: Press de la Mission Catholique, 1890. Taipei reprint, 1966. Dai kanwa jiten (Encyclopedic Chinese-Japanese Dictionary) 13 vols. Compiled by Morohashi Tetsuji . Tokyo: Taishukan shoten, 1955-60. The best multi-volume Chinese-Japanese dictionary of classical Chinese. Biased toward philosophy, religion, and Buddhism in particular. Giles, Herbert Allen, Chinese-English Dictionary. 2 vols. Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1912 (Later editions in 1 vol). Han yu ta tzu-tien . Compiled by Han-yu ta-tzu-tien w

3. Dictionaries for Exercise 1

(1) Chinese-Western

Bernhard Karlgren, Grammata Serica Recensa. Stockholm: The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, 1957.

Lin Yu-t'ang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1972. Good for pronunciation; poor for PRC materials. Separate Wade-Giles index also available from Chinese University of Hong Kong. More accurate then Mathew's (see below), distinguishes modern from classical usages, and gives best English equivalent for Chinese phrases. H. Fenn, The Five Thousand Dictionary. Peking: 1940. (Revised American Edition) Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1944. Good for romanization. The ABC Chinese-English Dictionary, ed. by John DeFrancis (Univ. of Hawaii Press, 1996; 897 pp.) contains, as Appendix 1, "Basic Rules for Hanyu Pinyin Orthography, by the Commission for Pinyin Orthography, State Language Commission, PRC." The document is in English. Among the many interesting features of this new dictionary is the arrangement of entries. Basically, arrangement is by pinyin spelling of whole terms rather than by spelling of syllables. Thus lingwai [ling wai] precedes linzhong [lin zhong] because g comes before z. For terms having the same sequence of letters, such as shishi, arrangement is by tone of the first syllable: first-neutral, first-first, firstsecond, first-third, first-fourth; second-neutral, second-first, and so on. Current Chinese Communist Newspaper Terms and Sayings. Berkeley: Center for Chinese Studies, 1971. E-tu Zen Sun, Ch'ing Administrative Terms. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. S. Couvreur S. J., Dictionaire classique de la langue chinoise. Second Edition, 1911. W.A.C.H. Dobson, A Dictionary of the Chinese Particles . . . Taiwan reprint, 1976. For Chinese weights and measures, see Wu Ch'eng-lo, 1937: Chung-kuo tuliang heng shih (History of Chinese metrology). 2d printing, Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1957. Wu gives detailed tables with citations for every type of measure. Ch'iu Kuang-ming , Chung-kuo li-tai tu-liang heng k'ao (Study of historical weights and measures in China through the dynasties). Peking: K'o-hsueh, 1992. Another standard and comprehensive study of historical weights and measures. Kuo Cheng-chung , Chung-kuo ch'uan-heng tu-liang san chih shih-ssu shih-chi (Chinese Weights and Measures: fourth to 14th centuries). Peking: She-hui k'o-hsueh, 1993. S. Brunnert and V. V. Hagelstrom, Present Day Political Organization of China. Shanghai: 1912. Taipei reprint. Herbert A. Giles, A Chinese-English Dictionary. Second edition. Shanghai: 1912. Good for 19th-century documents. Huang Yen-kai, A Dictionary of Chinese Idiomatic Phrases. Hong Kong: 1967. Identifies sources of .

Joint Publications Research Service (No. 20, 904), Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Communist Chinese Usage. (Second Edition) Washington: U. S. Department of Commerce, 1965. Based a on GermanChinese dictionary. Modern Chinese-English Technical and General Dictionary. 3 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. , 1963. Not well organized. Petillon, le P. Corentin, S. J. Allusions litteraires. Varietes sinologiques No. 8. Shanghai: Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique, 1895. Philip R. Bilancia, Dictionary of Law and Administration in Communist China. Seattle: University of Washington School of Law, 1967. (Mimeograph). Legal terms in tradition. H. Mathews, A Chinese-English Dictionary, Compiled for the China Inland Mission. Shanghai: 1931. (Revised American Edition) Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1944. Phonetic Renderings are at times confusing; meanings are often just specific instances. Popular, but not recommended. Wells Williams, A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language. Tung Chou (t'ung-chou): 1912. Large number of individual characters with a wide range of meanings. Sybil Wong, Dictionary of Chinese Communist Agricultural Terminology. Hong Kong: Union Research Institute, 1968. S. War Department, Chinese Military Dictionary: Chinese-English, EnglishChinese. Washington, 1944. F. Mayers, The Chinese Government. (Third Edition) Shanghai: 1897. Taipei reprint. Ch'ing dynasty. Axel Schuessler, A Dictionary of Early Zhou Chinese, University of Hawaii, 1987

(2) Chinese and Japanese Words and Phrases

Cheng-tzu-t'ung . Compiled by Chang Tzu-lieh . Useful for 4corners codes of Chinese characters in an index organized by total stroke number. Chugoku gakugei daijiten . Compiled by Kondo Moku . Tokyo: Motomoto sha, 1959. Chugoku shakai keizaishi goi . Compiled by Hoshi Ayao . Kindai Chugoku kenkyu senta, 1966. Social and economic terms. Chung-hua ch'eng-yu tz'u-tien . Compiled by Wu Lien-ming . Shanghai: Chung-hua shu-chu , 1949. Chung-hua ch'eng-yu ta-tz'u-tien Compiled by Hsiang Kuang-chung . Ch'ang-ch'un: Chi-lin wen-shih ch'u-pan-she, 1986.

Chung-hua tien-ku ta-tz'u-tien . Compiled by Hsin Yi , Ch'eng Chih-wei . Peking: Yen-shang ch'u-pan-she, 1991. Chung-kuo ts'ung-shu tsung-lu . Look under Collectanea. Chung-wen ta-tz'u-tien (The Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Chinese Language). Compiled by the Chung-wen ta-tz'u-tien pien-tsuan weiyuan-hui . Taipei: Chung-kuo wen-hua yen-chiu-so, 1962-70. About 40 volumes; the most comprehensive dictionary in Chinese. Dai kanwa jiten . Compiled by Morohashi Tetsuji . 13 vols. Tokyo: Taishokan shoten, 1955-60. (new edition, published in 19841986) Fa-lu ta-tz'u-shu . Compiled by Cheng Ching-i and P'eng Shih . Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1936. Old legal terms. Hsiao-shuo tz'u-yu hui-shih . Compiled by Lu Tan-an . Shanghai: Chung-hua shu-chu, 1964. Classical novels and fiction. Iwanami Chugokugo jiten . Compiled by Kuraishi Takeshiro . Iwanami Shoten, 1963. Modern literary terms. K'ang-hsi tzu-tien . Compiled under imperial auspices by Chang Yushu , Ch'en T'ing-ching and others. Completed 1716. Kuo-yu tz'u-tien . Compiled by the Chung-kuo tz'u-tien pien-tsuanch'u Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1948. Originally published in 1943 in 8 volumes. Frequently reprinted. Now available in abbreviated single volume called Han-yu tz'u-tien and by other names. Lien-mien tzu-tien . Compiled by Fu Ting-yi . Peking: Ching-hua yin-shu-chu, 1943. P'ei-wen yun-fu . Compiled by Chang yu-shu and others. 7 vols. Published in 1711. Reprinted by Shang-hai shang wu yin shu kuan. Works consulting for classical allusions. P'ien-tzu lei-pien . Compiled by Ho Ch'o and others. Completed in 1726. P'ien-tzu lei-pien yin-te . Compiled by Chuang-Wei-ssu (Wallace Johnson). Taipei, 1966. Tuan Yu-ts'ai , Shuo-wen-chieh-tzu-chu . Taipei: I-wen yin-shu-kuan, 1970. Shuo-wen-chieh-tzu ku-lin . Compiled by Ting Fu-pao . Shang-hai: I-wen shu-chu, 1930. Tz'u hai . Revised edition by Tz'u hai pien chi wei yuan hui. Hong Kong: Chung hua shu chu yu hsien kung ssu, 1989. Tz'u yuan . Revised edition by Kuang-tung, Kuang-hsi, Hu-nan, Ho-nan Tz'u yuan hsiu ting tsu, and Shang-wu yin shu kuan pien chi pu. Peking: Shang wu yin shu kuan, 1979-1984. Wang Yun-wu ta-tz'u-tien Compiled by Wang Yun-wu . Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1956.

P'ei Hsueh-hai . Ku-shu hsu-tzu chi-shih . Taipei: Kuang-wen shu-chu, 1962. Hu Ying-yuan. , Chung-kuo shih hsueh tz'u hui (Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Historical Terminology). Tai-pei : Hua hsiang yuan ch'u pan she, 1992.

(3) Rhyming Dictionaries

Chi-yun . Compiled under imperial auspices by Ting Tu and others in 1037 and possibly completed by Ssu-ma Kuang in 1067. [Ssu-pu pei-yao (SPPY), v. 349-358. ] Kuang yun . Originally compiled in A. D. 601 by Lu Fa-yen under the title T'ang-yun . Revised and enlarged under imperial auspices in 1011 by Ch'en P'eng-nien , Ch'iu Yung and others, and published under the present title. [SPPY, v. 344-348. ] Shih-tz'u-ch'u yun tsung-chien . Compiled by Lu Yuan-chun. Taipei: Cheng-chung shu-chu, 1968.

(4) Special Subjects: Chinese Medicine, Buddhism, etc.

For recent dictionaries of specialized terminology, see James Cole, Updating Wilkinson: An Annotated Bibliography of Reference Works on Imperial China Published Since 1973. N.Y., 1991. Ch'en Hsi-he . Chung-i ming-tz'u tz'u-tien . Taipei: Wuchou ch'u-pan-she, 1974 Chang Jui-hsiang . Tsu-kuo i-hsueh yu hsien-tai i-hsueh ping chengming-ch'eng tui-chao . Ch'ing-hai jenmin-ch'u-pan-she, 1979. Hsieh Kuan . Chung-kuo i-hsueh ta-tz'u-tien . Shanghai: The Commercial Press, 1927. Now out of date. See next item for a much better reference source. Chung-i ta-tz'u-tien (Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine), compiled by . Published by Jenmin wei-sheng Press, 1995. Now the best reference book of its kind.

The other important recent arrival is Yuan I-hsiang , Han-Ying shuang chieh Chung-i ta tz'u-tien ("Chinese-English Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine"). Beijing: Press. Simplified chars. Arranged in stroke order, with pinyin and English indexes. Includes 8760 items, chosen from TCM textbooks and explained in detail in both Chinese and English. By far the most comprehensive Chinese-English medical dictionary, aside from a couple of grossly incompetent ones published in the U.S. Definitions are generally aware of multiple meanings. This book reliably transmits the understanding of the present-day TCM practitioner. It is emphatically not, however, a historical dictionary, and cannot be used uncritically for reading premodern texts. Ou Ming . Han-ying chung-i tz'u-tien . Hong Kong: Sanlien shu-chu, 1988. Yun-hsiu . Ku-tai chi-ping ming-hou shu-i . Peking: Jen-min-ch'u-pan-she, 1953. Read, Bernard E. Chinese Materia Medica. Peiping: Peking Natural History Bulletin, 1931-1941. ---- and C. Pak. Minerals and Stones. Peiping: Peking Natural History Bulletin, 1936. ----. Chinese Medicinal Plants. Peiping: Peking Natural History Bulletin, 1936. Fo-hsueh ta tz'u-tien . Comp. by Ting Fu-pao . Shanghai: Shanghai yi-hsueh shu-chu, 1921. Mochizuki Shinko , Bukkyo daijiten . Tokyo: 19321964. Oda Tokuno, Bukkyo diajiten . Tokyo: Okura shoten, 1920. Fo kuang ta tz'u tien . Taipei, Fo-kuang ch'u pan-she , 1989. Rept. Peking : Shu mu wen hsien ch'u pan she, 1993. UCLA EAL Call number: {Ref.} BQ 130 F65 1993. Soothill, William E. and Lewis Hodous. A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1937. Zengaku daijiten . Comp. by Komazawa University. Tokyo: Taish an shoten, 1987 Tai Yun-ch'ang , Hsien-hsueh t'zu-tien . Taipei: 1962. Werner, E. T. C. A Dictionary of Chinese Mythology. Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1932. Wolfram Eberhard. A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought. 1988 & 1989 reprint. Williams, C. A. S. Encyclopedia of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives. New York: The Julian Press, 1960. Yin-yueh tz'u-tien . Comp. by Liu Ch'eng-fu . Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1935. Chih-wu hsueh ta tz'u-tien . Comp. by Tu Ya-ch'uan and others. Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1938.

Mayers, William F. The Chinese Readers Manual. Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1874. Li Ch'eng-chung ed. Chiao-yu tz'u-tien . Harbin: Hei-lung-jiang chishu ch'u-pan she, 1989. Chung-kuo shih-hsueh tz'u-hui . (2 vols.) . 1992. Chung-kuo wen-hua-shih ta-tz'u-tien . 1989. Yang Po-chun , Ch'un-chiu Tso-chuan tz'u-tien . Peking: Hsin-hua Bookstore, 1985. Tang-Sung tz'u chien-shang tz'u-tien . Chiang-shu: Ku-chi ch'u-pan-she, 1986. Chugoku siso jiten . Hihara Toshikuni, ed., . Tokyo: , 1984 Jih-pen hsing-ming tz'u-tien . Peking: Shang-wu yin-shu-kuan, 1979. O'Neill. Japanese Names: A Comprehensive Index by characters and Readings. N.Y.: Weatherhill 1972 Ch'en Kao-ch'un, ed. Chung-kuo ku-tai chun-shih wen-hua ta-tz'u-tien . Peking: Ch'ang-cheng ch'u-pan-she, 1992. Tai Yi ed. Erh-shih ssu shih ta-tz'u-tien . Chi-lin: Jenmin ch'u-pan-she, 1992. Shu-tao liou-t'i ta-tzu-tien . For calligraphy forms. Chien-hua tzu tsung-piao chien tzu . Honkong: San-lien shutien Hsing-kang fen-tien, 1972.

(5) Encyclopedias

4. Selected List of Bibliographical & Geographical Aids and Chronologies for Exercises 2 &6

(1) Bibliographies
(See also Selected Bibliographies on China.)

Ssu-yu Teng and Knight Biggerstaff, An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Reference Works. (Revised Edition) Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. Tsang (Tseng) Ying-ching , Research Tools to Chinese History: An Annotated Bibliography . Hong Kong: Lungmen Book Store, 1968. Lin Tieh-sen ,Chung-kuo li-shih kung-chu-shu chih-nan (Guide to Chinese reference works). Peking: Pai-ching ch'upan-she, 1992. Chu Chin-fu, chief compiler, Chung-kuo tang-an wen-hsien tz'u-tien (Dictionary of Chinese primary sources in archives). Peking: Chung-kuo jen-shih Press, 1994. Annotated bibliographical guide to published Chinese language primary source materials. Useful for planning historical research. 3,985 entries arranged chronologically by historical period. John King Fairbank and Kwang-ching Liu, Modern China: A Bibliographical Guide to Chinese Works 1898-1937. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. John King Fairbank and Masataka Banno, Japanese Studies of Modern China. Rutland Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co. , 1955. John King Fairbank, Kaiko Kamachi, and Chuzo Ichiko, Japanese Studies of Modern China Since 1953. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. (Supplementary vol. for 1953-69) John Wixted, compiler, Japanese Scholars of China: A Bibliographical Handbook. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. Peter Brown and Eugene Wu, Contemporary China: A Research Guide. Stanford: The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1967. Hope Wright, Alphabetical List of Geographic Names in Sung China, Paris: 1956, reprint in 1992. A. Peter Gosling, Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers for Asian Studies, A Critical Guide. New York: Foreign Area Materials Center, University of the State of New York, State Education Department, 1965. Theodore Herman, The Geography of China: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography. New York: Foreign Area Materials Center, University of the State of New York, State Education Department, 1967. Works in English. Timothy Brook, Geographical Sources of Ming-Qing History, Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press, 1991. Doctoral Dissertations on China and on Inner Asia, 1976-1990: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages. Compiled and edited by Frank Joseph Shulman, with contributions by Patricia Polansky and Anna Leon Shulman. Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood Press, October 1998. xxviii, 1055p. (Bibliographies and indexes in Asian studies, no.2), ISBN 0313-29111-X, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-29664 Hardcover only: $245.00. Several hundred doctoral dissertations dealing in their entirety or in part with Ming period China are included within this new,

comprehensive, descriptively annotated, classified, cross-referenced and extensively indexed guide to over 10,000 dissertations on China, Hong Kong, Macao, Mongolia, Taiwan, Tibet and the overseas Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan commu

5. Biographical Aids for Exercise 3

(1) Reference Works

Herbert A. Giles, A Chinese Biographical Dictionary. Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1898. Loewe, Michael, ed., A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods (221 BC - AD 24). Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2000. Herbert Franke, ed., Sung Biographies. 2 vols. Wiesbaden: Steiner Verlag, 1976. Sung Biographies in Local Gazetteers in 4 volumes and 2,200,000 words. It contains more than 100 thousand biographic items, collected from the SungYuan fang-chih tsung-k'an, Tien-i-k'o Ming-tai fang-chih hsuan-k'an, Tien-ik'o Ming-tai fang-chih hsuan-k'an hsu-pien, and Jih-pen chuan Chung-kuo k'an-chien ti-fang-chih tsung-k'an. Compiled by Shen Chih-hung et al., at Ch'eng-tu Ssu-ch'uan United University, K'u-chi cheng-li yen-chiu-so. L. Carrington Goodrich & Fang Chao-ying, Dictionary of Ming Biography, 2 vols. Columbia, 1976. Arthur W. Hummel, Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912). 2 vols. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1943-44. Howard L. Boorman and Richard C. Howard, Biographical Dictionary of Republican China. 4 vols. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967-71. An index of personal names in the collection was put out by Janet Krompart at Columbia University Press in 1979. Donald Klein and Anne B. Clark, Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism, 1921-1965. 2 volumes. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. Contains over 500 biographies of influential Communists from the founding of the Party to 1965. Ch'en Pang-hsien , Yen Ling-chou . Chung-kuo i-hsueh jenming-chih (Medical Biographies for China) . Peking: Jen-min wei-sheng chu-pan-she, 1956.

Ch'en Tao-chin , Hsueh Wei-t'ao . Chiang-su li-tai i-jen-chih (Kiangsu Medical Biographies). Chiang-su: Chiang-su k'o-hsueh chi-shu ch'u-pan-she, 1985. China Weekly Review, Who's Who in China. Shanghai: 5th edition 1937, supplement 1940. 6th edition 1950. Generally limited information. Chugoku bunkakai jimbutsu soran . Comp. by Hashikawa Tokio . Peking: Ch a horei heninkan, 1940. Lists over 5000 names of people mostly living at the time (1920's + 30's). Chung-hsi tui-yi jih-pen hsien-tai jen-ming ti-ming piao . Compiled by Li Chieh . Chungking: Cheng-chung shu-chu, 1945. Chung-kung jen-ming lu . Compiled by the Chung-hua minkuo kuo-chi kuan-hsi yen-chiu-so . Taipei: 1967. Chung-kung jen-ming lu . Compiled by Chung-kung jen-ming lu pien hsiu wei yuan hui. Taipei: Kuo-li Cheng-chih ta-hs h kuo-chi-kuan-hsi yen-chiu chung-hsin, 1989. Li Sheng-p'ing . Chung-kuo kung-shan-tang jen-ming ta-tz'u-tien . Peking: Chung-kuo kuang-puo ch'-pan-she, 1991. Min-kuo jen-wu ta-tz'u-tien . Hsu Yu-ch'un . Hepei People's Press, 1991. Chung-kuo jen-min ta tz'u-tien . Comp. by Fang Yi and others. Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1934. Taipei reprint 1966. Chung-kuo ti-hao piao-t'i i-lan . Compiled by Hu Cheng-chih . Peiping: Y

6. Some Aids for Translating Chinese Official Titles for Exercise 4

(1) General

Charles O. Hucker, A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1985. Li-tai chih-kuan-piao (see note at end of this section)

(2) Ch'in and Han

Hans Bielenstein, The Bureaucracy of Han Times. Cambridge University Press, 1975. Herrlee G. Creel, The Origins of Statecraft in China. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. Rafe De Crespigny. Official Titles of the Former Han Dynasty. Canberra: Australia National University Press, 1967. Edouard Chavannes, Les memoires historiques de Se-ma Ts'ien, Vol. II, Appendice I, pp. 513-533. This appendix describes governmental organization in Ch'in and Han times, but it is rather sketchy and often fails to translate the titles mentioned. Homer H. Dubs, History of the Former Han Dynasty. This work represents the most comprehensive treatment of Han official titles, but, unfortunately, only three of the projected five volumes have been published. Therefore the index is still missing. However, an index to the titles mentioned in the first three voulmes has been prepared by Rafe De Crespigny, Official Titles of the Former Han Dynasty (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1967). Another key is to consult the Harvard-Yenching Sinological Index Series, No. 36 and compare its entries with Dub's translation. Wang Yuch'uan, "An Outline of the Central Government of the Former Han Dynasty," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, XII (1949), pp. 134-187. Discusses function as well as organization. There are a number of specialized works such as Nancy Lee Swann, Food and Money in Ancient China and A. F. P. Hulsewe, Remnants of Han Law , which are very useful in that they frequently include the translation and discussion of titles not mentioned in Dub's works.

(3) Period of Disunity (AD 220-917)

There is no general aid which provides translations of titles for this period, but they more or less followed those of the Han and in turn served as a basis for those of the T'ang. There are a number of translations (See Hans H. Frankel, Catalog of Translations from the Chinese Dynastic Histories for the period 220-960. ) including the following, which are of some assistance:

Achilles Fang, The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms (220-265). Not much help. Woodbridge Bingham, The Founding of the T'ang Dynasty: The Fall of Sui and Rise of T'ang, a Preliminary Survey. See especially Appendix C, "Outline of Sui Government, 607-618," pp. 127-129. Etienne Balazs, Le traite juridique du "Souei-Chou," and Le traite economique du "Souei-Chou. "

(4) T'ang

Robert des Rotours, Traite des fonctionnaires et traite de l'armee. 2 vols. Leyden: E. J. Brill, 1947. Thoroughly annotated translation of treatises from the Hsin T'ang shu on the civil government and military establishment. Robert des Rotours, Le traite des examens. Contains further discussions of the offices outlined in the above. Paul Kroll, "Basic Data on Reign Dates and Local Government," in T'ang Studies 5 1987, 95-104. There are also many special works such as Bernard S. Solomon's translation of the Veritable Record of the T'ang Emperor Shun-tsung, Edwin G. Pulleyblank's The Background of the Rebellion of An Lu-shan, and Denis Twitchett's Financial Administration under the T'ang Dynasty which are also of considerable help.

(5) Five Dynasties (907-960) and Liao (907-1126)

The Five Dynasties generally continued the system of the T'ang so the work of Robert des Rotours is largely valid for this period. Additional help can be obtained from such works as the two studies of Edward Schafer, The Empire of Min and "The History of the Empire of Southern Han," Silver Jubilee Volume of the Zinbun-Kagaku-kenky y Kyoto University, pp. 339-269, and Wang Gunwu's The Structure of Power during the Five Dynasties. The Liao is covered by Karl A. Wittfogel and Feng Chia-hsiang in their History of Chinese Society: Liao (907-1125).

(6) Sung

Chang Fu-jui, Les fonctionnaires des Song, index des titres. Paris: Mouton et Compagnie, 1962. This is a comprehensive study. Edward A. Kracke Jr. , Civil Service in Early Sung China.This work serves as a valuable supplement to that of Chang. Titles have been published separately. Edward A. Kracke Jr. , Translation of Sung Civil Service Titles. Paris: 1957. Edward A. Kracke Jr. , Translation of Sung Civil Service Titles, Classification Terms, and Governmental Organ Names. San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center, 1978.

(7) Chin and Yuan

Again there are no works which generally treat the titles of these periods. This is unfortunate because there tends to be a greater degree of variation than is usual for succeeding periods. For the Chin some comparison with Wittfogel and Feng is helpful. For the Yuan consult:

Herbert F. Schurmann, Economic Structure of the yuan Dynasty. Paul Ratchnevsky, Un code des Yuan. 4 vols. Paris, 1972-85. Charles O. Hucker, "The yuan Contribution to Censorial History," Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, extra vol. no. 4 (1960), 219-227. Paul Heng-chao Ch'en. Chinese Legal Tradition Under the Mongols. Princeton University Press, 1979.

(8) Ming

Charles O. Hucker, "Governmental Organization of the Ming Dynasty," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, XXI (1958), 1-66.

Charles O. Hucker, "An Index of Terms and Titles in 'Governmental Organization of the Ming Dynasty,'" Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, XXIII (1960-61), 127-151. These two aids are not as complete as those of des Rotours and Chang Fu-jui.

(9) Ch'ing

F. Mayers, The Chinese Government. This is a very convenient aid. The first edition was published in 1877, the last in 1897. Therefore it reflects the situation existing before the changes introduced after the failure of the Boxers. It is not as complete as the next item. S. Brunnert and V. V. Hagelstrom, Present Day Political Organization of China. First edition 1910; revised 1911. This is the most comprehensive aid for the Ch'ing, but it is more difficult to use than the above. Note: All of these aids should be used in conjunction with the primary Chinese aid, Li-tai chih-kuan piao in 72 chuan compiled under imperial auspices by Chi Yun and others. The work, ordered in 1780, consists of a comprehensive set of tables of Chinese of official titles from the ancient San-tai period through the Ming arranged under the different boards, bureaux, and departments of the Ch'ing government of the time of compilation. There is one table for each department of government. The title of the highest official in the department appears first followed by the titles of other officials connected with it in order to rank. After each table material is presented on changes in rank and title in that particular branch of government during the different periods as well as material concerning changes in fuction. Unfortunately, the work is marred by some mistakes and omissions. It has been reprinted in both the Ssu-pu pei-yao and Kuo-hs h chi-pen ts'ung-shu . There is also an abridged version in 6 chuan which bears the same title but contains only the bare tables. In 1965 the Chung-hua shu-chu in Shanghai published a Li-tai chih-kuan piao based on this work. In addition to reproducing the tables, however, it also provides an extensive introduction to the traditional official system, a separate section on the history and function of the various offices arranged according to number of strokes, and four-coner index. The index also has attached to it a total stroke and pinyin romanization key.

(10) Buddhist Titles

Tsan-ning , Ta Sung-seng shih-lueh (The Essential History of Great-Sung Monks). Kenneth Ch'en, Buddhism in China, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964. Kenneth Ch'en, The Chinese Transformation of Buddhism, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. Fo-hsueh ta tz'u-tien . Comp. by Ting Fu-pao . Shanghai: Shanghai yi-hsueh shu-chu, 1921.

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7. Reference Guide to Classical Book Titles for Exercises 5 & 7

(1) Collections of Confucian Classical Learning and Bibliographies

Shih-san-ching chu-shu (Notes & Annotations to the 13 Classics). Canton: Hsueh-hai-t'ang edition, 1829. reprint, Peking: Chung-hua shu-chu, 1980. With . (See also under Electronic Resources) T'ung-chih-t'ang ching-chieh . Compiled by Na-lan Ch'eng-te . reprint, Canton: Yueh-tung shu-chu , 1873. Index: , comp. by Weng Fang-kang . Huang-Ch'ing ching-chieh (Ch'ing Dynasty Exegesis of the Classics). Canton: Hsueh-hai-t'ang , 1829, 1860. Index: . Huang-Ch'ing ching-chieh hsu-pien (Ch'ing Dynasty Exegesis of the Classics, Supplement). Chiang-yin: Nan-ch'ing shu-yuan, 1886-88. Ch'ing-tai wen-chi p'ien-mu fen-lei so-yin (Classified index to collected essays from the Ch'ing dynasty). Compiled in

Taiwan, publised by T'ai-lien kuo-feng ch'u-pan-she , 1979. An excellent index to essays on the classics, histories, and many other topics in the literary collections of Ch'ing scholars.

For bibliographies and recent collections of essays, see:

Ching-hsueh yen-chiu lun-ts'ung (Introductory essays on research in classical studies), Lin Ch'ing-chang , general editor. 3 vols. Taipei: Sheng-huan Books, 1994-95. Ji-pen yen-chiu ching-hsueh lun-chu mu-lu (1900-1992) (1900-1992) (Catalog of Japanese research works on classical studies), Lin Ch'ing-chang , general editor. Published by the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan: 1993. "Yuan-tai ching-hsueh yen-chiu lun-chu mu-lu (1900-1996)" (1900-1996) (Bibliography of works on Yuan dynasty classical studies), compiled by Huang Chih-hsin , in Chung-kuo wenche yen-chiu t'ung-hsun (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) 7, 2 (June 1997): 97-143. Yuan-tai ching-hsueh kuo-chi yen-t'ao-hui lun-wen chi (Collected essays from the international conference on Yuan dynasty classical studies). Published by the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan: forthcoming. Ming-tai ching-hsueh kuo-chi yen-t'ao-hui lun-wen chi (Collected essays from the international conference on Ming dynasty classical studies), edited by Lin Ch'ing-chang and Chiang Ch'iu-hua . Published by the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan: 1996. Ch'ing-tai ching-hsueh kuo-chi yen-t'ao-hui lun-wen chi (Collected essays from the international conference on Ch'ing dynasty classical studies). Published by the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan: 1994. Ch'ien-chia hsueh-shu yen-chiu lun-chu mu-lu (1900-1993) (1900-1993) (Catalog of works on research in the scholarship of the Ch'ien-Chia Period, 1736-1820). , general editor. Published by the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan: 1995.

For bibliographies and recent collections of essays and poetry by women, see:

Li-tai fu-nu chu-tso k'ao (Study of works written by women over the various dynasties), compiled by Hu Wen-k'ai . Revised edition. Shanghai: Ku-chi Press, 1985. "A Guide to Ming Ch'ing Anthologies of Women's Poetry and Their Selection Strategies," by Kang-i Sun Chang, in Gest Library Journal 5, 2 (1992): 11960.

(2) Ts'ung-shu (Collectanea) Titles

Comprehensive index: Chung-kuo ts'ung-shu tsung-lu . 3 vols. Shanghai, 1959-62. See W-24, T&B 67. Vol. 1 lists the nearly 3000 ts'ung-shu here indexed with information on editions and locations (in China). Vol. 2 lists the 70,000 titles included in the ts'ung-shu. Vol. 3 indexes Vol. 2 by title and author (4 corner). Kanseki sosho jozai mokuroku (Catalog of Chinese colletaneia [in Japanese libraries]. Toyogaku bunken senta, 1965. Refers to Chinese collections in the Toyo bunko, Tokyo University Oriental Library, Kyoto University Institute for Humanistic Studies, National Diet Library, Naikaku bunko, Seikado, and the Tenri Library. Ssu-k'u ch'uan-shu Compiled 1773-82. Books recopied into a uniform edition. Read Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing, 121-22, Teng and Biggerstaff 18-20; W14-15. Ssu-k'u ch'uan-shu tsung-mu . Shanghai, 1930 edition is best. T&B 18. Annotated bibliography of the contents of the Ssu-k'u ch'uanshu and of those works considered but not included. Ssu-k'u ch'uan-shu tsung-mu chi wei-shou shu-mu yin-te 1932; Taipei, 1966. Index to titles and authors in the above. Ssu-k'u ch'uan-shu ts'un-mu ts'ung-shu (Collectanea of all works in the annotated bibliography but not included in the Ssu-k'u ch'uan-shu). Chi Hsien-lin et al. 1200 vols. Beijing: Beijing University Press, 1994- . Ssu-pu ts'ung-k'an . Compiled in three series, 1919-37. See W-24. Reproduction of the best original editions. Includes the po-na-pen editions of the standard histories for the best old version of a text. Karl Lo, A Guide to the Ssu Pu Tsung K'an: being an index to authors, titles, and subjects. Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1965. Ts'ung-shu chi-ch'eng Compiled 1935-36. See W-24. Selections from previous ts'ung-shu here reset and printed in a uniform edition.

Catalog to the above: Wang Yun-wu, Ts'ung-shu chi-ch'eng ch'u-pien mu-lu . Shanghai, 1935. The various ts'ung-shu on which this collection draws are here annotated as to contents. The catalog lists the title contents according to modern categories and is thus a help in discovering new material. Hervouet, Yves, ed. A Sung Bibliography. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1978. Chang Shun-hui , Ch'ing-jen wen-chi pieh-lu , Taipei: Ming-wen ch'u-pan-she, 1982. Pei-ching t'u-shu-kuan ts'ang Chung-kuo li-tai shi-k'o t'o-pen hui-pien . Cheng-chou, Ho-nan: Chungkuo shu-chu, 1990. Collection of rubbings from ancient times to the 20th century in the Peking Library. The Ming and Ch'ing volumes (over 40 volumes alone) include civil examination materials from the provincial and metropolitan examinations. Pei-ching t'u-shu-kuan ku-chi chen-pen ts'ung-k'an . Collection of rare editions, especially Ming editions in the Peking Library. Ming-tai chuan-chi ts'ung-shu . Taipei: Ming-wen shu-chu. Collectanea of important Ming materials.

(3) Sinological Indexes (Supplement to Teng & Biggerstaff)

L. McMullen, Concordances and Indexes to Chinese Texts, San Francisco, Chinese Materials Center Inc., 1975. Shih-t'ung so-yin . Compiled by Wang Yun-wu , in Wanyu Wen-ku Series 2. Shanghai, Commercial Press, 1937. 327, 13, 168 pp. Combined Indexes to the: o T'ung-tien , T'ung-chih , Wen-hsien t'ung-k'ao ; o Hsu t'ung-tien , Hsu t'ung-chih , Hsu wen-hsien t'ung-k'ao ; o Huang-ch'ao t'ung-tien , Huang-ch'ao t'ung-chih , Huang-ch'ao wen-hsien t'ung-k'ao , and Huangch'ao hsu wen-hsien t'ung-k'ao . Shih-san ching so-yin ( ). Edited by Yeh Shao-chun Peking: Chuang-hua pshu-chu, 1983 (1st edition in Teng & Biggerstaff). See also under "Electronic Resources". For electronic classical texts in Big 5 Code see:

o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

I-ching : Click Book of Change, which is the same as the Hong Kong Polytechnical University I-ching text. Analects: Click Lun-yu , compiled by Steve Angle. Mencius: Click Meng-tzu , compiled by Steve Angle. Great Learning: Click Ta-hsueh , compiled by Steve Angle. Doctrine of the Mean: Click Chung-yung , compiled by Steve Angle. Hsiao-ching : Click Classic of Filial Piety. Hsun-tzu: Click Hsun-tzu , compiled by Steve Angle. Selected Mohist Doctrine Chapters: Click Mo-tzu , compiled by Steve Angle. Mohist Canons as reconstructed by A.C. Graham: Click Later Mohist Texts , compiled by Steve Angle. Guanzi Nei Ye ( ): Click Kuan-tzu, compiled by Steve Angle. Sun-tzu ping-fa : Click Sun Tzu Military Treatise . Chuang-tzu : Click Chuang Tzu. Tao-te-ching : Click Lao Tzu . Wen-hsin tiao-lung : Click The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons. Fo-ching san-lun (Three Treatises of Buddhist Canon). Chou Tun-i : Click Chou Tun-i , compiled by Steve Angle. Chang Tsai : Click Chang Tsai , compiled by Steve Angle. Chu-tzu yu-lei on Metaphysics : Click Chu Hsi, Parts 1-6 , compiled by Steve Angle. Chu-tzu yu-lei on Learning : Click Chu Hsi, Parts 7-13 , compiled by Steve Angle. Chu-tzu yu-lei on the Great Learning : Click Chu Hsi, Parts 14-18 , compiled by Steve Angle. Ch'uan-hsi lu : Click Wang Yang-ming, Part 1 , compiled by Steve Angle. Ch'uan-hsi lu : Click Wang Yang-ming, Part 2 , compiled by Steve Angle. Ch'uan-hsi lu : Click Wang Yang-ming, Part 3 , compiled by Steve Angle. Meng-tzu tzu-i shu-cheng : Click Tai Chen , compiled by Steve Angle. Page references are to Volume 6 of , ed., (Anhui:1995), and to John Ewell, trans., ReInventing the Way: Dai Zhen's "Evidential Commentary on the Meanings of Terms in Mencius" (Ann Arbor: 1990). Jen-hsueh : Click T'an Ssu-t'ung , compiled by Steve Angle.

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Hsin-min shuo : Click Liang Ch'i-ch'ao , compiled by Steve Angle. Chinese Medical Classics Text Series: Click Nihon Naikyo Igakkai. Prof. Kobayashi Kenji is the supervising editor of the series, which is maintained by Mugitani Kunio, at the Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University. After downloading a file, a utility program that decompresses the LHZ format is required. Includes the: 1. Suwen (209Kb); 2. Lingshu (168 Kb); 3. Nanjing (31 Kb); 4. Shanghan lun (180 Kb), 5. Jingui yaolue (81 Kb); 6. Shennong bencao jing (36 Kb); 7. Bian Que - Canggong liezhuan (from the Shiji) (20 Kb). All texts are encoded in Japanese. The required fonts can be found at a separate website address. With consent of its editor, the whole series is also available Here converted into Chinese traditional characters (Big5) by Fabrizio Pregadio, University of Venice. Chapter One of the Hung Lou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) has been added to the collection of the Chinese Text Initiative at the University of Virginia. This is in both Chinese and English. The Chinese version is an Electronic Variorum edition by Professor David Steelman of Soochow University in Taiwan. This variorum edition includes (embeds) commentaries of several commentators, and also included are Steelman's footnotes. The Chinese Text is in Big5 code. Information provided by C.Ming Lung, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Chinese text and English translations for the 310 poems in the original collection of

8. The Four Parts : for Exercise 5

Ssu-pu ts'ung-k'an: An Index to Titles of Texts. Shanghai: Commercial Press photolithograph edition of , 1920-22, 2100 ts'e . Karl Lo, A Guide to the Ssu Pu Ts'ung K'an. Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1965. On the Ssu-k'u ch'uan-shu tsung-mu (General catalog of the complete books in the four parts of the Imperial Library), see: o P.Y. Yue. Title Index to the Ssu k'u ch'uean shu. Peiping: Standard Press, 1934. o "The Complete Collection in Four Treasuries" electronic library has been published in CD-ROM form by the Chinese University of Hong

Kong. Another CD-ROM version is being produced at the Modern China Language and Literature Institute, Shandong University, Chinese Information Engineering Research, c/o address: Mr.Wang Li, Department of Computer Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, P.R.C. 250100. The size of this electronic library is about 100GB. It strives to keep the original style and features. It not only provides searching by volume, title or author, but it also provides displaying, printing, and the bookbinding in the original manuscript's pattern. The general catalog for "The Complete Collection in Four Treasuries", the Ching section. and Shih section have been finished. The remaining sections are in process. If you are interested, please send an E-Mail to: "wlzyx@public.jn.sd.cn." Ssu-k'u ch'uan-shu ts'un-mu ts'ung-shu (Collectanea of works with an account in the SKCS project catalog but not preserved in the imperial collection). This will add, when completed, 6793 works in 93,551 chuan collected into 1200 vols., which will supplement the entire SKCS collection (3461 works in 70,309 chuan ) now available. Compiled in Peking by Hu Sheng and others. Published by Peking University Press, 1994-97. Hsu-hsiu ssu-k'u ch'uan-shu (Continuation to the SKCS), compiled by Ku T'ing-lung and others. This is another project initiated in China in 1994 by the Shanghai Ku-chi ch'u-pan-she to publish as a collectanea works that appeared during the Ch'ing dynasty after the SKCS was compiled.

(1) Ching-pu : Classics

I - I ching and commentaries. (10 chuan ) Shu - Shu ching and commentaries. (4 chuan) Shih - Shih ching and commentaries. (4 chuan) Li - Chou-li , I-li , and Li-chi and commentaries. (7 chuan) Ch'un-ch'iu - Spring and Autumn Annals and commentaries. (6 chuan) Hsiao ching - Classic of Filial Piety. (1chuan) Wu-ching tsung-i - Collected commentaries on the 5 Classics. (2 chuan) Ssu-shu - Four Books: Lun-yu , Meng-tzu , Ta-hsueh and Chung-yung . (3 chuan) Yueh - Music. (2 chuan)

Hsiao-hsueh - Lesser learning; dictionaries (Erh ya , Shuo-wen chieh-tzu and Kuang-yun ) and interpretive works associated with the classics (Ch'un-ch'iu fan-lu and Chu I-tsun's Ching i-k'ao ). (5 chuan)

(2.) Shih-pu : Histories

Cheng-shih - Standard Dynastic Histories. (2 chuan) Pien-nien - Annals or Chronicles. (2 chuan) Chi-shih pen-mo - Narratives from beginning to end; emphasis on sequence of events often in the form of a general history. (1 chuan) Pieh-shih - Separate histories; treat diverse subjects of different dynasties. (1 chuan) Tsa-shih - Similar in subject to the pieh-shih, but smaller in scope. (4 chuan) Chao-ling tsou-i - Mandates and memorials. (2 chuan ) Chuan-chi - Biographies, including civil examination records. (8 chuan) Shih-ch'ao - Historical excerpts taken from one or a number of historical works. (1 chuan) Tsai-chi - Contemporaneous records; histories of smaller "illegitimate" states. (1 chuan) Shih-ling - Seasonal ordinances dealing with political, economic and religious activities associated with the seasons. (1 chuan) Ti-li - Geography gazetteer; includes historical, national and local geography. In addition to topography and economics also takes up religions, temples, distinguished personalities, literary productions, local gazetteers. (11 chuan) Chih-kuan - Offices; official ranks and titles. (2 chuan) Cheng-shu - Political treatises; ordinances, institutes, governmental machinery. (4 chuan) Mu-lu - Bibliography: published books and epigraphical records. (3 chuan) Shih-p'ing - Historical criticism; deals with great events in history, methods of historical approach or entire historical works. See Liu Chih-chi's Shih t'ung or Chang Hsueh-ch'eng's Wen-shih t'ung-i . (3 chuan)

(3) Tzu-pu : Philosophers

Ju-chia - Confucians. (8 chuan) Ping-chia - Militarists. (2 chuan) Fa-chia - Legalists. (1 chuan) Nung-chia - Agriculturalists. (1 chuan) I-chia - Medicine. (3 chuan) T'ien-wen suan-fa - Astronomy and mathematics. (2 chuan) Shu-shu - Magic and divination. (4 chuan) I-shu - Art. (3 chuan) P'u-lu - Scientific repertories. (2 chuan) Tsa-chia - Miscellaneous writings. (18 chuan) Lei-shu - Encyclopedias. (5 chuan) Hsiao-shuo-chia - Story tellers. (5 chuan) Shih-chia - Buddhists. (1 chuan) Tao-chia - Taoists. (2 chuan)

(4) Chi-pu : Belles-lettres

Ch'u-tz'u - Songs of Ch'u. (1 chuan) Pieh-chi - Individual collections. (57 chuan) Tsung-chi - General collections. (9 chuan) Shih-wen p'ing - Literary criticism. (3 chuan) Tz'u ch'u - Collections of tz'u and ch'u with criticism and rules for writing (Tz'u-p'u) (3 chuan)

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