CHINESE 500

文體與研究方法

I. Reading, Translating, and Deciphering the Language

A. Lexicography

1. Early Dictionaries html version pdf version

2. Common phrases used in dictionaries html version pdf version

3. Peiwen yunfu key

4.Internet resources

a. Access to Mojikyo fonts

This font set for both Windows and Macintosh machines contains font set of 110,000 Chinese characters, including those used in Morohashi Dai Kan Wa jiten. Other sets they include in their free distribution are for oracle bone script, Sanskrit, Japanese kana, and minority scripts.

b. 國語辭典 on line

c. Prof. Marjorie Chan's links to Chinese language and linguistics

An extremely important and comprehensive site about Chinese language, linguistics, dialectology, study abroad, romanization, and a hundred other topics. One of the best sites. Always current and usable.

d. www.zhongwen.com

Zhongwen.com contains the complete text of Amazon's bestselling Chinese-English dictionary, : Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary, which uses the new (zipu) system of character trees. Distributed exclusively by Far Eastern Publications at Yale and available from Amazon.com. It also has a dictionary web

B. Reading Assignment

Endymion Wilkinson, Chinese History, A Manual, pp. 3-99

C. Preparation for class

Reading dictionaries (the html version loses original formatting; for class download the pdf versio) html version pdf.version

II. PEOPLE

A. Biography

1. Major biographical references up to the Song html version pdf version

2. Guides to Translation of Official Titles html version pdf version

3. Internet Resources

a. Academia Sinica database for 25 histories

b. Early China (and Journal)

c. Tang Studies Society (US)

d. Tang Studies at guoxue.com

e. Internet Resources for Song and Conquest Dynasties (and Journal)

f. Song Research Tools Site

g. Ming studies (Journal)

h. Society for Ming Studies

i. Ming and Qing Studies at Academia Sinica

4. Reading Assignment: Part I

• Wilkinson. Chinese History, pp. 94-130.
• Stephen Durant, The Cloudy Mirror: Tension and Conflict in the Writings of Sima Qian. Albany: SUNY Press, 1995.
• Li Wai-yee, "The Idea of Authority in the Shih-chi," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 54.2(1994): 345-407. (Please download through JSTOR)
• Joseph Allen,"An Introductory Study of the Narrative Structure in the Shiji," Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, and Reviews (CLEAR) 3.1(1981): 31-66 (Please download through JSTOR)

5. Reading Assignment: Part II

6. Readings to prepare for class: I

• Biography of Bo Yi html version pdf version
• link to guides to plant and botanical names

7. Readings to prepare for class: II

• Biography of Feng Dao from the New Tang History
• Feng Dao's Autobiography
• Remember to check translations of official titles for class

8. Assignment for Week 2

III. Places

A. Geography

1. Standard sources for solving general problems.

2. Internet Resources

• Electronic Resources:

  Thomas Hahn's website on Historical Geography

  This is one of the most substantial sites on the web. Includes the following:

  • General Works
  • Bibliographies
  • Concordances
  • Indices
  • Catalogues
  • Dictionaries
  • Cartography
  • Maps
  • Atlases
  • Toponymical Dictionaries
  • Gazetteers
  • Special Gazetteers
  • Dictionaries of Scenic Sites
  • Translations
  • Biographical overviews
• Other Links
  • Database of Antique Maps of China (Hong Kong)
  • Historical Geography Research Group (Ireland)
  • Historical Geography Speciality Group (USA)
  • China Historical GIS (USA)
  • Map History / History of Cartography (Subject gateway) (UK)

3. Reading Assignment Part 1

• Wilkinson, pp. 131-69; 721-47.

 

IV. Dates, Time and Natural Phenomena

V. Books