Essays on Chinese Civilization
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 2015
474 pages
978-1-4008-5332-8 (ISBN)
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This collection of twenty-one articles represents some of the major writings by one of the United States' leading Sinologists, Derk Bodde.
Originally published in 1982.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Originally published in 1982.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Content
FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Preface, pg. vii
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties, pg. xi
Foreword, pg. xiii
Introduction: The Essays Reassessed, pg. 1
1. Introduction to the History of China, pg. 39
2. The Chinese Language as a Factor in Chinese Cultural Continuity (1942), pg. 43
3. Myths of Ancient China (1961), pg. 45
4. Feudalism in China (1956), pg. 85
5. Dominant Ideas in the Formation of Chinese Culture (1942), pg. 132
6. Types of Chinese Categorical Thinking (1939), pg. 141
7. Authority and Law in Ancient China (1954), pg. 161
8. Basic Concepts of Chinese Law: the Genesis and Evolution of Legal Thought in Traditional China (1963), pg. 171
9. Prison Life in Eighteenth Century Peking (1969), pg. 195
10. Henry A. Wallace and the Ever-normal Granary (1946), pg. 218
11. Harmony and Conflict in Chinese Philosophy (1953), pg. 237
12. Chinese "Laws of Nature": a Reconsideration (1979), pg. 299
13. The Chinese View of Immortality: Its Expression by Chu Hsi and Its Relationship to Buddhist Thought (1942), pg. 316
14. Some Chinese Tales of the Supernatural: Kan Pao and His Sou-shen chi (1942), pg. 331
15. The Chinese Cosmic Magic Known as Watching for the Ethers(1959), pg. 351
16. Sexual Sympathetic Magic in Han China (1964), pg. 373
17. A Perplexing Passage in the Confucian Analects (1933), pg. 383
18. Two New Translations of Lao Tzu (1954), pg. 388
19. On Translating Chinese Philosophic Terms (1955), pg. 395
20. Lieh-tzu and the Doves: a Problem of Dating (1959), pg. 409
21. Marshes in Mencius and Elsewhere: a Lexicographical Note (1978), pg. 416
Bibliography of Derk Bodde, pg. 427
Index, pg. 439
Contents, pg. v
Preface, pg. vii
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties, pg. xi
Foreword, pg. xiii
Introduction: The Essays Reassessed, pg. 1
1. Introduction to the History of China, pg. 39
2. The Chinese Language as a Factor in Chinese Cultural Continuity (1942), pg. 43
3. Myths of Ancient China (1961), pg. 45
4. Feudalism in China (1956), pg. 85
5. Dominant Ideas in the Formation of Chinese Culture (1942), pg. 132
6. Types of Chinese Categorical Thinking (1939), pg. 141
7. Authority and Law in Ancient China (1954), pg. 161
8. Basic Concepts of Chinese Law: the Genesis and Evolution of Legal Thought in Traditional China (1963), pg. 171
9. Prison Life in Eighteenth Century Peking (1969), pg. 195
10. Henry A. Wallace and the Ever-normal Granary (1946), pg. 218
11. Harmony and Conflict in Chinese Philosophy (1953), pg. 237
12. Chinese "Laws of Nature": a Reconsideration (1979), pg. 299
13. The Chinese View of Immortality: Its Expression by Chu Hsi and Its Relationship to Buddhist Thought (1942), pg. 316
14. Some Chinese Tales of the Supernatural: Kan Pao and His Sou-shen chi (1942), pg. 331
15. The Chinese Cosmic Magic Known as Watching for the Ethers(1959), pg. 351
16. Sexual Sympathetic Magic in Han China (1964), pg. 373
17. A Perplexing Passage in the Confucian Analects (1933), pg. 383
18. Two New Translations of Lao Tzu (1954), pg. 388
19. On Translating Chinese Philosophic Terms (1955), pg. 395
20. Lieh-tzu and the Doves: a Problem of Dating (1959), pg. 409
21. Marshes in Mencius and Elsewhere: a Lexicographical Note (1978), pg. 416
Bibliography of Derk Bodde, pg. 427
Index, pg. 439
