Hawai'i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture / / ed. by Victor H. Mair, Paul R. Goldin, Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Eugene N.,; Bartlett, Thomas,; Berkowitz, Alan,; Boucher, Daniel,; Bush, Susan,; Cai, Zong-Qi,; Carlitz, Katherine,; Clark, Hugh,; Drompp, Michael R.,; Foster, Robert,; Furth, Charlotte,; Goldin, Paul R.,; Graff, David A.,; Hagman, Jan L.,; Hay, John,; Hendrischke, Barbara,; Hostetler, Laura,; Huss, Ann L.,; Jensen, Lionel M.,; Knapp, Keith,; Knechtges, David R.,; Kornman, Robin,; Liu, Xinru,; Lowry, Kathryn,; Lu, Tina,; Mair, Denis,; Mair, Victor H.,; Mann, Susan L.,; Mark, Lindy Li,; Mather, Richard,; Mattos, Gilbert I.,; Mazumdar, Sucheta,; Pankenier, David,; Schlepp, Wayne,; Seaman, Gary,; Sen, Narayan Chandra,; Sen, Tansen,; Shahar, Meir,; Sheng, Angela,; Shih, Hsio-Yen,; Skar, Lowell,; Struve, Lynn,; Sutton, Donald S.,; Taylor, Romeyn,; Teng, Emma,; Tian, Xiaofei,; Wang, Teresa,; West, Stephen H.,; Wu, Pei-Yi,; Xiong, Victor Cunrui,
• HerausgeberIn: Goldin, Paul R.,; Mair, Victor H.,; Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (756 p.) :; 130 illus., 117 color, 11 maps

The Hawai'i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture is a collection of more than ninety primary sources-all but a few of which were translated specifically for this volume-of cultural significance from the Bronze Age to the turn of the twentieth century. They take into account virtually every aspect of traditional culture, including sources from the non-Sinitic ethnic minorities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Historical chronology -- Preface -- Terms and Abbreviations -- A Note on the Transcription and Translation of the Titles of Chinese Texts -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction:A Constantly Shifting Mosaic of Peoples and Cultures -- 1.Shang Dynasty Oracle-Bone Inscriptions -- 2. Shang and Zhou Ritual Bronze Inscriptions -- 3. Astronomy in Early Chinese Sources -- 4. Milfoil-Divination -- 5. Heaven's Mandate -- 6.The Odes -- 7.Confucius and the Birth of Chinese Philosophy -- 8.The Challenge of Mo Zi -- 9.Mencius's Defense of Confucianism -- 10. The Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, and Five Forms of Conduct -- 11. The World of the Zuozhuan -- 12. The Tradition of the Daode jing -- 13. Zhuang Zi -- 14. The Paradoxes of Hui Shi and Others -- 15. The Lyrics of Chu and the Aesthetic of Shamanism -- 16. Filial Piety -- 17. The Methods of War of Sun Wu and Sun Bin -- 18. Xun Zi and the Confucian Way -- 19. Early Discussions of Music and Literature -- 20. Vestments of Mourning -- 21. Han Fei Zi and His Antecedents -- 22. Anecdotes from the Warring States -- 23. The Laws of Qin before the Empire -- 24. The Rise and Fall of the Qin Empire -- 25. Huang-Lao -- 26. The Five Phases -- 27. The Xiongnu, Raiders from the Steppe -- 28. Sima Qian, "Account of the Legendary Physician Bian Que" -- 29. Sima Qian, "Letter to Ren An" -- 30. The Rationalism of Wang Chong -- 31. Admonitions for Women -- 32. Zhang Heng, "Western Metropolis Rhapsody" -- 33. Scripture on Great Peace (Taiping jing ) -- 34. Cao Pi, "A Discourse on Literature" -- 35. Legends of Confucius -- 36. Medicines from The Divine Husbandman's Canon of Materia Medica -- 37. Huangfu Mi, Preface to and Biographies from Accounts of High-minded Men -- 38. The Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove -- 39. Lu Bao, "On the Money God" -- 40. Xie Lingyun, Preface to Record of Excursions to Famous Mountains -- 41. Fan Ye, Preface to "Accounts of Disengaged Persons" -- 42. Buddhism and Language in Early-Medieval China -- 43. Buddhism and Indigenous Chinese Culture -- 44. Early-Medieval Stories of Filial Piety -- 45. The Elevation of Belles Lettres -- 46. Legends of The Original Vow of the Bodhisattva of the Earth Sanctuary -- 47. Selections from the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch -- 48. Sima Guang, "The Battle of Mang Mountain" -- 49. "The Tale of Master Yuan of Mount Lu" -- 50. Tang Poems as Vehicles for Ideas -- 51. Dou Yi, a Mid-Tang Businessman -- 52. Han Yu, "A Memorial on the Relic of the Buddha" -- 53. Han Yu, "The Original Way" -- 54. The First Recorded Cinderella Story -- 55. Late-Tang Foreign Relations: The Uyghur Crisis -- 56. Political and Economic Problems concerning Buddhism -- 57. Guo Xi (attrib.), "Advice on Landscape" -- 58. Su Shi, "Parable of the Sun" -- 59. Zhu Qiqian, "A Song-Dynasty Silk-tapestry Bag with Strap" -- 60. Fang Lüe, "Inscription for the Temple of Auspicious Response" -- 61. The Discovery of Crystallized Sugar -- 62. Recollections of the Northern Song Capital -- 63. Zhang Jiucheng's Explanation of Zhang Zai's "Western Inscription" -- 64. Zhu Xi, Introduction to the Redacted Centrality and Commonality -- 65. Dragons, Tigers, and Elixirs: Alchemy in Medieval China -- 66. The Autobiographical Sermon of Zuqin -- 67. Vernacular Paraphrases of the Classics for the Mongol Rulers -- 68. Yuan-period Medical Cases -- 69. Ni Zan, Cloud Forest Hall Collection of Rules for Drinking and Eating -- 70. Tang Shi, "Lament for a Song Girl," Four Stanzas -- 71. Wang Yangming, "Inquiry on the Great Learning " -- 72. In Praise of Martyrs: Widow-Suicide in Late-Imperial China -- 73. Lu Xixing (attrib.), Romance of the Investiture of the Gods -- 74. Imperial Preface to the Revised Edition of the Collected Statutes of the Ming -- 75. Schools and Civil Service in the Ming Dynasty -- 76. Accounts of Bengal in Extensive Records on Four Foreign Lands -- 77. Chen Zongyou, Exposition of the Original Shaolin Staff Method -- 78. Li Yu, "A Handful of Snow" -- 79. Shen Cheng, "A Requiem for My Daughter Zhen" -- 80. Zhang Maozi, A Record of Life beyond My Due -- 81. Feng Menglong, Preface to the Mountain Songs -- 82. Fang Yizhi, Introduction to Notes on the Principle of Things -- 83. Gu Yanwu, Preface to Five Treatises on Phonology -- 84. Yu Yonghe, Small Sea Travelogue (Excerpts) -- 85. Miao Albums -- 86. Yuan Mei, Champion of Individual Taste -- 87. Gesar of Ling -- 88. To Hell and Back: A Nineteenth-century Fable -- 89. Biographies of Exemplary Women -- 90. Kang Youwei, "An Investigation into the Reforms of Confucius" -- 91. Lu Xun, An Outsider's Chats about Written Language -- 92. Xu Bing, "The Living Word" -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Photographic Credits -- Index