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Beyond Oneness and Difference
(November 2013)
Li and Coherence in Chinese Buddhist Thought and Its Antecedents
Brook Ziporyn - Author
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Continues the author’s inquiry into the development of the Chinese philosophical concept Li, concluding in Song and Ming dynasty Neo-Confucianism.
Beyond Oneness and Difference considers the development of one of the key concepts of Chinese intellectual history, Li. A grasp of the strange history of this term and its seemingly conflicting implications—as oneness and differentiation, as the kno...(Read More) |
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These Bones Shall Rise Again
(August 2013)
Selected Writings on Early China
David N. Keightley - Author
Henry Rosemont Jr. - Edited and with an introduction by
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David N. Keightley’s seminal essays on the origins of Chinese society are brought together in one volume.
These Bones Shall Rise Again brings together in one volume many of David N. Keightley’s seminal essays on the origins of early Chinese civilization. Written over a period of three decades and accessible to the non-specialist, these essays provide a wealth of information and insights on the Shang dynasty, ...(Read More) |
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Lost in Transition
(June 2013)
Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China
Yiu-Wai Chu - Author
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Looks at the fate of Hong Kong’s unique culture since its reversion to China.
In this timely and insightful book, Yiu-Wai Chu takes stock of Hong Kong’s culture since its transition to a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China in 1997. Hong Kong had long functioned as the capitalist and democratic stepping stone to China for much of the world. Its highly original popular culture was w...(Read More) |
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The Way of Complete Perfection
(June 2013)
A Quanzhen Daoist Anthology
Louis Komjathy - Selected, translated, and with an introduction by
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An anthology of English translations of primary texts of the Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) school of Daoism.
Originating about 1163 CE, Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism is one of the most important Daoist movements in Chinese history. It remains the dominant form of monastic Daoism in the modern world, especially in its Longmen (Dragon Gate) lineage. This landmark anthology provides complete or partial translations of twen...(Read More) |
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Dubious Facts
(December 2012)
The Evidence of Early Chinese Historiography
Garret P. S. Olberding - Author
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An innovative approach to historical records assesses how evidence claims and policy arguments were put forth in the royal courts of early China.
What were the intentions of early China’s historians? Modern readers must contend with the tension between the narrators’ moralizing commentary and their description of events. Although these historians had notions of evidence, it is not clear to what extent they valued ...(Read More) |
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Red Genesis
(December 2012)
The Hunan First Normal School and the Creation of Chinese Communism, 1903-1921
Liyan Liu - Author
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Looks at the role of the Hunan First Normal School in fostering a generation of founders and key figures in the Chinese Communist Party.
How did an obscure provincial teachers college produce graduates who would go on to become founders and ideologues of the Chinese Communist Party? Mao Zedong, Cai Hesen, Xiao Zisheng, and others attended the Hunan First Normal School. Focusing on their alma mater, this work explores the c...(Read More) |
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Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China
(September 2012)
Erica Fox Brindley - Author
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Explores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China.
In early China, conceptions of music became important culturally and politically. This fascinating book examines a wide range of texts and discourse on music during this period (ca. 500–100 BCE) in light of the rise of religious, protoscientific beliefs on the intrinsic harmony of the cosmos. By tracking how music began to take o...(Read More) |
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The Shaman and the Heresiarch
(September 2012)
A New Interpretation of the Li sao
Gopal Sukhu - Author
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The first book-length study in English of the Chinese classic, the Li sao (Encountering Sorrow). Includes translations of the Li sao and the Nine Songs.
The Li sao (also known as Encountering Sorrow), attributed to the poet-statesman Qu Yuan (4th–3rd century BCE), is one of the cornerstones of the Chinese poetic tradition. It has long been studied as China’s f...(Read More) |
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Xu Bing and Contemporary Chinese Art
(September 2011)
Cultural and Philosophical Reflections
Hsingyuan Tsao - Editor
Roger T. Ames - Editor
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Explores how Xu Bing and other contemporary Chinese artists use Western ideas within a Chinese cultural discourse.
How Chinese is contemporary Chinese art? Treasured by collectors, critics, and art world cognoscenti, this art developed within an avant-garde that looked West to find a language to strike out against government control. Traditionally, Chinese artistic expression has been related to the structure and function of the Chin...(Read More) |
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