Early China/Ancient Greece
(February 2002)
Thinking through Comparisons Steven Shankman - Editor Stephen W. Durrant - Editor
The first edited volume in Sino-Hellenic studies, this book compares early Chinese and ancient Greek thought and culture.
This pioneering book compares Chinese and Western thought to offer a bracing and unpredictable cross-cultural conversation. The work contributes to the emerging field of Sino-Hellenic studies, which links two great and influential cultures that, in fact, had virtually no contact during the ancient per...(Read More)
The Cloudy Mirror
(October 1995)
Tension and Conflict in the Writings of Sima Qian Stephen W. Durrant - Author
Sima Qian's writings have influenced the Chinese for over 2,000 years and still serve as a fiscal source of historical information about China.
Sima Qian's vast Records of the Historian is the first comprehensive history of China and has exerted an immense influence both upon our understanding of the Chinese past and also upon the style and structure of subsequent Chinese historiography. In addition to his contribution as a histor...(Read More)