Educational Resources
for Chinese Studies
Articles include "China" and "Chinese Philosophy."
CIA World Factbook on China. Just the facts, ma'am. Oh, and a little map, too.
Concise Political History of China. Compiled by Prof. Paul Halsall from Compton's Living Encyclopedia on America Online (August 1995).
U.S. Embassy, Beijing, Environment, Science and Technology Section. Contains a number of useful, current documents on hot topics such as environmental issues and AIDS.
Dynastic Chronology. With links to a brief history of China.
Oracle Inscriptions. Short discussion on the oracle inscriptions of early antiquity and how they were discovered at the end of the nineteenth century. From The China Experience website.
"Shi jing" (Book of Songs) An Introduction, by Mark Laurent Asselin.
Shu jing (Book of Documents), Selections. Translations by Bernhard Karlgren, with minor modifications.
"Laozi Dao de jing." Permits comparison of several translations with one another and with the original text. Provided by Daoism Depot.
"Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)." Work in progress by Chad Hansen, University of Hong Kong. About 14 1/2 printed pages in length.
Professor Richard Hooker's (Washington State University) Readings on Chinese Classics and Philosophical Thought (A Selection)
"Confusious" [sic],"Talk of the Nation," with Ray Suarez, and Guests Tu Weiming and Lionel M. Jensen, April 14, 1999. Go to "Hour Two" and click. This is a sound file about 47 min. long.
"Confucius and the Scholars," by Charlotte Allen, The Atlantic Monthly, April 1999. Note that this article is two pages long and requires clicking on the bottom of the first page to continue.
"The Quest of the Goddess," by David Hawkes (excerpt on "The Princess of the Hsiang").
"Guanju" and the Theme of Sexual Restraint in the Han Fu Tradition by Mark Laurent Asselin.
"The Ballad of Mulan." Go to "Full" English translation (by Hans Frankel). Provided by China the Beautiful.
On Chan (Zen) Buddhism, an excerpt from A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy (with link to purchase), translated and compiled by Wing-Tsit Chan.
"The Worldliness of Buddhism" by Donald K. Swearer, The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 1997. A historical overview of Buddhism.
"Buddhism Comes to Main Street," by Jan Nattier, The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 1997. Buddhism in the United States.
Excerpts from Translating Chinese Literature (with link to purchase). American scholars of Chinese literature discuss the translation of Chinese literature.
Unrestricted Warfare. Part 1. Part 2. Zip Complete. English translation of a book by PLA senior colonels Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui describing tactics China and developing countries could employ in high-tech war with the U.S.
AP photo above shows recent discovery in China of a 9,000-YEAR OLD FLUTE (among other instruments) carved of crane wing bone. Listen to the flute being played by Xu Taoying.
