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Astrology and Cosmology in Early China

By: David W. Pankenier

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Astrology and Cosmology in Early China

By: David W. Pankenier

Drawing on a vast array of scholarship, this pioneering text illustrates how profoundly astronomical phenomena shaped ancient Chinese civilization.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107006724

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Astrology and Cosmology in Early China

By: David W. Pankenier

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Drawing on a vast array of scholarship, this pioneering text illustrates how profoundly astronomical phenomena shaped ancient Chinese civilization.

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The Nivison Annals

Selected Works of David S. Nivison on Early Chinese Chronology, Astronomy, and Historiography

By: David S. Nivison

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The Nivison Annals

Selected Works of David S. Nivison on Early Chinese Chronology, Astronomy, and Historiography

By: David S. Nivison

In his last essay just weeks before his death at the age of 91, David S. Nivison says, "Breaking into a formal system - such as a chronology - must be like breaking into a code. If you are successful, success will show right off." Since the late 1970's Nivison has focused his scholarship on breaking the code of Three Dynasties (Xia, Shang, Zhou) chronology by establishing an innovative methodology based on mourning periods, astronomical phenomenon, and numerical manipulations derived from them. Nivison is most readily known in the field for revising (and then revising again) the date of the Zhou conquest of Shang, and for his theory that Western Zhou kings employed two calendars (His so-called "Two yuan" theory), the second being set in effect upon the death of the new king's predecessor and counted from the completion of post-mourning rites for him (i.e., a "second 'first' year"). Nivison's enabling discovery that the Bamboo Annals (BA) had a historical basis was initially designed to make Wang Guowei's analysis of lunar phase terms (the so-called "Four quarter" theory that separated each month into four quarters) work for Western Zhou bronze inscriptions. In order to do so he had to assume that some inscriptions used a second yuan counted from completion of mourning. The king's death was the most important event late in a reign, so this implied that a king's reign-of-record was normally counted from the second yuan, omitting initial mourning years. It follows that when the unexpressed mourning years are forgotten (or edited out) but the dates of the beginning and end of the dynasty are still known, the remaining reigns-of-record cluster toward the beginning and end, and a reign in the middle is enlarged. Problems, ideas, and solutions like the one described above are found throughout this new collection of important works on chronology, astronomy, and historiography.

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286

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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1501505351

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9781501505355

The Vulnerability of Integrity in Early Confucian Thought

By: Michael David Kaulana Ing

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The Vulnerability of Integrity in Early Confucian Thought

By: Michael David Kaulana Ing

This book is about the necessity, and even value, of vulnerability in human experience. In it, Michael Ing brings early Chinese texts into dialogue with questions about the ways in which meaningful things are vulnerable to powers beyond our control; and more specifically, how relationships with meaningful others might compel tragic actions.

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Oxford University Press

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0190679115

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9780190679118

These Bones Shall Rise Again

Selected Writings on Early China

By: David N. Keightley

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These Bones Shall Rise Again

Selected Writings on Early China

By: David N. Keightley

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, traditionally dated 1766–1122 or 1056 BCE. Of all the eras of Chinese history, the Shang has been a particularly elusive one, long considered more myth than reality. A historian with a keen appreciation for anthropology and archaeology, Keightley has given us many descriptions of Shang life. Best known for his analysis of oracle bones, he has looked beyond the bones themselves and expanded his historical vision to ponder the lives of those who used them. What did the Shang diviner think he was doing? The temerity to ask such questions and the insights they have provided have been provocative and, at times, controversial. Equally intriguing have been Keightley's assertions that many of the distinctive features of Chinese civilization were already in evidence during the Shang, 3000 years ago. In this collection, readers will find not only an essential reference but also the best kind of thought-provoking scholarship.

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State University of New York Press

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1438447485

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9781438447483

Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan and Korea

By: David William Pankenier

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Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan and Korea

By: David William Pankenier

Until now, important research on the historical records of comets and meteor showers from China, Japan, and Korea has remained the exclusive preserve of those with expertise in the relevant languages. With a compilation like the present volume the authors hope to ameliorate that situation. Applying the same rigorous selection criteria and style of presentation as in the previous catalogue, assembled and translated here are some 1,500 additional observations of comets and meteor showers from China, Japan, and Korea spanning nearly three millennia. With the publication of this volume, most of the important historical records of East Asian astronomical observations are now accessible in English. The introductions and appendices provide all the required information on specialized terminology, recording conventions, and nomenclature the reader will need to make use of the records. In addition to being an invaluable resource for professional astronomers, East Asian astronomical records have materially aided the research of scholars in fields as diverse as mythology, medieval iconography, ancient chronology, and the oral history of pre-literate societies. The book should be of great interest to cultural astronomers, as well as to those engaged in historical and comparative research.

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1624991750

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Book's by David William Pankenier

Astrology and Cosmology in Early China

Astrology and Cosmology in Early China

Astrology and Cosmology in Early China

Astrology and Cosmology in Early China

The Nivison Annals

The Nivison Annals

The Vulnerability of Integrity in Early Confucian Thought

The Vulnerability of Integrity in Early Confucian Thought

These Bones Shall Rise Again

These Bones Shall Rise Again

Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan and Korea

Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan and Korea

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