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

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 scholars...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Nivison, David S., author (author), Schwartz, Adam C., editor (editor)
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Germany De Gruyter 2018
Berlin ; Boston : [2018]
Colección:Library of sinology ; Volume 1.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425881906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1.The He zun Inscription and the Beginning of Zhou
  • 2.Supplement to the "The 'Question' Question"- British Museum Scapula and British Museum Library Deer Horn
  • 3. The King and the Bird: a Possible Genuine Shang Literary Text and Its Echoes in Later Philosophy and Religion
  • 4. The Hampers of Zeng: Some Problems in Archaeoastronomy
  • 5.New Study of Xiaotun Yinxu Wenzi Jiabian 2416
  • 6. Research Notes On Yin Li Chronology per Zheng Xuan
  • 7. A Tell-tale Mistake in the Lü shi Chunqiu: The Earthquake Supposedly in the Eighth Year of Wen Wang of Zhou
  • 8. The Origin of the Chaochen Rule
  • 9. A New Analysis of the Guoyu Astrological Text
  • 10. Qingming Day, 1040 BC
  • 11. Kong Jia of Xia, 1577-1569 BC
  • 12. Shaughnessy's Slip
  • 13. Review of Sun, Xiaochun, and Jacob Kistemaker, The Chinese Sky during the Han: Constellating Stars and Society
  • 14. Zhang Peiyu on the Dayuan Li yi and the "Jinben" Zhushu jinian
  • 15. The 1046 Hypothesis
  • 16. Huang Di to Zhi Bo: A Problem in Historical Epistemology
  • 17. Was Warring States China Ahead of Greece in Science?
  • 18. Notes on Royal Ontario Museum, White Collection, #1908
  • 19. 90th Birthday Address
  • 20.Two yuan and Four quarters
  • 21. The "31 Years" Problem
  • 22. The Nivison-Shaughnessy Debate on the Bamboo Annals (Zhushu jinian)
  • 23.Important Discoveries and Bad Mistakes
  • Postface 1
  • Postface 2
  • Index