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PAST FEATURED/NEW ITEMS
 Although published in 1988, the Checklist
of Missionary Collection is still an extremely
useful guide to materials found in the Special Collections
Department of the University of Oregon Library.
Difficult to find copies of this small pamphlet.
Although updated, this checklist does not have the
complete missionary holdings, which have expanded
since 1988.
Journal
of Edith Margaret Wherry. Never before available
outside of the University of Oregon Library Special
Collections, this brief diary by a 15 year-old girl
documents her experiences in the year 1891. Although
some of the information merely provides color to
an important period in Chinese history, Edith had
encounters with notables in China's foreign community
(particularly Sir Robert Hart). For this reason
alone, the manuscript is worth the read.
 Although not really a production of the e-Asia Digital Library,
this online magazine directed toward grades
K-12 is closely affiliated with the Digital Library
project. Notable for its use of Flash. e-Asia, the
magazine, is funded by the Comittee on Councils,
Association for Asian Studies and is a joint project
of the University of Oregon and Pacific University.
 An extremely important,albeit, difficult classical Chinese
work. The Chunqiu
zuozhuan edition produced by e-Asia requires
that your machine have a unicode font installed.
The best available, Arial
Unicode MS, can be gotten free from Microsoft.
e-Asia uses unicode for virtually all of its Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, and mixed language texts. For
more information see the Unicode FAQ.
This work is in simplified Chinese.
 This
is a book of quips -- not jokes, hence this translated
collection, Quips
from a Chinese Jest Book (Shanghai: Kelly
and Walsh, 1925), by Herbert A. Giles is
amusing rather than hilarious. Useful for an examination
of Chinese humor and cross-cultural implications.
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 This is the first book converted by the e-Asia project. Wu
Tingfang's views, America
Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat,
may seem a little peculiar to Americans; on the
other hand, American views of China around the turn
of the 20th century could often be fantastic.
 This compilation by Martin Schmitt,
Catalog
of Manuscripts in the University of Oregon Library
(Eugene: University of Oregon, 1971) is
difficult to find in its print edition. This catalog
includes many items of interest to students of East
Asia, and it remains valuable despite the fact that
it is now thirty years out-of-date..
 The reknowned philosopher educator, John Dewey
and his wife, paid visits to Japan and China in
early 1919. These are their
letters (most interesting from the standpoint
that they were written by Dewey)
 The Nuerjing
(The Classic for Girls), as translated by
Isaac Taylor Headland, is a rather interesting
example of an "aid to living" for teenage and younger
girls. While much of the advice seems reasonable
enough, the guide has obvious ideological underpinnings.
Short but useful.
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Although published in 1988, the Checklist
of Missionary Collection is still an extremely
useful guide to materials found in the Special Collections
Department of the University of Oregon Library.
Difficult to find copies of this small pamphlet.
Although updated, this checklist does not have the
complete missionary holdings, which have expanded
since 1988.
Journal
of Edith Margaret Wherry. Never before available
outside of the University of Oregon Library Special
Collections, this brief diary by a 15 year-old girl
documents her experiences in the year 1891. Although
some of the information merely provides color to
an important period in Chinese history, Edith had
encounters with notables in China's foreign community
(particularly Sir Robert Hart). For this reason
alone, the manuscript is worth the read.
Although not really a production of the e-Asia Digital Library,
this online magazine directed toward grades
K-12 is closely affiliated with the Digital Library
project. Notable for its use of Flash. e-Asia, the
magazine, is funded by the Comittee on Councils,
Association for Asian Studies and is a joint project
of the University of Oregon and Pacific University.
An extremely important,albeit, difficult classical Chinese
work. The Chunqiu
zuozhuan edition produced by e-Asia requires
that your machine have a unicode font installed.
The best available, Arial
Unicode MS, can be gotten free from Microsoft.
e-Asia uses unicode for virtually all of its Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, and mixed language texts. For
more information see the Unicode FAQ.
This work is in simplified Chinese.
This
is a book of quips -- not jokes, hence this translated
collection, Quips
from a Chinese Jest Book (Shanghai: Kelly
and Walsh, 1925), by Herbert A. Giles is
amusing rather than hilarious. Useful for an examination
of Chinese humor and cross-cultural implications. |
This is the first book converted by the e-Asia project. Wu
Tingfang's views, America
Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat,
may seem a little peculiar to Americans; on the
other hand, American views of China around the turn
of the 20th century could often be fantastic.
This compilation by Martin Schmitt,
Catalog
of Manuscripts in the University of Oregon Library
(Eugene: University of Oregon, 1971) is
difficult to find in its print edition. This catalog
includes many items of interest to students of East
Asia, and it remains valuable despite the fact that
it is now thirty years out-of-date..
The reknowned philosopher educator, John Dewey
and his wife, paid visits to Japan and China in
early 1919. These are their
letters (most interesting from the standpoint
that they were written by Dewey)
The Nuerjing
(The Classic for Girls), as translated by
Isaac Taylor Headland, is a rather interesting
example of an "aid to living" for teenage and younger
girls. While much of the advice seems reasonable
enough, the guide has obvious ideological underpinnings.
Short but useful. |
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 Isaac Taylor Headland,
who did many useful translations in the early 20th
century, provides readers with yet another glimpse
into Chinese society of the time. Rules
of Behaviour for Children, is an intimate
excursion into Home Life in China (from which
this translation was taken). Headland's work is
superb for its examination of ordinary lives.
 This Marxist classic, Socialism:
Utopian and Scientific, by Frederick
Engels, is the 1975 Peking edition. Extremely
useful for understanding the underpinnings of China's
official socialist ideology.
 Today's polemics are tomorrow's
historical documents. This important document, "On
the Question of Stalin", by the Communist
Party of China, is highly critical of the USSR
-- an indication of the seriousness of the rift
between the world's two largest and most important
Communist parties.
 This is an extremely interesting book written by two Chinese
Army officers: Unrestricted
Warfare . (Beijing: PLA Literature
and Arts Publishing House, 1999). Qiao Liang and
Wang Xiangsui
provide a Chinese understanding of such concepts
as information war as well as a detailed and very
astute analysis of US military strategy and tactics.
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 Leninism provided the
organizational structure for both the CCP and the
Guomindang. This critical work by Lenin, One
Step Forward, One Step Back, is relevant
to the study of Chinese political organization.
 This artifact from the
the Cultural Revolution period, Confucius:
"Sage" of the Reactionary Classes by Yang
Jung-kuo is useful for not only its value as
a period piece but also for its intended purpose:
a critical analysis of Confucianism.
The
Boxer Rebellion is a synthetic book composed
of US Navy and US Marine documents that pertain
to 1900 Boxer uprising in China. Useful for the
fact that this is a collection of primary source
documents.
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 This concise listing of dynastic reign names, A
List of Chinese Reign Names (Nianhao suoyinbiao),
is quite useful as a ready reference tool. Not detailed
but sufficent for general purposes. In Chinese.
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 Calling
the Sino-Soviet Split recounts an instance
in which the CIA was ahead of both politicans and
the public. This article by Harold P. Ford
appeared in Studies in Intelligence, a CIA
publication.
 China's Taiping
rebellion was one of mankind's deadliest civil wars.
This 1898 recollection
Personal
Recollections of the T'ai-p'ing Rebellion, by Arthur Evans Moule, who personally visited
the Taiping areas, is a brief but useful resource
for understanding a remarkable event.
 This is a rather interesting version of the
Daodejing
by virtue of its highly electic
rendition. Composed by Peter A. Merel
under the GNL license it is definitely worth examining
and comparing with other Daodejing translations
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This
classic by Lao She, Luotuo
xiangzi, (frequently translated as "Rickshaw
Boy") is now available on E-Asia. In
simplified Chinese and best viewed with a unicode
font on your readingdevice.
 Despite decidedly wacky views on the "Yellow Peril" and
Orientalism, Sax Rohmer's mysteries remain
a bit of a cult phenomenon.The
Golden Scorpion carries forward the Rohmer
tradition.
 The
Wallet of Kai Lung, by Ernest Bramah
is one of a series of books by Bramah, who -- like
Sax Rohmer --- is a bit of a cult writer. Useful
for entertainment purposes.
 Shan
Hai Jing (The Book of Mountains
and Seas) is an ancient classic of "geography."
The descriptions and illustrations of the strange
beings beyond China's borders (late Warring States/early
Han) are quite fascinating .... and fantastic.
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 Primarily a historical account of the considerable
role of eunuchs in Chinese history, this account,
Chinese
Eunuchs, by G. Carter Stent,
also provides a cross-culture view. Contains Chinese
characters; hence it uses unicode.
 Jinpingmei
[vol. 1] , [vol.
2], [vol.
3], [vol.
4] ----- (the author
is anonymous) is a timeless classic and the best
known Chinese erotic novel.The e-Asia edition consists
of 4 volumes; volume 4 is incomplete, and volume
5 will be added as soon as time permits.
 Isaac Taylor Headland was a prolific writer on China. Home
Life in China is one
of his best. Headland describes the everday life
he encountered; it is a valuable book, for Headland
was an astute and sympathetic observer.
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 The
Communist International and the Chinese Communist
Party, by Zhou Enlai is an important
tract in terms of understanding the dynamics
of the Sino-Soviet split.
 The
Status of Negotiations Between China and Tibet is
something less than an objective assessment.
Useful for understanding the mentality of U.S.
politicians. Hearings held in the year 2000.
 The I
Ching (Yijing -- The Book of
Changes) is certainly one of the most recognized
of Chinese texts -- primarily for divination
. This e-book edition is an abbreviated version
of the 1899 Legge translation.
 Published in the Journal of the China Branch of the Royal
Asiatic Society in 1897-1898, The
Office of the District Magistrate in China,
by Byron Brenan is a useful introduction
to China's"grassroots" government during the
imperial era.
 China has a significant Muslim minority -- and has not had
particularly good relations with that minority
over the centuries. The Qur'an
is critical to understanding the religious
beliefs of an important segment of China's population.
We anticipate offering the Chinese version of
the Qur'an shortly.
Marco Polo, of course, was not the only foreigner
to serve the imperial Chinese court.The Memoirs
of Father Ripa is a distilled account
of Ripa's experiences at the Chinese court in
the early 18th century.
The Cultural
Revolution was a shattering experience in China.
A key document to that period is a policy statement
by Lin Biao, Report
to the Ninth National Congress of the Communist
Party of China.
 This is an important document of modern
Chinese history "Let a Hundred Flowers Blossom,
a Hundred Schools of Thought Contend" fuses the concepts
of democracy and socialism.
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 The
Civil War in France,
by Karl Marx,may not seem to have much relevance
to East Asia; however, this classic is part of the
political tradition of China and much of East Asia.
 A short but nonetheless useful exposition on
one of history's most important developments. Standard
Weights and Measures of the Ch'in Dynasty,
First published in 1903-1904.
 The latest installment
to the e-Asia collection of dynastic histories is
the Hou
Han shu. Volume one (of six ebook volumes)
is currently available. The remaining volumes will
be added within the next few days.
 Translated variously as "Monkey" and "Journey
to the West," this 1913 translation of the Xiyouji
, A
Mission to Heaven , is by Timothy Richards
(of missionary fame) and is the first translation
ever made of this classic into a Western language.
 Indiscreet
Letters from Peking, edited by B.L. Putnam-Weale,
claims to be letters from a witness to events surrounding
the Boxer Uprising in Peking. The perspective is
different from most Western personal accounts --
hence the letters are "indiscreet."
 And, of course, there is
the classic, Voyages
and Travels of Marco Polo, with an introduction
by Henry Morley.
Several other
e-book editions of Marco Polo's adventures
are also available via the Internet.
 This is but one of a number of e-Asia ebooks that pertain,
generally, to Environmental
Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
With its resources stressed by population, China
regards the environment with special concern.
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Taiwan
PAST FEATURED/NEW
ITEMS
Although not really a production of the e-Asia Digital Library,
this online magazine directed toward grades
K-12 is closely affiliated with the Digital Library
project. Notable for its use of Flash. e-Asia, the
magazine, is funded by the Comittee on Councils,
Association for Asian Studies and is a joint project
of the University of Oregon and Pacific University.
Although published in 1988, the Checklist
of Missionary Collection is still an extremely
useful guide to materials found in the Special Collections
Department of the University of Oregon Library.
Difficult to find copies of this small pamphlet.
Although updated, this checklist does not have the
complete missionary holdings, which have expanded
since 1988. |
...COVERS AND BLURBS
![]()
This compilation by Martin Schmitt,
Catalog
of Manuscripts in the University of Oregon Library
(Eugene: University of Oregon, 1971) is
difficult to find in its print edition. This catalog
includes many items of interest to students of East
Asia, and it remains valuable despite the fact that
it is now thirty years out-of-date..
 MIssionary accounts are a superb
source of early Western information about East Asia.
This account --- The
Blackbearded Barbarian (The Life of George
Leslie MacKay of Formosa) ---
like most missionary accounts, reflects a religious
framework. For historians, however, the commentary on life in Formosa
in the early 20th century is invaluable.
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A guide to an important set of papers for a figure of note
in the GHQ of postwar Japan. 
Celebrating its first decade of existence,, 
Shi Naian's classic Water
Margin (also translated by Pearl Buck
as 'All Men are Brothers") is undoubtedly
one of the world's most read books; the translator
of this edition is J.H. Jackson -- and
the text is quite readable. This is a two volume
set; 
Lest anyone think that
Christianity has a monopoly on Hellfire and Brimstone,
this translation by Geo. W. Clarke of 
This is an excellent reference
resource -- 
Duran, Leo. 
Nitobe
Inazo. 
