Going through the #linguistics books in the Mullie collection, I’ve come across this assembly of early animal depiction in a work on bronze inscriptions by Ruan Yuan 阮元. I especially liked the elephant 象 that honestly looks more like a shrimp! #Sinology #EarlyChina

New in paperback, METAPHOR AND MEANING explores early Chinese views of cosmos, society & self through the lens of metaphor.

Inspired by Sarah Allan’s work, this global collaboration reveals how metaphors shape thought across cultures & time.

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#OTD in 202 BCE: Liu Bang 劉邦 (256/47–195 BCE) is declared emperor of the Han 漢 (202 BCE–9 CE; 25–220 CE), known to posterity as Emperor Gao(zu) 高祖/高帝 (r. 202–195 BCE). #EarlyChina #AncientChina #ChineseHistory #HanDynasty

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Liu Xie 劉協, Emperor Xian 獻帝 (181–234, r. 189–220), last monarch of the (Eastern/Latter) #Han #漢 (東漢, 後漢). #ImperialChina #China #EarlyChina #Sinology #Dynasty

And in the end, this work, which is now almost 3000 pages long in the #中華書局 edition, wasn't even printed during his life time... Where do these people take their motivation from? Incredible! #ChinesePhilosophy #Philology #AncientChina #EarlyChina #Sinology

her parents, her siblings, and their kids and siblings).

Depending on which interpretation one uses, this leads to a very different group of family members that one has to take revenge for. #EarlyChina #ChinesePhilosophy #Sinology

Already excited for what is probably my last conference presentation of the year on Thursday. Moving to Kang Youwei's notion of neisheng and waiwang #內聖外王 for it. #sinology #ChinesePhilosophy #ChineseHistory #EarlyChina #ModernChina #公羊學

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Liu Xie 劉協, Emperor Xian 獻帝 (181–234, r. 189–220), last monarch of the (Eastern/Latter) #Han #漢 (東漢, 後漢). #ImperialChina #China #EarlyChina #Sinology #Dynasty

#OTD in 202 BCE: Liu Bang 劉邦 (256/47–195 BCE) is declared emperor of the Han 漢 (202 BCE–9 CE; 25–220 CE), known to posterity as Emperor Gao(zu) 高祖/高帝 (r. 202–195 BCE). #EarlyChina #AncientChina #ChineseHistory #HanDynasty

Anna Lisa Beck traced sharks and shark products through early Chinese sources. She discussed the challenges of working with 爾雅 and 說文解字 and of trying to pinpoint place names. In her research, especially 潘國 became „a place of weird fish.“ #EarlyChina #Etymology

The Stone Drums of Qin 秦石鼓: Aspects of one of Chinas most important Artifacts
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#tbt to the interview with Sarah Allan by her former student Wang Tao
#earlyChina #interviews #chinesestudiesfield
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Now available! Comprehensively researched and lavishly illustrated, WRITING AND MATERIALITY IN ANCIENT CHINA offers a new understanding of the textual cultures of the early Western Han. buff.ly/d4wFU0F #Mawangdui #Sinology #AncientChina #EarlyChina #AncientChina #ChineseTombs #AcademicChatter

My talk is done! It traced how commentarial interpolation modifies the reading, even in subtly, thus setting paradigms of interpretation. Even #ZhuXi 朱熹 (1130-1200) still picks up on Zheng Xuan's 鄭玄 glosses. #chinesehistory #earlychina #commentary #chineseclassics #confucianism #historyofphilosophy