Acknowledgements

China Heritage Annual was designed by Callum Smith who worked with me in 2016-2017 to develop a site that built on China Heritage Quarterly (2005-2012). The character 遺 yí, the leitmotif both of this site and of China Heritage, is in the hand of Li Huailin 李懷琳 of the Tang dynasty.… Read

How to Read

Reading is a guide into a cluster of ideas, texts and language offering a New Sinological appreciation of some of the living, if contradictory, traditions within Chinese cultural, political and social life.… Read

Acknowledgements

A New Sinology Reader was designed by Callum Smith, under the guidance of Geremie R. Barmé, who conceptualised the site and its contents. The character 讀 dú, ‘to read’ (as well as ‘reading’, ‘look at’, and ‘interpret’), the leitmotif of this site, is in the hand of Li Huailin 李懷琳 of the Tang dynasty.… Read

Zhuangzi 莊子, ‘Robber Zhi on Confucius’ 盜跖論孔丘

In his ‘Biography of Boyi’ Sima Qian is befuddled as to why even the most vile people, the notorious Robber Zhi for example, can enjoy happy and prosperous lives. Fame in posterity and through the praise of notable figures at least assures the virtuous a reputation for the ages.… Read

Sima Qian 司馬遷, ‘A Biography of Boyi and Shuqi’ 伯夷列傳

Although in the world of learning there exist a large number and variety of books and records, their reliability must always be examined in the light of the Six Classics. In spite of deficiencies in the Odes and Documents, we can nevertheless know something about the culture of the times of Emperor Shun and the Hsia dynasty.… Read