List of China-Related
Resources on This Site

The linked pages have been prepared for use in classes relating to China and may be assigned for direct use on-line if desired. Some are reference materials — maps, charts, &c. or brief essays. Some are translations, ranging from a few lines to a whole book. All translations have introductions by me. Since Chinese is a common school subject in Anglophone schools today, most of the translations include the Chinese text. Some may be toggled between bilingual and English-only formats.

Unless otherwise indicated, these materials were all written by me and may be freely used by teachers and students without additional permission. Those by others are out of copyright, so far as I know.

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Organization of This Page

1. Data Base Utility
2. Materials Relating to Chinese Language(s)
3. Materials Relating to Chinese Philosophy
4. Materials Relating to Daoism, Popular Belief, and Folk Wisdom
5. Materials Relating to Chinese Buddhism
6. Materials Relating to History & Other Topics
7. Materials Relating to Taiwan

Other Pages of Links on this Site

• Chinese Stories
  (About 150 retellings of myths, opera plots, and popular stories in general.)
• Teachers' and Students' Resources other than China-related
• My Research
  (Full-text drafts, revisions, or reprints, reedited for web use.)

1. Data Base Utility

• Chinese Names & Terms Data Base

2. Materials Relating to Chinese Language(s)

• The Chinese Language(s) (Extensive Overview)
• More Than You Want To Know About Simplified Characters
• Guide to Pronouncing Mandarin in Romanized Transcription
• Slightly Geeky Guide to Pronouncing Mandarin
• Slightly Geeky Guide to Pronouncing Taiwanese
• More Than You Want To Know About Chinese Tone
• Pet Peeve About Tone Marks (Harangue)
• Chinese Personal Names
• Mandarin Romanization Data Base (Interactive)
• Mandarin Romanization Table (Static)
• General Diacritic Screen
  Convert Mandarin or Cantonese tone numbers into tone marks. (The same utility converts Esperanto in "X" format into standard othography.)

3. Materials Relating to Chinese Philosophy

• Chinese Philosophical Terms (Annotated Table)
• Chinese Philosophers (Annotated Table)
• Guide to Chinese Sacred Books (Canons) (Annotated Lists)
  Confucian Canon, Buddhist Canon, Daoist Canon.
  
  

Confucian & Philosophical Documents for Class Discussion

• The Great Learning (Tr. by James Legge. Bilingual.)
• Letter from Generalissimo Fàn to Great Minister Wén urging him to desert his post
  by FÀN Lǐ 范蠡 (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• Sūnzǐ: The Art of War (Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ 孙子兵法) (Full text. Tr. by L. Giles. Bilingual)
• Xúnzǐ: Debate on Military Affairs (Xúnzǐ 荀子, chapter 15) (Tr. modified from Dubs. Bilingual)
• Letter Against Infanticide by SŪ Dōngbō 苏东坡 (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• Letter Against Geomancy by SĪMǍ Guāng 司马光
  (Revision of J.J.M. DeGroot's 1910 Translation. Bilingual.)

4. Materials Relating to Daoism, Popular Belief, and Folk Wisdom

• Introduction to the Heaven Stems & Earth Branches (Essay & Table)
• The Eight Trigrams, the Canon of Changes, and Tally Divination (Essay & Table)
• The Five Elements (Essay and Interactive Table)
• Chinese Symbols of Happiness (Heavily Illustrated Brief Essay)

Daoist Documents for Class Discussion

• Translating the Dàodé Jīng 道德经
  The Chinese text, a literal gloss, and nine contrasting translations of the first six lines of the Dàodé Jīng intended to illustrate the challenges involved in making sense of it.
• Zhuāngzǐ: The Joy of Fish (Zhuāngzǐ 庄子) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual。)
• Zhuāngzǐ: The Dào of Cow (Zhuāngzǐ 庄子) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual。)

Popular Wisdom Texts for Class Discussion

• Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars (Èrshí Sì Xiào 二十四孝) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• Maxims for Managing the Home (ZHŪ Bólú zhī Zhìjiā Géyán 朱柏卢之治家格言) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• The Tractate of the Most High One on Actions and Consequences
  (Tàishàng Gǎnyìng Piān 太上感应篇) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• Stopping Mother's Chanting (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)

5. Materials Relating to Chinese Buddhism

• Guide to ChineseBuddhist Canon
• Chinese Buddhist Mudrās (hand gestures found in Buddhist statuary)
• A Chinese Buddhist Retablo (a beginner's guide to a popular Chinese Buddhist wall poster)
• The Life of the Buddha As Seen From China (Heavily illustrated biography using Chinese rather than Indian names.)

Buddhist Documents for Class Discussion

• Three Táng Dynasty Memorials Against Buddhism
  (by FÙ Yì 傅奕, YÁO Chóng 姚崇, & HÁN Yù 韩愈)
  (Revision of J.J.M. DeGroot's 1903 Translations. Bilingual.)
• The Jade Calendar: A Visitor's Guide to Hell (Yù Lì Bǎochāo 玉历宝钞) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual. Heavily illustrated.)
  
• Saving the Damned: Two Tales of the Bodhisattva Dìzàng (Extract from Dìzàng Púsà Běnyuàn Jīng 地藏菩萨本愿经) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms by Fǎxiǎn 法顯
  (Revision of J. Legge's 1886 Translation. Bilingual. Full Book.)
• Tales of the Living Buddha of Golden Mountain
  (English reworking of a comic book produced by a monastery for the education of children and of lay beginners in Buddhist studies.)

6. Materials Relating to History & Other Topics

• Periods of Chinese History
• Most Ancient China (Introduction to the Xià and Shāng dynasties [periods 0-3)
• Full Table of Chinese Imperial Reigns (Table)
• Outline Maps of China & Taiwan
• Chinese Administrative Units (Brief Table)
• Chinese Civil Service Exams (Brief Table)
• The Chinese Family & Lineage (Background Essay)
• The Chinese Calendar (Background Essay)
• Guide to Major Chinese Novels (Annotated List)
• Background Note on Tea (Heavily Illustrated Background Essay)
• One Hundred and Eight Possible Term Paper Topics Related to Traditional Chinese Society

Historical Texts for Class Discussion

• Sīmǎ Qiān: The First Emperor of Qín (Qín Shǐ Huángdì 司马迁秦始皇帝) (Anonymous Translation. Bilingual)
• Selections From the Penal Laws of China Relating to Marriage and Divorce
  (Revision of G. T. Staunton's 1810 Translation of the Qīng 清 Dynasty Marriage Code, with introduction and notes. English only.)

7. Materials Relating to Taiwan

• Outline Maps of China & Taiwan
• Tables of Taiwan Place Names (400 names in characters and fully Romanized with tones)
• Table of Taiwan History
• Administrative Officers of Taiwan in the Qīng Dynasty (Brief Table)
• Patron Gods of Early Taiwan Settlers (Table)
• Taiwan Tribes (Annotated Table & Map)
• Slightly Geeky Guide to Pronouncing Taiwanese

Taiwan Documents for Class Discussion

• Treaty of Simonoseki Ceding Taiwan from China to Japan (Official English version)
• Davidson: The Japanese Occupation of South Formosa
  (Pages from The History of Formosa, 1903.

The photo at the top was taken by me at the Dài temple in Tài'ān, Shāndōng Province (山东省泰安市岱庙)

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