Sinologists

23 books

The Strange Cases of Judge Dee cover
Rating 4.5
The Strange Cases of Judge Dee Robert Hans van Gulik Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2023 This book is the only full-length Chinese novel that the Dutch sinologist and diplomat Robert van Gulik (1910–1967) personally rewrote from his own no…
Sexual Life in Ancient China: A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Sex and Society cover
Rating 4.3
Sexual Life in Ancient China: A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Sex and Society Robert Hans van Gulik The Commercial Press · 2007 This book is the magnum opus of the Dutch diplomat and sinologist Robert Hans van Gulik (1910–1967). Its original English title is Sexual Life in Anci…
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan cover
Rating 3.9
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan Jonathan D. Spence Guangxi Normal University Press · 2011 Originally published in English as God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan, this is sinologist Jonathan D. Spence's representa…
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Rating 3.6
On a Chinese Screen William Somerset Maugham Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2023 Around 1920, Maugham came to China for a journey of several months: he travelled up the Yangtze by water and land, passing through Shanghai, Beijing, …
The Cambridge History of China cover
Rating 4.5
The Cambridge History of China John King Fairbank / Cui Ruide China Social Sciences Press · 1992 The Cambridge History of China is a multi-volume history of China published by Cambridge University Press from the 1970s onward, with the American sin…
Imperialism Imprisoned: The Fate of British and French Firms in China cover
Imperialism Imprisoned: The Fate of British and French Firms in China Xie Ailun China Social Sciences Press · 2004 This book is a monograph by the Israeli sinologist Aron Shai, professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University, on the fate of…
The Chinese Language: Its Nature and History cover
Rating 4.5
The Chinese Language: Its Nature and History 高本汉 The Commercial Press · 2010 The Chinese Language: Its Nature and History is a representative short book by the Swedish sinologist Bernhard Karlgren (1889–1978), one of the founde…
My Whale Ship: A Journey Through Life and Scholarship cover
My Whale Ship: A Journey Through Life and Scholarship 孙康宜 Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 My Whale Ship is a collection of scholarly and personal essays by the Chinese American sinologist Kang-i Sun Chang. Published in 2018 by Jiangsu Phoen…
Sexual Life in Ancient China: Sex and Society in Ancient China cover
Sexual Life in Ancient China: Sex and Society in Ancient China Robert Hans van Gulik The Commercial Press · 2007 This book is the seminal work that established the reputation of the Dutch diplomat and sinologist Robert Hans van Gulik (1910–1967). Originally publi…
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The Complete Works of Bill Porter Bill Porter Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2013 The Complete Works of Bill Porter is a set of Chinese-language books by Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House collecting works by the American s…
A Floating Bridge of Dreams in This World cover
Rating 4.1
A Floating Bridge of Dreams in This World 苏枕书 Nanhai Publication Company · 2019 A Floating Bridge of Dreams in This World is a collection of character essays that the Japan-based author Su Zhenshu worked on for ten years. It began…
God's Chinese Son cover
God's Chinese Son Jonathan D. Spence Guangxi Normal University Press · 2011 God's Chinese Son is one of the major works of the Chinese-American sinologist Jonathan D. Spence, originally published in English as God's Chinese So…
Zen Baggage cover
Zen Baggage Bill Porter Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2018 Zen Baggage is another travelogue of Chinese culture by the American sinologist and translator Bill Porter, following Road to Heaven. Since 1972, Port…
Sexual Life in Ancient China: Sex and Society in Ancient China cover
Rating 4.2
Sexual Life in Ancient China: Sex and Society in Ancient China Robert Hans van Gulik The Commercial Press · 2007 Sexual Life in Ancient China is one of the representative works of the Dutch diplomat and sinologist R. H. van Gulik (1910–1967); the original English…
Bill Porter Collection (Road to Heaven · Zen Baggage · The Silk Road · South of the Clouds · Journey to the Yellow River · Finding Them Gone · Readings of the Heart Sutra) cover
Bill Porter Collection (Road to Heaven · Zen Baggage · The Silk Road · South of the Clouds · Journey to the Yellow River · Finding Them Gone · Readings of the Heart Sutra) Bill Porter Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House, Nanhai Publishing Company · 2018 This is a collection of seven Chinese-language works by the American sinologist and translator Bill Porter (pen name Red Pine), known as the "Journey …
Collected Essays on Dutch Sinology cover
Rating 3.8
Collected Essays on Dutch Sinology 张晓红 Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2025 Grounded in the author's personal acquaintance and exchanges with D. W. Fokkema and Maghiel van Crevel, this book presents Fokkema's major scholarly v…
A Wide-Ranging Discussion of American Sinology cover
Rating 3.5
A Wide-Ranging Discussion of American Sinology 顾均 East China Normal University Press · 2024 This collection of essays, American Sinology: A Comprehensive Survey, is a product of the author's project under the Ministry of Education's "New Cent…
The Judge Dee Mysteries of the Great Tang · Complete Three Collections (Original Novels of the TV Drama Starring Zhou Yiwei, Wang Likun, and Zhong Chuxi | 15-Volume Boxed Set) cover
Rating 4.3
The Judge Dee Mysteries of the Great Tang · Complete Three Collections (Original Novels of the TV Drama Starring Zhou Yiwei, Wang Likun, and Zhong Chuxi | 15-Volume Boxed Set) Robert Hans van Gulik / 张凌 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2024 “China’s Sherlock Holmes”: the legendary cases of Judge Dee. ★ Dutch sinologist Robert van Gulik reimagines the legendary early-Tang statesman Di Renj…
Cross-Cultural Dialogue (Volume 46) cover
Rating 4.1
Cross-Cultural Dialogue (Volume 46) Yue Daiyun / 李比雄 The Commercial Press · 2023 Cross-Cultural Dialogues, Volume 46, contains 9 special articles, 12 research articles, 1 book review, and 2 brief notices, totaling approximately 300…
New Poetry Review (2020, Total Issue 24) cover
Rating 4.0
New Poetry Review (2020, Total Issue 24) Xie Mian / Sun Yushi / Hong Zicheng · 2025 The essays collected in New Poetry Review 2020 (Vol. 24) fall roughly into six areas. “English Translations of Modern Chinese Poetry,” a special featu…