ECIV 304: Eastern Civilization: Books

The guide provides library research materials for broad understanding of traditional cultures and literature of East Asia.

History Reading

DS 701-799.9 China
DS801-897 Japan
DS901-937 Korea

The Cambridge illustrated history of China by Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947-
Call Number: DS706 .E37 2010
ISBN: 9780521196208
Publication Date: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
2nd ed.
Sources of Chinese Tradition by Irene Bloom (Editor); Wm. Theodore de Bary (Editor); Mixhael Cohen (Editor)
Call Number: DS721 .D37 1999
ISBN: 0231109385
Publication Date: 1999-07-27 New York : Columbia University Press
Introduction to Asian civilizations
Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization by Ebrey, Patricia Buckley
Topics include: Geography, Ancient Tombs, Buddhism,
Calligraphy, Military Technology, Painting, Homes, Gardens
Clothing, Graphic Arts http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/contents.htm
East Asia: tradition and transformation by John K. Fairbank; Edwin O. Reischauer; Albert M. Craig
Call Number: DS511 .F28 1973
ISBN: 0395145252
Publication Date: Boston, Houghton Mifflin 1973-01-01
"In this book we have reworked, updated, and condensed the contents of our two earlier volumes: East Asia: The great tradition (1960) and East Asia: the modern transformation (1965)"
The Cambridge history of China by Denis Crispin Twitchett 1925-2006. ; John King Fairbank 1907-1991.
Call Number: DS735 .C3145
ISBN: 9780521214476
Publication Date: Cambridge Eng. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1978-
Watson Library Stacks, 1 1/2 East Stacks
v. 1. The Ch’in and Han Empires, 221 B.C.-A.D. 220
v. 3. Sui and Tʼang China, 589-906, pt. 1
v. 5, pt. 1. The Sung Dynasty and its precursors, 907-1279
v. 6. Alien regimes and border states, 907-1368
v. 7. The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, pt. 1
v. 8. The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, pt. 2
v. 9., pt. 1. The Chʻing empire to 1800
v. 10-11. Late Chʻing, 1800-1911, pt. 1-2
Sources of Japanese tradition. Volume 1, From earliest times to 1600 by compiled by Wm. Theodore de Bary ... [et al.] ; with collaboration of William Bodiford, Jurgis Elisonas, Philip Yampolsky ; and contributions by Yoshiko Dykstra ... [et al.].
Call Number: electronic text. -- (Source: ebrary Academic Complete)
Publication Date: New York : Columbia University Press, 2001.
Licensed for all KU students, faculty and staff connecting to the Internet
Sources of Korean Tradition by Peter H. Lee (Editor); W. Theodore De Bary (Editor); Yôngho Ch'oe (Editor); Hugh H. W. Kang (Editor); Edward J. Schultz (Compiled by)
Call Number: DS904 .S69 1997
ISBN: 0231105673
Publication Date: 1996-11-21
Korea --Civilization.
Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook by Patricia Buckley Ebrey
Call Number: DS721 .C517 1993
Publication Date: New York : Free Press, c1993.
The Cambridge History of China Volume 1: The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781139054737
The Cambridge history of China. Volume 5, Part One, The Sung dynasty and its precursors, 907-1279 by Denis Crispin Twitchett 1925-2006.; John King Fairbank 1907-1991.; c2010
Cambridge histories online (OCoLC)243664605
The Cambridge history of China. Vol. 6, Alien regimes and border states, 907-1368 by Herbert Franke 1914-2011.; Denis Crispin Twitchett 1925-2006.; c2008
Publication Date: 2008
Cambridge histories online (OCoLC)243664605
The Cambridge history of China. Vol. 7, The Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Part 1 by Denis Crispin Twitchett 1925-2006.; Frederick W. Mote 1922-2005
Publication Date: c2008
Cambridge histories online (OCoLC)243664605
The Cambridge history of ancient China : from the origins of civilization to 221 B.C. by Michael Loewe; Edward L. Shaughnessy 1952- (1999)
Call Number: DS741.5 .C35 1999
Publication Date: 1999
East Asian civilizations : a dialogue in five stages by De Bary, William Theodore, 1919-
Call Number: DS509.3 .D43 1988
Publication Date: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1988

Literature

PL501-889 Japanese language and literature
PL901-998 Korean language and literature
PL1001-3207 Chinese language and literature
PN 9-6790 Literary history and collections (general)

The analects of Confucius by translated by Burton Watson.
Call Number: PL2478 .L3 2007
Publication Date: New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
The Cambridge history of Chinese literature. Volume 1, To 1375 [electronic resource] by edited by Kang-i Sun Chang and Stephen Owen.
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781139095419
Publication Date: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011.
The Cambridge history of Chinese literature. Volume 2, From 1375 [electronic resource] by edited by Kang-i Sun Chang.
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011.
This title presents an up-to-date comprehensive treatment of Chinese literature from classical times to the present.
Early Chinese literature by Watson, Burton
Call Number: PL2280 .W3 1962 East Asian Reference
ISBN: 0231086717
Publication Date: 1962
This book is intended to answer some of the questions a general reader might be expected to have concerning early Chinese literature, its major forms, its themes, its particular characteristics, and its works of distinction.

895.109 W331e 1962 Watson
The shorter Columbia anthology of traditional Chinese literature by Victor H. Mair
Call Number: PL2658.E1 S53 2000
ISBN: 0231119984
Publication Date: 2000
The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature by William H. Nienhauser (Compiled by, Editor); Charles O. Hartman (Editor); Y. W. Ma (Editor); Stephen H. West (Editor)
Call Number: Z3108.L5 I53 1986 v. 1-2
ISBN: 0253329833
Publication Date: 1986-03-01 Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c1986-c.1998.
East Asian Library-Reference (Watson 5th floor)

Chinese Culture

Daily life in traditional China [electronic resource] : the Tang dynasty by Benn, Charles D., 1943-
Publication Date: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
China --Social life and customs.
China --History --Tang dynasty, 618-907.
The True History of Tea by Victor H. Mair; Erling Hoh
Call Number: GT2905 .M35 2009
ISBN: 9780500251461
Publication Date: 2009-03-24 London ; New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson
Tea --History.
Tea --Social aspects.

From the Web

Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization (Prepared by Patricia Buckley Ebrey)
Timeline and maps http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/timeline.htm

Philosophy and Religion

The Buddhist tradition in India, China & Japan by Edited by Wm. Theodore De Bary. With the collaboration of Yoshito Hakeda and Philip Yampolsky and with contributions by A. L. Basham, Leon Hurvitz, and Ryusaku Tsunoda.
Call Number: BQ1138 .D4 1972
Publication Date: New York : Vintage Books ; 1972, [c1969]
A source book in Chinese philosophy by Chan, Wing-tsit, 1901-1994
Call Number: B125 .C45
Publication Date: Princeton, N. J., Princeton University Press, 1963.
The ways of Confucianism : investigations in Chinese philosophy by David S. Nivison ; edited with an introduction by Bryan W. Van Norden.
Call Number: BL1840 .N56 1996
Publication Date: Chicago : Open Court, c1996.
Chinese thought, from Confucius to Mao Tse-Tung. by Creel, Herrlee Glessner, 1905-1994.
Call Number: B126 .C67 1960
Publication Date: [New York] The New American Library [1960, c1953]