Subject: China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.

Festivals in classical China : New Year and other Annual Observances during the Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-A.D. 220
AuthorBodde, Derk, 1909-2003
PlacePrinceton, N.J.
PublisherPrinceton University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
ShelfStacks
Call NumberGT4883.A2 B63 1975
Descriptionxvi, 439 p. illus. 25 cm
NoteFestivals in Classical China: New Year and other Annual Observances during the Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-A.D. 220. / Derk Bodde.
Includes Chinese characters for all transliterated terms.
Bibliography: p. 397-417. Includes index.
Keywords: lunar calendar, jieri 節日, Yuandan 元旦, Chunjie 春節, Qingmingjie 清明節, Duanwujie 端午節, Zhongqiujie 中秋節.
ISBN0691030987
LCCN73-2483
Rome and China : a study of correlations in historical events
AuthorTeggart, Frederick John, 1870-1946
PlaceBerkeley
PublisherUniversity of California Press
CollectionRicci Institute [AEC]
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberD56.T455 1939
Descriptionxvii, 283 p ; maps (1 folded) : 24 cm
Note

Rome and China : a study of correlations in historical events / [by] Frederick J. Teggart.
"General bibliography": pages 249-270.
Includes index.

Book takes history of late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire as focus, but scope includes Han 漢 dynasty and other Central and North Asian cultures; discusses how events in the wider world affected Rome. Might be considered a precursor to the Annales School, world systems theory (a la Wallerstein), or world history / global history.

Contents: I. Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius -- II. Gaius, Claudius, Nero -- III. Vespasian, Domitian, Trajan -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index

"The evidence assembled in the pages following has reference only to the period from 58 B.C. to A.D. 107"--Pref., p. vii.

LCCN40000086
Sinicae historiae decas prima
AuthorMartini, Martino 衛匡國, 1614-1661
PlaceAmstelodami
PublisherJoannem Blaeu
CollectionRouleau Archives
LanguageLatin
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
ShelfDigital Archives, Rare Books
Call NumberDS735.A2 M3 1659
Description413, [15] p : ill. ; 15.5 cm.
NoteFull title: Martini Martinii Tridentini, e Societate Iesu, Sinicæ historiæ decas prima : res à gentis origine ad Christum natum in extrema Asia, siue Magno Sinarum Imperio gestas complexa.
Title vignette; initials; ornaments. Signatures: A-Z8 Aa-Cc8 Dd6.
Includes index.
Covers China's history until the time of Christ. "Of the great chronological work which Martini has planned and which was to comprise the whole Chinese history from the earliest age, only the first part appeared." Cf. Catholic encyclopedia.

"Martini, Martino (1614-61). Sinicae historiae decas prima. Munich: Lucae Straubii, 1658’ 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Johannes Blauer, 1659. Covers from Fuxi 伏羲 (2952) to 8 CE; uses both 60 year cycle and Christian year equivalents; Melchisédec Thêvenot produced a complete chronology: Synopsis chronologica monarchiae Sinicae. Paris 1872 in his Relations de divers voyages curieux, v.2.4. Ends in 1425. Both works were based on abbreviations of the Gangmu 綱目and its continuations." --Cf. Wilkinson, Chinese history, a new manual, p.12.

Keywords: Early Chinese civilization; writing systems, social life and customs.
Local access 1658 ed. dig.pdf. [SinicaeHistDecasPrima]
Detailed color file online at ECHO.