Journal of Chinese Studies

Articles (articles in chinese with summary in english)
A Comparative Study of Theories of Argument Put Forward by Zhuangzi and Xunzi	Ho Che Wah	1
The Sociological and Intellectual Historical Meaning of the Han Dynasty Graphic Arts Theme of Confucius Meeting Laozi	Hsing I-tien	23
On Poetic Rhyme Books	Zhang Jian	73
The Court Art of Tugh Temür and the Regeneration of Northern Song Paradigms	Shih Shou-chien	97
A Study of the Development of Lüzu’s Spirit-Writing Cult and the Related Literati Spirit-Writing Altars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties	Lai Chi Tim	139
On Monistic Thought in Confucianism during the Ming-Qing Transitional Period	Cheng Chung-yi	181
The Making of the Shennong Belief in Tokugawa Japan	Ng Wai-ming	203
Large Characters, Couplet Assemblages, and Courtesy Gestures: A Discussion of a Selection from the Lechangzai Xuan Collection	Harold Mok	215
The Early Jesuits and the Translation of Daodejing: The Trigrammaton Yi-Hi-Wei and the Trinity in Prémare, Noëlas, and Cibot	Feng-Chuan Pan Jiang Ryh-shin	249
A Preliminary Proposal Concerning Modern Chinese Literary Thought: “Shi,” “Xing,” “Shishi ”	David Der-Wei Wang	285
Who is Behind the Scene: A Re-exploration of the Hong Kong Lih Pao	Fan Sin Piu	311

Book Reviews
Radical Inequalities: China’s Revolutionary Welfare State in Comparative Perspective. By Nara Dillon	Jane Duckett	335
Celestial Masters: History and Ritual in Early Daoist Communities. By Terry F. Kleeman	T. H. Barrett	339
Unruly People: Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China. By Robert J. Antony	Ho Hon Wai	345
The Qing Dynasty and Traditional Chinese Culture. By Richard J. Smith	Evelyn S. Rawski	351
The Ancient State of Puyŏ in Northeast Asia: Archaeology and Historical Memory. By Mark E. Byington	Gina L. Barnes	355
Picturing Technology in China: From Earliest Times to the Nineteenth Century. By Peter J. Golas	Mareile Flitsch	362
Self-Realization through Confucian Learning: A Contemporary Reconstruction of Xunzi’s Ethics. By Siufu Tang	Paul R. Goldin	371
Li Mengyang, the North-South Divide, and Literati Learning in Ming China. By Chang Woei Ong	John W. Dardess	374
One Who Knows Me: Friendship and Literary Culture in Mid-Tang China. By Anna M. Shields	Tan Mei Ah	376
Elusive Refuge: Chinese Migrants in the Cold War. By Laura Madokoro	Madeline Y. Hsu	383
Fire and Ice: Li Cunxu and the Founding of the Later Tang. By Richard L. Davis	Peter Lorge	389

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