Guide for Chinese Graduate Students
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This document contains a brief listing of useful reference works on a variety of topics in Chinese Studies. It is meant primarily for graduate students and others with command of the relevant languages.All titles mentioned in this guide are in addition to those mentioned in the General Guide to the East Asian Library and the EAS Undergraduate Studies Guide.
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Nienhauser, The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (Z3108.L5I53; 2 vols.)Zhongguo wen xue da ci dian (PL2257.C486; Taiw. vers. PL2257.C4862)
Tonami Mamoru, Kishimoto Mio, Sugiyama Masaaki, Chûgoku rekishi kenkyû nyûmon (stacks; DS735.C585 2006)
Shimada Kenji, Ajia rekishi kenkyû nyûmon (stacks; J2404/1317)
Yamane Yukio, Chûgoku shi kenkyû nyûmon (J2516/2445)
(Chinese rev. ed.: Gao Mingshi, Zhongguo shi yan jiu zhi nan (Z3106.C5926 1990); second Japanese ed. Z3106.C5475)
Ye and Esherick, Chinese archives: an introductory guide (CD2031.Y4 1996)
Zhongguo dang an wen xian ci dian (Z3106.C59267 1994)
Loewe, Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide (Z1035.8.C5)
Bol, Research Tools for the Study of Sung History (DS751.S83)
Thompson, Chinese Religion in Western Languages (several vols.) (Z7757.C6T55...)
Shulman, Doctoral Dissertations on China and on Inner Asia, 1976-1990 (Z3106 .G65 Suppl. 2)
Livia Kohn (ed.), Daoism handbook (BL1925 .D36 2000)
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Gu jin ren wu bie ming suo yin (2257.6.7924)
89 zhong Ming dai zhuan ji zong he yin de (9558/6240h)
Zhong Ri xian cang 300 zhong Ming dai di fang zhi zhuan ji suo yin (Z3108.A3M46)
Shi ming bie hao suo yin (2257.6/7914)
Qing ren shi ming bie cheng zi hao suo yin (Z1089.C6Y36)
Zhongguo di fang zhi Song dai ren wu zi liao suo yin (Z5305.C6 S34)
Ming ren bie ming zi hao suo yin (Z1087.C6W362)
Ming Qing jin shi ti ming bei lu suo yin (JQ1507 .C537)
Zhongguo li dai ren wu nian pu kao lu (Z3106.H74)
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Zhongguo da bai ke quan shu (9302/5642)Jian ming Da Ying bai ke quan shu (AE5.E36312 1988).
This is a Chinese shortened version of the Encyclopædia Britannica, with extra articles on Chinese subjects.
Heibonsha dai hyakka jiten (AE35.2.H44 1984)
Nihon dai hyakka zensho (AE35.2.N53 1984)
Han’guk minjok munhwa tae paekkwa sajon (DS904.H369)
Choson tae paekkwa sajon (North Korea; AE35.4.C56)
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Zhonghua ren min gong he guo di tu ji (G2305.T418 1983q)Zhongguo li shi di tu ji
The call number for the simplified character ed. is 3080.1/0447; the traditional character ed. G2306.S1C481.
Very useful for all kind of geographical information (including some historical and ethnological data) is the multivolume set of the
Zhonghua ren min gong he guo di ming da ci dian (DS705.C4828)
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Morohashi Tetsuji, Dai Kan-Wa jiten (PL677.5 .D35 oversize)
Zhong wen da ci dian (5174/5042)
Han yu da zi dian (PL1420.H361)
Han yu da ci dian (PL1420.H36)
Grand dictionnaire Ricci de la langue chinoise (PL1459.F8 I677 2001)
Fo guang da ci dian (BQ130.F62)
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Zhongguo li shi xue nian jian (DS734.7.C48642)
Zhongguo zhe xue nian jian (B31.C4)
Zhongguo wen xue yan jiu nian jian (PL2251.C482)
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Fu yin bao kan zi liao
This comprises various titles and numbers. The East Asian Library has many of them since 1988 on microfiche, and since 1995 on full-text CD-ROM. Indexes in paper format with call number 9559/5687.1, but easier to use is the electronic version.
Chûgoku kankei ronsetsu shiryô (PJ9161/5672)
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Qu Wanli, Pulinsidun da xue Geside Dong fang Tu shu guan Zhong wen shan ben shu zhi (B9566/8440)
Chang Pide and Wu Zhefu, Pulinsidun da xue Geside Tu shu guan Zhong wen jiu ji shu mu (Z881.P942G43)
International Union Catalogue of Chinese Rare Books (Sören Edgren, RLIN)
Zhongguo gu ji shan ben shu mu (Z1029.C48)
Guo li Zhong yang tu shu guan shan ben shu mu (rev. ed., Z1029.K86)
Zhongguo gu ji ban ke ci dian (Z240.C48)
Zhongguo cong shu zong lu (9524/2365.01)
Min guo shi qi zong shu mu (Z3101.M56)
Zhongguo di fang zhi lian he mu lu (Z3106.C49)
Zhongguo di fang zhi zong mu ti yao (3 vols., Z3109 .C482)
Guo li Zhong yang tu shu guan dian cang Guo li Beiping tu shu guan shan ben shu mu (B9566/1165.55)
Also, works like
A Sung Bibliography (Z3102.S77)
Franke, Introduction to the Sources of Ming history (Z3106.F7 1968)
Zhongguo tong su xiao shuo zong mu ti yao (Z3108.L5C4814)
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Schipper, Index du Yunji Qiquan (BL1900.A1Y8337 1981)The Harvard-Yenching concordances (yin te) are under call number 9558/6240h.
The ongoing ICS Ancient Chinese Text Concordance Series (Xian Qin liang Han gu ji zhu zi suo yin cong kan) are catalogued under separate subject by title; e.g.
Huainanzi zhu zi suo yin (BL1900.H85H82)
A similar set for the Nanbeichao period is in development. Also see such works as
Quan Tang shi suo yin (>30 vols., PL2356.C482C48)
Chûgoku zuihitsu zatcho sakuin (RJ9130/2230)
Latest articles and book listings | General works | Biographies | Encyclopaedias | Atlases | Dictionaries | Yearbooks | Excerpts | Rare books | Indexes | Older articles
Bibliography of Asian Studies (http://bmc.lib.umich.edu/bas)Revue bibliographique de sinologie (Z7059.R4)
Tôyôgaku bunken ruimoku (BJ2406/0447)
Quan guo bao kan suo yin (Zhe she ban) (9200/2304.1)
Zhonghua min guo qi kan lun wen suo yin (http://readopac.ncl.edu.tw/cgi/searchtest)
See also the various databases listed in the General East Asian Library Guide. For the most up-to-date Japanese articles on Chinese history, broadly defined, see the May issue each year of the periodical Shigaku zasshi (PJ2305/5700).
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Quan guo Zhong wen qi kan lian he mu lu (1833-1949, rev. ed., R9559/8681.1)Zhonghua min guo qi kan lun wen suo yin (9559/5565.1)
Zhongguo jin dai qi kan pan mu hui lu (1857-1918, R9559/2365. now also on CD-ROM)
Modern Chinese society; an analytical bibliography (Z3106 .xM6)
Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica (plus index). (Z3106.C65)
Quan guo ge ji zheng xie wen shi zi liao pian mu suo yin (5 vols., Z3106.C4813)