Internet Resources: China

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China Related Internet Resources Center: A cataloged list of links maintained by China News Digest

The Ancient Dynasties: United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted Gopher electronic edition
Chinese Culture and the Arts: United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted Gopher electronic edition
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties: United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted Gopher electronic edition
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties: GIF image from China the Beautiful web pages by Dr. Ming L. Pei
Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners: Author, Paul Frankenstein: "This is more like "Chinese History: the Cliff Notes version" or "Chinese History's Greatest Hits" than a full-fledged history."
Historical Setting of China: United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted Gopher electronic edition
History of China: A recoding of the Army Area Handbook on Chinese history in HTML format by Leon Poon, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Institute for Plasma Research. Includes a search engine.
History Timeline: Hyperlinked timeline repared by Leon Poon, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Institute for Plasma Research
The Imperial Era: United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted Gopher electronic edition
Portraits of Chinese Emperors: Dr. Ming L. Pei; from China the Beautiful web pages
The Silk Road: A well-written, accurate, large single document history by Oliver Wild, Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge
Traditional Society and Culture: United States Army Area Handbook; poorly formatted Gopher electronic edition

Confucius, The Analects: Gopher text (poorly formatted) at the University of Vermont Gopher archive
The Doctrine of the Mean (Zhong yong): Gopher text (poorly formatted) at the University of Vermont Gopher archive
The Great Learning: Poorly formatted edition
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Sun Tzu, On the Art of War

Bibliography of Taoism in European Languages
The Chinese Philosophy Page: Texts, bibliographies and lists; Steven A. Brown, Monash University, Australia

Bibliography of Taoism in European Languages
Tao, a Synthesis of Taoist Philosophy
Taoism Information Page

Arts of Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas, The Arts of Asia: From the collection at the Brooklyn Museum
Asian Art: Standing Buddha (Northern Wei Dynasty) from the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chinese Art and Culture
Chinese Art and Literature: Dr. Ming L. Pei; a reading room of links, texts, and artwork as part of the China the Beautiful web pages
Chinese Culture and the Arts: United States Army
The Chinese Rotunda: No GRAPHICS but excellent text on representational meaning of horses and lions from University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
The National Palace Museum, Taiwan: Two or three examples of Chinese art

Chinese Art and Literature: Dr. Ming L. Pei; a reading room of links, texts, and artwork as part of the China the Beautiful web pages
Chinese Poetry by Various Authors: Wang Wei, Tu Fu, Li Po, Han Yü, Po chü-i, T'ao Chi'ien, Tsao Chih, miscellaneous authors: archive prepared by Richard Parsie, University of California, Davis
The Legend of the White Snake, from: Dr. Ming L. Pei; from China the Beautiful web pages
Ma Zhiyuan (14th century), Autumnal Thoughts: Translated by Linda Wang, PhD; from the Phoenix Teahouse pages
Po chü-i (772-846), Passing T'ien Men Street & The Charcoal Seller: From Reading About the World, ed. by Paul Brians, Professor of English, Washington State University
Poetry of the Dynasties: Selections of Poems from Different Dynasties: Very large and well-selected collection from Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon: A Taste of Chinese Poetry

Chinese Poetry: Short, high-school level discussion of the Book of Odes by Ben Jacobs-Swearingen, high schools sophomore; a good short and engaged introduction
Classic Chinese Novels: Excerpts (some in Chinese, some in English) and some summaries of three Chinese novels, Shui-hu chuan ("Tale of the Water Margin"), Hsi-yu chi ("Journey to the West"), and Hung-lo meng ("Dream of the Red Chamber"). Dr. Ming L. Pei; from China the Beautiful web pages
The Earliest Literary Traditions: Government Information Office, R.O.C., Taiwan
History: The Birth of Shi, Ci, and Qu (shi, ci and qu are poetry genres): From Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon: A Taste of Chinese Poetry

History of Chinese Mathematics Timeline

The Chinese Language Related Information Page

Links to WWW sites for learning Chinese and links to texts in Chinese; Carlos McEvilly

Bibliography of Taoism in European Languages

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Updated 6-6-1999