IN his Conway Memorial Lecture, "Science and Society in Ancient China", delivered on May 12, 1947, Dr. Joseph Needham attempts to sketch a pattern of the organisation of Chinese feudal society and ...

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The 'Memorial of Departure' (《出师表》) by Zhuge Liang is a profound piece of ancient Chinese literature. However, translating and understanding this work in English can be a challenging but rewarding ...

Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east ... while poets were moved by its very presence. Writing in the eighth century, Zhang Ji describes a temple on the canal whose “ringing bell ...

There is no one "oracle bone" — about 13,000 have been found — but these relics hint at the development of writing in ancient China. They date from the late Shang Dynasty, (circa 1250 B.C. to ...

First built in the late Song (960-1279) and early Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties, the Old Town of Lijiang is China's only ancient town without walls. In 1997, it was officially listed as a UNESCO ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...