Janus: Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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15	'Miscellaneous Chinese Correspondence'
16	'History of Science Correspondence, general'
17	'History of Science, Notes, Misc. and of lectures'
18	'Sci. tech. & Med. In China, Exhibitions, Field Trips, etc.'
19	'Technical Terms, Translation Problems in general, and Glossary of'
20	'Standard Titles etc. Translation Problem (Schafer)'
21	'Translation Questions (Mostly ?)'
22	'Script Problems'
23	Chinese characters, language etc.
24	Computerisation of Chinese
25	Geography of China, Human and Economic
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	'Standard Titles etc. Translation Problem (Schafer)'
Reference	SCC2/20
Covering Dates	1956–1957
Extent and Medium	Paper

Content and context

Joseph Needham's file title continues 'See especially Schafer (4) Nan Han history tr. In ? Hist. Gen. box'.

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/20 contains:

Letter from Edward H. Schafer of the University of California, U.S.A. responding to a Joseph Needham note 'containing rather equivocal congratulations and some explicit critisisms of my version of Chinese official titles' and resulting correspondence.
Creator: Schafer, Edward H.
9 sheets; Paper.

27 Mar. 1956–10 May 1956

Copy of a Joseph Needham letter to Dr. H. Bielenstein of the Department of Chinese Studies, National University, Canberra, Australia about Homer Dubs' 'History of the Former Han' and its treatment of Chinese official titles and Bielenstein's reply.
Creator: Bielenstein, H; Needham, Joseph.
3 sheets; Paper.

3 Jan. 1957–15 Feb. 1957

Joseph Needham's drawing to illustrate the organisation of Thang government.
1 document; Paper.

1957

Joseph Needham's original file title.
1 document; Paper.

1956–1957