| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/31/1 contains: |
| 1 |
Letter from Ch'ien Chih Chu [??? / Chu Chien-Chih / Zhu Qianzhi] of the National Sun Yat-Sen University, Pingshek, Kwangtung, China about his work on 'The Influence of Chinese Thought on European Culture' and related documents |
| 2 |
Joseph Needham's notes and references relating to Andreas Müller |
| 3 |
Photographs of a [F?] Bernier manuscript on Confucianism and the government of China, held in the Biblioteque De L'Arsenal, Paris and related note by Joseph Needham |
| 4 |
Typescript copy of a passage on the 'Jesuit attitute to Confucianism', taken from Louis Lecomte, 'Nouveaux Mémoires sur L'état présent de la Chine', (Paris, 1696) |
| 5 |
Typescript copy of a note from Arthur Waley to Joseph Needham about the possibility of William Blake having seen Taoist works |
| 6 |
Typed extrracts from Gabriel Magalhaens', 'A New History of China, containing a 'Description of the Most Considerable Particulars of that Vast Empire' and related notes |
| 7 |
Copy of an article by Victor E. Neuburg published in 'The Literary Guide', entitled, 'In Defence of Thomas Paine' |
| 8 |
Cutting of a 'Times' article by William Harris entitled, 'The Historian of Formosa, An Eighteenth-Century Hoax' |
| 9 |
Letter from Paul Lecieux of France, providing Joseph Needham with references to related works |
| 10 |
Joseph Needham's notes on Pasquale d'Elia's 'Le Generalità sulle Scienze Occidentali; Hsi Hsüeh Fan di Giulio Aleni', (Rivista di Studi Orientali, 1950) |
| 11 |
List of books on missionaries in China available for puchase from Jerrold G. Stanoff, Rare Oriental Books, California, U.S.A. |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Correspondence with J. L. Cranmer-Byng about his discovery of a manuscript of an appendix of Lord Macartney's observations on China with attached observations on the state of medicine, surgery and chemistry in China by Dr. Hugh Gillan |
| Reference |
SCC2/31/1/13 |
| Creator |
Cranmer-Byng, J.L.; Needham, Joseph. |
| Covering Dates |
14 Aug. 1960–30 Apr. 1963 |
| Extent and Medium |
14 sheets; Paper |
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| Content and context |
Cranmer-Byng explains that he found the manuscript while 'preparing for publication an edition of Lord Macartney's Journal of his embassy to China in the years 1792-94'. He suggests that 'you might be interested to read what an amateur scientist who visited China in 1793 was able to discover about these subjects'. The documents also include related Joseph Needham notes; heavily annotated typescript description of the embassy of Lord Macartney carrying an 'orrery' to China. |
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