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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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29	Christian tombs in Chhuanchow and Yangchow
30	Contacts: Earliest western writers on China (Portuguese, Dutch etc.)
31	Relations between China and the West: during the 17th and 18th centuries, Jesuit and post-Jesuit
32	'Fondazione Cini, Venice 1983: Contacts Prolusione, Gunpowder Epic, Variolation Epic'
33	Papers relating to 'TheTitsingh Project: The Exchange of Learning and Culture Between the Netherlands/Europe and Japan 1640-1853'
34	Chinese Humanism: the Classics, Canon etc.
35	Education: Chinese parallels with Comenius [1592-1670] etc.
36	Chinese education: Lecture notes
37	Museums of the History of Chinese Science and Technology
38	Folklore and folksong
39	Ball games, recreation etc
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Chinese Humanism: the Classics, Canon etc.
Reference	SCC2/34
Covering Dates	1948–1989
Extent and Medium	Paper

Content and context

The file also contains some material relating to 'bibliographical matters'.

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/34 contains:

Passage copied from the «??» [Chung Yung / Zhong Yong / Doctrine of Mean] and English translation.
1 document; Paper.

1950–1959

Joseph Needham's 'Notes on Hughes' book on ?? & ?? [Chung Yung / Zhong Yong / Doctrine of Mean]. This refers to E. R. Hughes' 'The Great Learning and the Mean-in-Action', (London, 1942).
11 sheets; Paper.

1950–1959

Joseph Needham's notes from J. Edkins' 'On the Poets of China during the Period of the Contending States and of the Han Dynasty', (JPOS, 1889).
3 sheets; Paper.

1950–1959

Newspaper cutting of a painting of the poet ?? [Chhu Yuan / Qu Yuan].
1 document; Paper.

1950–1959

Joseph Needham's notes on related works by G. Margouliés.
4 sheets; Paper.

1950–1959

Letter from Joan Rodker of the World Peace Council, London, about a possible programme to commemorate the anniversary of ?? [Chhu Yuan / Qu Yuan]. The documents also include a copy of Joseph Needham's reply; related memoranda.
Creator: Rodker, Joan; Needham, Joseph.
4 sheets; Paper.

11 Mar. 1953–7 Apr. 1953

Typescript and manuscript notes on works by Polydore Virgil.
4 sheets; Paper.

1950–1959

Joseph Needham's notes from J. J. M. de Groot, 'Sinologische Seminare und Bibliotheken', (Abhandlungen d. presussischen Akademie d. Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Phil.-hist Klasse), 1913).
1 document; Paper.

1950–1959

Manuscript notes on E. Erkes' 'Zur Zeitschrift d. Chung Yung [?? / Zhong Yong / Doctrine of Mean]', ('Mitteilungen d. Seimnar f. orientalischen Sprachen (Berlin)', 1917).
1 document; Paper.

1950–1959

Notes on 'stone drums' ?? [Shih Ku / Shi Gu] and 'stone classics' ??. These notes are not in Joseph Needham's hand.
2 sheets; Paper.

1950–1959

Brief Joseph Needham notes on D. Bodde's, 'Stateman, Patriot and General in Ancient China', (1940).
1 document; Paper.

1950–1959

Joseph Needham's notes on Wu Shih-Chang's [??? / Wu Shichang], 'The Chinese Classics and Confucius'.
8 sheets; Paper.

June 1955

Cuttings of newspaper reports of the death of Dr. Perceval Yetts, 'noted authority on Chinese art'.
2 sheets; Paper.

1957

Photograph of a painting of the ''Scholars of the Liu Li T'ang' by Chou Wên-chü (active c.970)'.
1 document; Paper.

1950–1959

Cuttings of the 'China and the World Section' of 3 issues of the 'Peking Review'. Article titles include, 'Vice-Permier Chin Yi on World Situation'; 'The Teinyiko Library in Ningpo'; Internationalism in Action'; 'Republishing the Chinese Classics'; 'Our Northern Neighbour'; 'Salvaging the Classics'.
3 sheets; Paper.

1958–1959

Joseph Needham's notes on the creation of the «????» [Ssu Khu Chhüan Shu / Si Ku Quan Shu] and copies still in existence.
3 sheets; Paper.

1960–1969

Photocopy of entry on 'Libraries' from S. Couling's 'Encyclopaedia Sinica', (Oxford and London, 1917).
5 sheets; Paper.

1960–1969

Photograph of 'Part of Chan Kuo Tsê' [Zhan Guo Ze / The Record of the Warring States]. The reverse side of the photograph has a description of the nature and extent of the manuscript.
2 pieces; Paper and photograph.

1 Apr. 1970

Postcard to Dorothy Needham from Hermann [?] in Peking describing a visit to China. The postcard shows the Tower of the God of Literature at Tunglan, Kwangsi Province.
1 document; Paper.

1970–1979

Copy of a letter to Prof. Chhêng Chung-Ying [??? / Cheng Zhongying] in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., Founder and President of the International Society for the I-Ching wishing him luck with a forthcoming conference.
1 document; Paper.

5 Sep. 1988

Typescript 'Digest of Handbook on Chou and Han Classics' edited by Loewe and Boltz.
4 sheets; Paper.

1980–1989

Related bibliographical references and advertisements for books.
31 sheets; Paper.

1948–1979

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

1950–1959