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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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42	Taoism correspondence
43	The European 'Tao Tshang [?? / Dao Zang]' Project
44	Philosophy: Hedonism
45	Philosophy: Mohism
46	Philosophy: Logicians
47	Philosophy: Legalists
48	History of Chinese Law (Mediaeval)
49	Law: Gesetz-Recht - Human Law and Nature's Laws
50	History of Philosophy: Fundamental Ideas, Yin Yang [??], Wu Hsing [?? / Wu Xing] etc.
51	I Ching [?? / Yi Jing]: The book of Changes
52	History of Philosophy: Wang Chhung [?? / Wang Chong] and the Sceptical Tradition
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Philosophy: Legalists
Reference	SCC2/47
Covering Dates	1940–1978
Extent and Medium	Paper

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Philosophy

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/47 contains:

Joseph Needham's notes from a Chinese language lesson working on «??» [Kuan Tzu / Guan Zi] with Gustav Haloun, Lent term, 1941.
20 sheets; Paper.

1941

Joseph Needham's notes on Shang Yang [??].
7 sheets; Paper.

1940–1949

Joseph Needham's notes on 'Kuei Ku Tzu' [??? / Gui Gu Zi].
2 sheets; Paper.

1940–1949

Joseph Needham's notes on related publications by Liang Chhi-Chao [??? / Liang Qichao].
7 sheets; Paper.

1940–1949

Joseph Needham's copied extracts, translations and notes from Legalist passages in 'Kuei Ku Tzu' [??? / Gui Gu Zi], 'Kuan Tzu' [?? / Guan Zi] and other texts.
5 sheets; Paper.

1940–1959

Photographs relating to the unearthing of bamboo slips and other relics dating from Chin Dynasty tombs at Yün-mêng hsien [??? / Yun Meng Xian], Hubei Province, China. Subjects include archaeologists studying the strips; the bamboo strips; excavation site. The documents also include the envelope in which Joseph Needham stored the photographs. On this, he notes that legalist documents were amongst those found. Each photograph has a description in Chinese and English pasted to the reverse.
6 pieces; Photograph and paper.

5 Apr. 1976

Photograph of 'part of the ancient essay 'Classic Related to Law' discovered in Han tomb number three at Mawangtui, Changsha', Hunan Province, China. The description on the reverse of the photograph describes how the essay contains 'fairly clear ideas of the Legalist school'.
2 pieces; Photograph and paper.

1978

Typed description of the 'Excavation of the Ch'in Dynasty Tomb No. 11 at Shui-hu-ti in Yunmeng County, Hupeh Province'. Joseph Needham has marked this document 'Dien project, Nov 78'.
3 sheets; Paper.

Nov. 1978

Related bibliographical references, advertisements for books and brief quotations.
6 sheets; Paper.

1940–1969

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

1950–1959