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Item Glossed Texts For the Study of Shang Dynasty Oracle Bone Inscriptions(2007) Eno, RobertShang Dynasty oracle inscriptions are the earliest voices we hear from China, dating from about 1250 BCE until the dynasty's end two centuries later. They speak to questions of religious thought and practice, social and political structures, and historical change. This primer can help students begin to learn how to read these texts.Item 15. Taoism and the Tao-tsang(2012) Eno, RobertA survey of the history of religious Daoism, identifying its various sects and leading figures. Major studies in English and dictionaries of Daoism are discussed. The focus of the chapter is the massive Daozang and reference tools associated with it.Item 14. Buddhism(2012) Eno, RobertIncludes a discussion of basic Buddhist doctrine and history in East Asia, a very bief bibliography of major studies in English, and a guide to major dictionaries of Chinese Buddhism. The focus of the chapter is on the massive collection of Buddhist texts, known as the Dazang jing, or Chinese Tripitaka, particularly the standard Japanese Taisho edition. Indexes and other tools for using the Taisho edition are discussed, and the structure of the Tripitaka is elucidated through a survey of the general content and major items in each of the first 55 volumes of the Taisho edition.Item 13. Literary Studies(2012) Eno, RobertA broad survey of literary resources and reference works, covering seminal anthologies, such as the Wenxuan, and genres such as poetry, prose, fiction, drama, popular tales, etc. Reference tools for poetry dominate the discussion, which includes an illustrated guide to suing the Pewen yunfu.Item 12. Encyclopaedias(2012) Eno, RobertA survey of the most important traditional Chinese encyclopaedias, including detailed discussions of studies and indexes related to them. Major encyclopaedias discussed include Bei-Tang shuchao, Yiwen leiju, Chuxue ji, Boshi liutie shileiji, Taiping yulan, Cefu yuangui, Yongle da dian, Gujin tushu jicheng, as well as the Shitong.Item 11. Ts'ung-shu(2012) Eno, RobertA dicussion of the importance of congshu ("collectanea," or series of independent works published as a collection) in traditional Chinese literary culture. Illustrated guides to using the challenging inexes to congshu are provided. The chapter includes an annotated list of congshu in the Indiana University library collection.Item 10. East Asian Chinese Studies Journals(2012) Eno, RobertBibliographic lists of general and specialized journals on traditional Chinese studies, published in China and Japan.Item 9. Western Sinology and Field Journals(2012) Eno, RobertThis chapter is organized as a history of sinological scholarship in the West, organized through an annotated bibliography of major European and American journals.Item 8. Bibliographies of Contemporary Sources(2012) Eno, RobertLists of various bibliographic resources, including annually published bibliographies in China, Japan, and the US, cumulative bibliographies, published library catalogues, etc.Item 7. Traditional Bibliography(2012) Eno, RobertAn overview of traditional Chinese schemes of bibliographic categorization is followed by more detailed guides for using the bibliographic resources found in the "Yiwen zhi" sections of Standard Histories. The main section of the chapter is devoted to various resources pertaining to the massive Siku quanshu bibliography project of the mid-Qing period.Item 6. Pt. VI: Technical Aids(2012) Eno, RobertGuides to a variety of techinical aids for historical research, covering the topics of calendrics, historical geography, bureaucratic titles, Japanese names, and so forth.Item 6. Pt. V: Local History(2012) Eno, RobertDiscusses the nature and importance of Late Imperial local histories, with lists of catalogues of gazatteers located in various countries, and bibliographies of related reference sources.Item 6. Pt. IV: Later Court Sources(2012) Eno, RobertLists and discusses reference sources for using the voluminous court sources of Late Imperial China, including qiju zhu, dang'an, shilu, and donghua lu.Item 6. Pt. III: Imperial Era Epigraphic Sources(2012) Eno, RobertReviews tools for finding and interpreting texts written on perishable (bamboo, wood, silk) materials and stone inscriptions throughout the long Imperial period. Includes sources on traditional numismatics.Item 6. Pt. II: Sources for Biography(2012) Eno, RobertFocuses on reference works pertaining to historical individuals, including general biographical dictionaries and dynastic era-specific indexes to biographical sources. Discusses tools for distinguishing individuals with identical names and identifying multiple names referring to single individuals.Item 6. Pt. I: Basic Categories and Sources(2012) Eno, RobertA brief overview of general sources for Chinese history, including a terminological list and a survey of the twenty-five "Standard Histories," with bibliographies of relevant reference sources.Item 5. Confucian Classical Studies(2012) Eno, RobertAn introduction to the Confucian "Thirteen Classics" and reference tools specific to each.Item 4. Philological Studies, Paleography, and Etymology(2012) Eno, RobertIntroduces theories of character formation and traditional etymological analysis, with an illustrated guide to using the Shuowen jiezi gulin. There follow discussions of epigraphic sources, and guides to using reference works on Shang oracle texts, Zhou bronze inscriptions, and Warring States era bamboo manuscripts.Item 3. Dictionaries(2012) Eno, RobertDetailed guides with illustrations are provided to the use of major encyclopaedic dictionaries, such as Hanyu da cidian, Zhongwen da cidian, and Daikanwa jiten (Morohashi: a short section provides keys to using the dictionary for non-Japanese readers), etc. Ordinary and specialized Chinese-English dictionaries are discussed, and a bibliography of specialized Chinese dictionaries is included.Item 2. Guides, Manuals, Surveys of the Field(2012) Eno, RobertThis chapter includes a bibliography of reference tools similar to this Handbook, an introduction to using Chinese concordance series, and explanations for how to decipher the often impenetrable directions-for-use pages that appear in traditional Chinse reference works.