China-Related
Resources on This Site

Links on This Page

1. Utilities and Data Bases
2. Tables and Maps
3. Background Essays on the Chinese Language(s)
4. Background Information Other Topics
5. Translations for Class Use

Other Pages of Links on this Site

• Chinese Stories
  (About 150 retellings of myths, opera plots, and popular stories in general.)
• Teachers' and Students' Resources other than China-related
• My Research
  (Full-text drafts, revisions, or reprints, reedited for web use.)

Unless otherwise indicated, these materials were all written by me and may be freely used by teachers and students without additional permission. Those by others are out of copyright, so far as I know.

1. Utilities and Data Bases

• Chinese Names & Terms Data Base
• General Diacritic Screen
  Convert Mandarin or Cantonese tone numbers into tone marks. (The same utility converts Esperanto in "X" format into standard othography.)
• Mandarin Romanization Data Base (Interactive)
• Mandarin Romanization Table (Static)

2. Tables and Maps

• Periods of Chinese History
• Full Table of Chinese Imperial Reigns (Table)
• Outline Maps of China & Taiwan
• Patron Gods of Early Taiwan Settlers (Table)
• Taiwan Tribes (Annotated Table & Map)
• Chinese Administrative Units (Brief Table)
• Chinese Civil Service Exams (Brief Table)
• Chinese Buddhist Mudrās

3. Background Essays on the Chinese Language(s)

• Guide to Pronouncing Mandarin in Romanized Transcription
• The Chinese Language(s) (Extensive Overview)
• More Than You Want To Know About Simplified Characters
• Chinese Personal Names
• Pet Peeve About Tone Marks (Harangue)

4. Background Information Other Topics

• The Chinese Family & Lineage (Background Essay)
• The Life of the Buddha As Seen From China (Biography)
• Background Note on Tea (Background Essay)
• The Chinese Calendar (Background Essay)
• Most Ancient China (Introduction to the Xià and Shāng dynasties [periods 0-3)
  
  
• Guide to Chinese Sacred Books (Canons) (Annotated Lists)
  Confucian Canon, Buddhist Canon, Daoist Canon.
  
  
• Guide to Major Chinese Novels (Annotated List)
• Chinese Philosophical Terms (Annotated Table)
• Chinese Philosophers (Annotated Table)
• Introduction to the Heaven Stems & Earth Branches (Essay & Table)
• The Eight Trigrams, the Canon of Changes, and Tally Divination (Essay & Table)
• The Five Elements (Essay and Interactive Table)
  
  
• One Hundred and Eight Possible Term Paper Topics Related to Traditional Chinese Society

5. Translations for Class Use

The following translations have been prepared for use in classes relating to China and may be assigned for direct use on-line if desired. All translations have introductions by me. Those so marked are bilingual, of which some may be toggled between bilingual and English-only formats.

Very Brief Texts

• Translating the Dàodé Jīng 道德经
  The Chinese text, a literal gloss, and nine contrasting translations of the first six lines of the Dàodé Jīng intended to illustrate the challenges involved in making sense of it.
• Letter from Generalissimo Fàn to Great Minister Wén urging him to desert his post
  by FÀN Lǐ 范蠡 (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• The Great Learning (Tr. by James Legge. Bilingual.)
• Zhuāngzǐ: The Joy of Fish (Zhuāngzǐ 庄子) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual。)
• Zhuāngzǐ: The Dào of Cow (Zhuāngzǐ 庄子) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual。)
• Xúnzǐ: Debate on Military Affairs (Xúnzĭ 荀子, chapter 15) (Tr. modified from Dubs. Bilingual)
• Three Táng Dynasty Memorials Against Buddhism
  (by FÙ Yì 傅奕, YÁO Chóng 姚崇, & HÁN Yù 韩愈)
  (Revision of J.J.M. DeGroot's 1903 Translations. Bilingual.)
• Maxims for Managing the Home (ZHŪ Bólú zhī Zhìjiā Géyán 朱柏卢之治家格言) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• Letter Against Infanticide by SŪ Dōngbō 苏东坡 (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• Letter Against Geomancy by SĪMǍ Guāng 司马光
  (Revision of J.J.M. DeGroot's 1910 Translation. Bilingual.)
• Stopping Mother's Chanting (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)

Longer Texts

• Sūnzǐ: The Art of War (Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ 孙子兵法) (Tr. by L. Giles. Bilingual)
• Sīmǎ Qiān: The First Emperor of Qín (Qín Shǐ Huángdì 司马迁秦始皇帝) (Anonymous Translation. Bilingual)
• Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars (Èrshí Sì Xiào 二十四孝) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• The Tractate of the Most High One on Actions and Consequences
  (Tàishàng Gǎnyìng Piān 太上感应篇) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• Saving the Damned: Two Tales of the Bodhisattva Dìzàng (Extract from Dìzàng Púsà Běnyuàn Jīng 地藏菩萨本愿经) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual)
• The Jade Calendar: A Visitor's Guide to Hell (Yù Lì Bǎochāo 玉历宝钞) (Tr. by DKJ. Bilingual. Heavily illustrated.)
  
• Selections From the Penal Laws of China Relating to Marriage and Divorce
  (Revision of G. T. Staunton's 1810 Translation of the Qīng 清 Dynasty Marriage Code, with introduction and notes. English only.)
• A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms by Fǎxiǎn 法顯
  (Revision of J. Legge's 1886 Translation. Bilingual. Full Book.)

The photo at the top was taken by me at the Dài temple in Tài'ān, Shāndōng Province (山东省泰安市岱庙)

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