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Canonical name: Shaughnessy, Edward L.
Birthdate: 1952
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Verona, Italy
Education: University of Notre Dame
Stanford University
Occupations: Professor, University of Chicago (East Asian Languages and Civilizations)
Director of the Creel Center for Chinese Paleography
Organizations: University of Chicago

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China : the land of the heavenly dragon by Edward L. Shaughnessy

Four thousand years of Chinese history beautifully presented, lavishly illustrated and succinctly described. There is a lot of information here and as an overview of Chinese history - political; religious and cultural - it is well worth reading. Although this is probably better as a reference work rather than a straight read.

I found the format rather short and choppy on each theme described - as each theme is broken up into shorter sections of between two and four pages. Several people wrote the different chapters and, in my opinion, certain bits are better than others. There is an extensive bibliography so, if any of the different aspects described catch your interest, there are plenty of ideas for further reading.… (more)

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calm | 1 other review | Apr 19, 2011 |

I Ching (Classics of Ancient China) by Edward L. Shaughnessy

I spent considerable time a while back studying a few ancient Chinese texts trying to get a handle on them absent the western psycho-analytical and new-age cruft. This, along with Henrick's [Te Tao Ching] were my key texts. Careful, clear, and scholarly, Shaughnessy certainly has his own ideas what the book is about, but his healthy humility encourages the reader to appreciate the text on it's own merits, without any sort of predisposition..

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steve.clason | May 16, 2010 |

Before Confucius: Studies in the Creation of the… by Edward L. Shaughnessy

Very interesting argument that the Zhou (Chou) conquest of the Shang was much more
violent than the idealized version in later
Confucian writings made it out to be. Takes
the early records seriously as historical sources for events circa 1000 BC

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antiquary | Nov 5, 2007 |

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