Edward H Schafer
Biographic Data
| ID | 246024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward H Schafer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward H |
| FAMILY NAME | Schafer |
| SIGNATURE | SCHAFER E H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 95 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 95 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1948 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T'ang Exotics
The role of population size in the determination and prediction of population forecast errors: An evaluation using conifidence intervals for subcounty areas
T'ang Fireflies
The Yeh Chung Chi
Fusang and beyond: The Haunted Seas to Japan
The transit from T'ang to Japan is reflected in poems written by Chinese gentlemen at farewell parties held in honor of departing Japanese monks. These dwell on the wonders and dangers of the high seas, and speculate about the location of the fabulous land of Fu-sang, at the birthplace of the sun. After some discussion of the inhuman creatures one might expect to encounter on the passage, this essay focuses on their strange floating palaces, and …
The Dance of the Purple Culmen
Transcendent Elder Mao
Mirages on the Sea of Time: The Taoist Poetry of Ts'ao T'ang
Edward Schafer writes about magical worlds, and there is a magic in everything that Edward Schafer writes. He combines the style of Thomas Browne with the erudition of Robert Burton to create a vivid and alluring vision of the T'ang, a vision that sets him apart from the paler work of the common academy. It is the special power and danger of such unique talent that all emulation approaches parody, or at the very best, seems merely imitative. His …
Empyreal Powers and Chthonian Edens: Two Notes on T'ang Taoist Literature
Two popular themes which germinated in very early Taoist belief and practice illustrate the extent to which Taoist motifs penetrated the literature of T'ang. One is represented by poetic versions of the tale of Peach Blossom Font-not the edifying myth associated with T'ao Ch'ien, but the mystical and romantic adventure set in the bowels of Mount T'ien T'ai, here exemplified by a sequence of five poems by Ts'ao T'ang, the chronicler of enigmatic p…
The Snow of Mao Shan: A Cluster of Taoist Images
Li HSien-yung, a ninth century poet who wrote many poems about snow, one of which concludes the present essay, summed up the niveous substance in a single line: Six-rayed congealed yiJrpneuma (fiu ch'u ning yin 00'0.1 In other words, snowflakes are replicas of the figures which condensed out of the primordial galactic swirl. Another T'ang poet, describing a heap of snow pressed into the semblance of a hill, wrote
The Princess Realized in Jade
Middle Chinese. A Study in Historical Phonology
Hallucinations and Epiphanies in T'ang Poetry
Blue Green Clouds
Pacing the Void: T'ang Approaches to the Stars
Wu Yün's 吳筒 Stanzas on “Saunters in Sylphdom” 遊仙詩
"Wu Yun's "Cantos on Pacing The Void
Pacing The Void: T'ang Approaches to the Stars
A T'ang Taoist Mirror
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Professor Schafer Would Say
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The Flowering Plum and the Palace Lady: Interpretations of Chinese Poetry
The Jade Woman of Greatest Mystery
Fifty-Five T'ang Poems; A Text in the Reading and Understanding of T'ang Poetry
Four masters of the shi form of Chinese poetry, who are generally considered to be giants in the entire history of Chinese literature, are represented in this book: three from the eighth century, and one from the ninth. A few works by other well-known poets are also included. The author provides a general background sketch, instruction to the student, a description of the phonological system and the spelling used, as well as an outline of the gra…
The Teachings of Taoist Master Chuang
Pacing the Void. T'ang Approaches to the Stars
The vermilion bird: T'ang images of the South
The role of population size in the determination and prediction of population forecast errors: An evaluation using conifidence intervals for subcounty areas
The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T'ang Exotics
Ritual Exposure in Ancient China
Hunting Parks and Animal Enclosures in Ancient China
Many persons augment their enjoyment in watching wild birds and harmless mammals-such creatures as robins, nuthatches and chipmunks-by setting out crumbs, suet and other food to attract them closer to their houses. The chances of seeing wild animals at close quarters can also be improved by fencing an area of uncleared land and keeping it in a condition attractive to its natural inhabitants, whose numbers can be maintained, if necessary, by bring…
Memoires sur les Coutumes du Cambodge de Tcheou Ta-Kouan
The Development of Bathing Customs in Ancient and Medieval China and the History of the Floriate Clear Palace
Edward H. Schafer, The Development of Bathing Customs in Ancient and Medieval China and the History of the Floriate Clear Palace, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 76, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1956), pp. 57-82
Orpiment and Realgar in Chinese Technology and Tradition
AMONG THE MINERAL PIGMENTS known to the Chinese since classical times the most important are the yellows,a the verditers,b ochreC and vermilion.d The present paper is devoted to the members of the class of mineral yellows in their material and spiritual relations throughout Chinese history. More particularly, it is concerned with the stony yellows,e that is, the natural sulphides of arsenic.1
Empyreal Powers and Chthonian Edens: Two Notes on T'ang Taoist Literature
Two popular themes which germinated in very early Taoist belief and practice illustrate the extent to which Taoist motifs penetrated the literature of T'ang. One is represented by poetic versions of the tale of Peach Blossom Font-not the edifying myth associated with T'ao Ch'ien, but the mystical and romantic adventure set in the bowels of Mount T'ien T'ai, here exemplified by a sequence of five poems by Ts'ao T'ang, the chronicler of enigmatic p…
"Wu Yun's "Cantos on Pacing The Void
The Jade Woman of Greatest Mystery
Open Letter to the Editors, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Journal of Asian Studies
Non-Translation and Functional Translation--Two Sinological Maladies
Among the sins of scholarly translators from the Chinese, there is one which is so prevalent as to remain unchallenged generation after generation, possibly because no one is free from its taint. I refer to the practice of leaving uncooked and indigestible lumps in the sinological puddings served up to a tolerant public. This custom, against which I wish to make the strongest possible protest, has not yet been justified or even defended by any we…
Fusang and beyond: The Haunted Seas to Japan
The transit from T'ang to Japan is reflected in poems written by Chinese gentlemen at farewell parties held in honor of departing Japanese monks. These dwell on the wonders and dangers of the high seas, and speculate about the location of the fabulous land of Fu-sang, at the birthplace of the sun. After some discussion of the inhuman creatures one might expect to encounter on the passage, this essay focuses on their strange floating palaces, and …
Perspectives on the T'ang
The Sky River
imaginary paths visible only to inner eyes of men learned scientific matters. They corresponded to imaginary lines which we have set sky, such as equinoctial colure and azimuth circle. For them, as for us, most important ones were Red Road (our celestial equator) and Yellow Road (our ecliptic). But although expression road of occurs very rarely early Chinese literature, it is an anomaly and an exception. For almost everyone pale streak sky was a …
Early Indonesian Commerce: A Study of the Origins of Srivijaya
The Conservation of Nature Under the T'Ang Dynasty
The study of the history of man's knowledge of plants and animals is all the more necessary in that it has been neglected in favor of the study of the development of tools. For instance, as Lewis Mumford has pointed out 1), knowledge of the modes of reproduction and growth of plants was more necessary to the development of agriculture in Neolithic times than was the invention of such tools as the spade, the hoe, and the plow, around which most co…
Eating Turtles in Ancient China
Chinese Thought and Institutions
Noun Classifiers in Classical Chinese
The expression ‘Classical Chinese’ ( wen - li ) refers to the literary language of China, more or less homogeneous in syntax, but with considerable variation in vocabulary and style throughout the temporal range of its use, from the earliest times down to the present. In order to give a certain unity to the present study, I have taken a sample set of texts, bound together by a single writer of the T'ang Dynasty ( a . d . 618–906) into a single bo…
Notes on a Chinese Word for Jasmine
Noun Classifiers in Classical Chinese
The expression ‘Classical Chinese’ ( wen - li ) refers to the literary language of China, more or less homogeneous in syntax, but with considerable variation in vocabulary and style throughout the temporal range of its use, from the earliest times down to the present. In order to give a certain unity to the present study, I have taken a sample set of texts, bound together by a single writer of the T'ang Dynasty ( a . d . 618–906) into a single bo…
Ritual Exposure in Ancient China
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms (220-265), Chapters 69-78 from the Tzu Chih T'ung Chien of Ssu-ma Kuang (1019-1068)
The Pearl Fisheries of Ho-p'u
Li Kang: A Rhapsody on the Banyan Tree
Li Kang: A Rhapsody on the Banyan Tree
The banyan tree, a species of fig, with its curious and striking habit, is widely distributed in southern Asia, but commonly thought of in connection with India. It is not unknown in China, however, and has attracted considerable attention there in folklore and literature because of the great canopy-like structure formed by the descent of aerial roots from its branches. These strike into the ground to form a series of new trunks, and ultimately e…
ZH Guide: An Introduction to Sinology
Memoires sur les Coutumes du Cambodge de Tcheou Ta-Kouan
(Notes On Mica in Medieval China *)
Non-Translation and Functional Translation--Two Sinological Maladies
Among the sins of scholarly translators from the Chinese, there is one which is so prevalent as to remain unchallenged generation after generation, possibly because no one is free from its taint. I refer to the practice of leaving uncooked and indigestible lumps in the sinological puddings served up to a tolerant public. This custom, against which I wish to make the strongest possible protest, has not yet been justified or even defended by any we…
The Empire of Min
Orpiment and Realgar in Chinese Technology and Tradition
AMONG THE MINERAL PIGMENTS known to the Chinese since classical times the most important are the yellows,a the verditers,b ochreC and vermilion.d The present paper is devoted to the members of the class of mineral yellows in their material and spiritual relations throughout Chinese history. More particularly, it is concerned with the stony yellows,e that is, the natural sulphides of arsenic.1
The Early History of Lead Pigments and Cosmetics in China
The oxides of lead, minium, litharge and massicot 1), have probably been known, at least as curiosities, as long as lead itself, as ordinary by-products of the extraction of the metal from galena 2). The metallurgy of lead is very ancient: in Asia Minor it seems to go back to the third millenium B.C. The separation of admixed silver from galena by cupellation is also very old 3). The beginnings of the manufacture of lead pigments in China, then, …
The Development of Bathing Customs in Ancient and Medieval China and the History of the Floriate Clear Palace
Edward H. Schafer, The Development of Bathing Customs in Ancient and Medieval China and the History of the Floriate Clear Palace, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 76, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1956), pp. 57-82
The Empire of Min
War Elephants in Ancient and Medieval China
The Asiatic (Elephas maximus), taken, tamed, and trained for civil and military purposes in India and Indochina since antiquity, was once widespread in China, and occasionally employed in battle there. Archeological and literary remains attest to its presence in the valley of the Yellow River in Shang times, but none seem to have survived in the dominions of the kings of Chou. Indeed tradition credited the heroic founders of that dynasty with dri…
"Tōzai Kōyaku Shi ["History of Aromatics in East and West]
China's Cultural Tradition: What and Whither
Rosewood, Dragon's Blood, and Lac
Falconry in T'Ang Times
) B. Laufer, in Chinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty (Leiden, 1909), p. 231, favors Turke stan, but Hans J. Epstein, in The Origin and Earliest History of Falconry, Isis, 34 (1943), 497-500, states his belief that, only a wealth of leisure great patience, sensitivity and ingenuity, not ordinarily shown with regard to animals by primitive people, will make a successful falconer. Falconry is, he says, . . . definitely the product of an advanced civil…
Open Letter to the Editors, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Journal of Asian Studies
Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British Museum
Chinese Thought and Institutions
Communications
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