Victor Mair
Biographic Data
| ID | 6045622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victor Mair |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victor |
| FAMILY NAME | Mair |
| SIGNATURE | MAIR V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gazing Eastwards
Yang Lian’s exilic poetry
This dedication was composed by Chinese poet and author Yang Lian and translated by John Minford, then head of the School of Asian Studies at the University of Auckland. It is inscribed upon a stone memorial hewn to resemble the geographical shape of China, dedicated to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The memorial stands outside St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Alten Road in Auckland, New Zealand. It was chosen by two Chines…
An Introduction to Seshat
This article introduces the Seshat: Global History Databank, its potential, and its methodology. Seshat is a databank containing vast amounts of quantitative data buttressed by qualitative nuance for a large sample of historical and archaeological polities. The sample is global in scope and covers the period from the Neolithic Revolution to the Industrial Revolution. Seshat allows scholars to capture dynamic processes and to test theories about t…
Evidence of Eurasian metal alloys on the Alaskan coast in prehistory
The Zhuangzi and Its Impact
T'ang Transformation Texts
Tun-huang Popular Narratives
List of illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Sariputra 2. Maudgalyayana 3. Wu Tzu-hsu 4. Chang I-ch'ao Usages and symbols Notes on the texts References Index
Evidence of Eurasian metal alloys on the Alaskan coast in prehistory
Tun-huang Popular Narratives
List of illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Sariputra 2. Maudgalyayana 3. Wu Tzu-hsu 4. Chang I-ch'ao Usages and symbols Notes on the texts References Index
Yang Lian’s exilic poetry
This dedication was composed by Chinese poet and author Yang Lian and translated by John Minford, then head of the School of Asian Studies at the University of Auckland. It is inscribed upon a stone memorial hewn to resemble the geographical shape of China, dedicated to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The memorial stands outside St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Alten Road in Auckland, New Zealand. It was chosen by two Chines…
Tun-huang Popular Narratives
List of illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Sariputra 2. Maudgalyayana 3. Wu Tzu-hsu 4. Chang I-ch'ao Usages and symbols Notes on the texts References Index
T'ang Transformation Texts
The Zhuangzi and Its Impact
Evidence of Eurasian metal alloys on the Alaskan coast in prehistory
An Introduction to Seshat
This article introduces the Seshat: Global History Databank, its potential, and its methodology. Seshat is a databank containing vast amounts of quantitative data buttressed by qualitative nuance for a large sample of historical and archaeological polities. The sample is global in scope and covers the period from the Neolithic Revolution to the Industrial Revolution. Seshat allows scholars to capture dynamic processes and to test theories about t…
Yang Lian’s exilic poetry
This dedication was composed by Chinese poet and author Yang Lian and translated by John Minford, then head of the School of Asian Studies at the University of Auckland. It is inscribed upon a stone memorial hewn to resemble the geographical shape of China, dedicated to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The memorial stands outside St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Alten Road in Auckland, New Zealand. It was chosen by two Chines…
Gazing Eastwards
Archaeology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · China (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Buddhism (2 works)