Robin Yates
Biographic Data
| ID | 6045839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Yates |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Yates |
| SIGNATURE | YATES R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Glasgow Royal Infirmary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Early Modes on Interpretation of the Military Canons
This chapter will examine some of the early modes of interpretation of the Sunzi bingfa (The Art of War of Sunzi), the most famous of the Seven Military Canons (Wujing qishu) that were established as a core group of military texts in the Yuanfeng reign period of Song Shenzong as a counterpart to the Confucian canons. 1 Shenzong was at the time attempting to reorganize the bureaucracy to enable him to achieve his lifelong goal, the recapture of te…
Women in China from Earliest Times to the Present
This essential reference work provides an alphabetic listing, with an extensive index, of studies on women in China from earliest times to the present day written in Western languages, primarily English, French, German, and Italian. Containing more than 2500 citations of books, chapters in books, and articles, especially those published in the last thirty years, and more than 100 titles of doctoral dissertations and Masters theses, it covers work…
Medicine for Women in Early China
This study reviews aspects of the history of medicine for women from approximately the third century BCE to the tenth century CE. It focuses on therapies during the months of pregnancy and childbirth as recorded in newly discovered texts, on the developing pharmacopeia, and on ritual procedures. It argues that acupuncture was used only rarely on pregnant women and that many cultural and religious beliefs and practices, including those drawn from …
Slavery in Early China
This essay analyzes the nature of slavery in early China from a comparative sociocultural perspective, using the sociological approach of Orlando Patterson (Slavery and Social Death, 1982). Marxist and other theoretical positions are rejected in favor of viewing slaves not as the object of property, but rather seeing that slaves could not be the subject of property. In other words, slaves are “dominated non-persons.” The focus of the inquiry is o…
Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5
The Medical Implications of Infertility Treatment
Slavery in Early China
This essay analyzes the nature of slavery in early China from a comparative sociocultural perspective, using the sociological approach of Orlando Patterson (Slavery and Social Death, 1982). Marxist and other theoretical positions are rejected in favor of viewing slaves not as the object of property, but rather seeing that slaves could not be the subject of property. In other words, slaves are “dominated non-persons.” The focus of the inquiry is o…
The Medical Implications of Infertility Treatment
Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5
Slavery in Early China
This essay analyzes the nature of slavery in early China from a comparative sociocultural perspective, using the sociological approach of Orlando Patterson (Slavery and Social Death, 1982). Marxist and other theoretical positions are rejected in favor of viewing slaves not as the object of property, but rather seeing that slaves could not be the subject of property. In other words, slaves are “dominated non-persons.” The focus of the inquiry is o…
Medicine for Women in Early China
This study reviews aspects of the history of medicine for women from approximately the third century BCE to the tenth century CE. It focuses on therapies during the months of pregnancy and childbirth as recorded in newly discovered texts, on the developing pharmacopeia, and on ritual procedures. It argues that acupuncture was used only rarely on pregnant women and that many cultural and religious beliefs and practices, including those drawn from …
Women in China from Earliest Times to the Present
This essential reference work provides an alphabetic listing, with an extensive index, of studies on women in China from earliest times to the present day written in Western languages, primarily English, French, German, and Italian. Containing more than 2500 citations of books, chapters in books, and articles, especially those published in the last thirty years, and more than 100 titles of doctoral dissertations and Masters theses, it covers work…
Early Modes on Interpretation of the Military Canons
This chapter will examine some of the early modes of interpretation of the Sunzi bingfa (The Art of War of Sunzi), the most famous of the Seven Military Canons (Wujing qishu) that were established as a core group of military texts in the Yuanfeng reign period of Song Shenzong as a counterpart to the Confucian canons. 1 Shenzong was at the time attempting to reorganize the bureaucracy to enable him to achieve his lifelong goal, the recapture of te…
History (5 works) · China (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)