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Tsien, Tsuen-hsuin was born on December 1, 1909.
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Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions, Second Edition Hardcover September 20, 2004
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Written on bamboo and silk: the beginnings of Chinese books and inscriptions
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Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions, Second Edition
( Paleography, which often overlaps with archaeology, dec...)
Paleography, which often overlaps with archaeology, deciphers ancient inscriptions and modes of writing to reveal the knowledge and workings of earlier societies. In this now-classic paleographic study of China, Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien traces the development of Chinese writing from the earliest inscriptions to the advent of printing, with specific attention to the tools and media used. This edition includes material that treats the many major documents and ancient Chinese artifacts uncovered over the forty years since the book’s first publication, as well as an afterword by Edward L. Shaughnessy. Written on Bamboo and Silk has long been considered a landmark in its field. Critical in this regard is the excavation of numerous sites throughout China, where hundreds of thousands of documents written on bamboo and silk—as well as other media—were found, including some of the earliest copies of historical, medical, astronomical, military, and religious texts that are now essential to the study of early Chinese literature, history, and philosophy. Discoveries such as these have made the amount of material evidence on the origins and evolution of communication throughout Chinese history exceedingly broad and rich, and yet Tsien succeeds in tackling it all and building on the earlier classic work that changed the course of study and understanding of Chinese paleography.
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Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions
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Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions, Second Edition 2nd edition by Tsien, Tsuen-Hsuin (2004) Paperback
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Tsuen-hsuin Tsien
Edit Profileliterature educator researcher science educator educator emeritus
Education
Bachelor in History, Nanking University, China, 1932. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1957.
Career
Assistant library National Chiaotung University, Shanghai, 1932-1937. Manager China Library. Service, 1936; custodian rare books and other materials, head Nanking and Shanghai offices The National Library Pelping, 1937-1947.
Curator Far Eastern Library. University Chicago, 1947-1978, professor emeritus, curator emeritus, since 1979. Research fellow Joseph Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, England, since 1982.
President China Publications Service, since 1983. Visiting professor Asian studies University Hawaii, 1957. Lecturer in field.
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Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions, Second Edition
( Paleography, which often overlaps with archaeology, dec...)
- Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions, Second Edition Hardcover September 20, 2004
- Written On Bamboo And Silk; The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions
- Written on bamboo and silk: the beginnings of Chinese books and inscriptions
- Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions
- Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions, Second Edition 2nd edition by Tsien, Tsuen-Hsuin (2004) Paperback
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Written on Bamboo and Silk: The Beginnings of Chinese Books and Inscriptions, Second Edition
Membership
With Chinese Army, 1927.
Connections
Married Wen-ching Hsu. Children: Ginger, Gloria, Mary.
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Born
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1932
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1952
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1957
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1932 - 1937
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1936
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1979
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1982
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1983
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Recipient Distinguished Service award for shipping some 30,000 vols. Chinese rare books in Shanghal to the United States Library. Congress before Japanese bombed Pearl Habour Chinese government, 1943, 99, Committee E. Asian Libraries, 1978, Chinese American Libraries Association, 1985, Professional Achievement citation University Chicago Alumni Association, 1996, The National Library Distinguished Service award 1999, others. Named to Senior Citizen's Hall of Fame City of Chicago. Grantee in field; Festsdrift in honor of his 80th birthday Taipei, 1990, Beijing, 1991.Recipient Distinguished Service award for shipping some 30,000 vols. Chinese rare books in Shanghal to the United States Library. Congress before Japanese bombed Pearl Habour Chinese government, 1943, 99, Committee E. Asian Libraries, 1978, Chinese American Libraries Association, 1985, Professional Achievement citation University Chicago Alumni Association, 1996, The National Library Distinguished Service award 1999, others.
Named to Senior Citizen's Hall of Fame City of Chicago. Grantee in field; Festsdrift in honor of his 80th birthday Taipei, 1990, Beijing, 1991.