I presented my paper on didactic persuasion in He Xiu‘s 何休 writings on the Chunqiu 春秋 at the Venice EACS yesterday. I argued that the 公羊墨守, 左氏膏肓, and 穀梁廢疾 are not reading aids for the 春秋 but instead push the reader to dismiss the 左 and 穀梁 and choose the 公羊. #Sinology #ChinesePhilosophy

Very chuffed to see this volume appearing! It really spans a broad spectrum of revenge conceptions from early China to the present, and from visual culture and art to literature and philosophy. And the preceding workshop @china-kuleuven.bsky.social taught me a lot! Thanks, @ciaota.bsky.social!

Markus Samuel Haselbeck 趙澤煊@ciaota.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am very happy that the new issue of Oriens Extremus will be coming out soon, which includes a 10-article special section Exploring Revenge Across Chinese History that I edited. We cover #ChinesePhilosophy, #ChineseHistory, literature, and law. #Sinology (1/2)

I am very happy that the new issue of Oriens Extremus will be coming out soon, which includes a 10-article special section Exploring Revenge Across Chinese History that I edited. We cover #ChinesePhilosophy, #ChineseHistory, literature, and law. #Sinology (1/2)

Another case of interesting reading marks! Check out this preface: Throughout the preface, you see full stops, but the first page features a 、 right in the first line and a few triangles. Page two continues with tripple 、. Anyone got a clue what this is? #ChinaBooks #Sinology

Markus Samuel Haselbeck 趙澤煊@ciaota.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Returning to a discussion from last year for #MarginaliaMonday: This 1920s copy of the 蕙風詞話 features added marks for emphasis as 。and punctuation as 8 in red and yellow ink. First time I see yellow ink—do you know if it was common in the early Republic? #ChinaBooks #Sinology #RepublicanChina

Our copy of the 徐氏三種 is full of surprises! Let me explain: This collection usually includes the 三字經訓詁, the 百家姓考略 & the 千字文釋義, forming a set of educational texts. The first of these texts has been replaced with the 滿漢合璧三字經註解 in our copy. #Sinology (1/6)

Many people are getting married today due to the palindromic date, 26/6/26. So I wanted to share this almanac for 1881, which lists more auspicious days. I really like the aesthetics of the green and red ink in combination with the black ink! #ChinaBooks #Sinology #Astrology

This morning, I revisited the relationship between 秋 and 龜 and found that the #甲骨文 does not actually depict a turtle but, as 郭沫若 identifies it, a cricket. Their omnipresent sound (jiujiu 啾啾) in autumn connects them to 秋. Later, 禾 created the link to harvest. #Sinology

Markus Samuel Haselbeck 趙澤煊@ciaota.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Found some nice variant characters #異體字 I hadn’t come across before. While the 春 appears quite often in colophones, both the 秋 and 中 alternatives are super interesting! Anyone knows why they added the 龜 to 秋? (These read 晏子春秋 and 文中子) #Chinese #Sinology

With the Japanese Emperor and the King of Belgium visiting the KU Leuven library today, all employees must work from home. On a day with 36 degrees, there are worse things to do than write an introductory article about the Mullie collection on my balcony! #ChinaBooks #Monarchy

Found some nice variant characters #異體字 I hadn’t come across before. While the 春 appears quite often in colophones, both the 秋 and 中 alternatives are super interesting! Anyone knows why they added the 龜 to 秋? (These read 晏子春秋 and 文中子) #Chinese #Sinology

Had an interesting discussion on the concept of da yitong within Chinese Philosophy over on the other platform with someone arguing it was all about waging war and conquering surrounding states to expand China. Here are my two cents on the topic: (1/8) #ChinesePhilosophy #Sinology

Just came across this illustration of an imaginary meeting among the authors of the Four Books 四書 in a 1907 print of the 四書集註. Interestingly, it features Confucius 孔子, Zisi 子思, Yanzi 顏子, and Mengzi 孟子... So Zengzi was replaced by Yan Yuan 顏淵. #ChinaBooks #Sinology #ChinesePhilosophy

An introductory essay for Four Books readers: “On the Structure of the Text.” How the ancient verses and medieval commentaries are laid out to form an orderly page architecture, and how our replica reproduces this in English. fourbooks.org/on-structure

On the Structure of the Text

Published in 1190, the Four Books with Collected Commentaries quickly became a classic text across East Asia. To the Western reader, however, the commentarial style of this classic may be unfamiliar.

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Had the chance to work on some Tibetan #manuscripts and books at KU Leuven Special Collections this week. Some even survived since the early 1600s! All these beautiful illustrations of Buddhist deities truly made the work worth it! #ChinaBooks #Sinology #Tibetology

I finally came across one of these stamps in a book from the Republic of China as well. Although I have cataloged many Republican works, this is a first, as far as I remember. But it seems this practice was quite widespread in early 19th-century East Asia. #ChinaBooks #Sinology

Markus Samuel Haselbeck 趙澤煊@ciaota.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I came across books by 郭沫若 on bronze inscriptions, printed in 1930s Japan. Though I often see publishers’ seals on books’ imprint pages, I’ve not come across publishers’ postal stamps before! Do you know whether this is a common practice and how it came about? #ChinaBooks #Japan

Today, I came across this work on #ChineseArchitecture. Dating to the Republican period, the 中國建築學講義 contains beautiful illustrations of traditional temples, bridges & palaces. For #MarginaliaMonday check especially all the little sketches and notes! #ChinaBooks #Sinology

The second day of the China AG / China Work Group #conference opening was marked by a move to #ChineseEconomics and labor politics. We have thus moved on to contemporary China with this morning's six presentations. #Sinology #ChinaStudies

I’m very happy to join the China AG/China Work Group #conference once again this year. With roughly 20 scholars from Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and Belgium, this is already shaping up to be a great three days! #Sinology #China

I came across books by 郭沫若 on bronze inscriptions, printed in 1930s Japan. Though I often see publishers’ seals on books’ imprint pages, I’ve not come across publishers’ postal stamps before! Do you know whether this is a common practice and how it came about? #ChinaBooks #Japan

Jozef Mullie formerly owned the collection I am working on. The first volume was published in 1930, shortly before he was named a professor of Chinese, phonetics, and missiology at Leuven. With two more volumes in 1931 & 1933, this became his magnum opus. #Sinology (1/3)

Yun Xie@yunxie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New purchase: Het Chineesch Taaleigen Inleiding tot de gesprokene taal (Noord -Pekineesch dialekt), by Jos Mullie 闵宣化 (1886-1976, Belgian missionary from Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae. Printed in Beijing in 1931, Dutch and Chinese. PeiTang (Noordkerk) Drukkerij 北堂印刷所。

For today’s #MarginaliaMonday I want to take a look at this 清文啟蒙, a popular textbook among Qing scholars for studying Manchu. While the book contains Manchu text with Chinese translation, our annotator added mainly phonetic notes in red ink. #ChinaBooks #Sinology

On my quest to decipher the seal stamps in the books I work with, I’ve started studying seal script by copying the 說文解字 and have returned to Oracle Bone Script 甲骨文. A few days ago, I came across 丁輔之’s 商卜文集聯, which made studying 甲骨文 really fun! (1/5) #ChinaBooks

This noon, I attended @yunxie.bsky.social’s lecture on the materiality of printed Chinese script in 19th-century Netherlands. The talk addressed challenges, networks, reasons, and innovations related to printing Chinese in Europe. Thanks for this new angle on printing culture! #ChinaBooks #Sinology

Joined Christopher Mittelstaedt's lecture on the rhizomatic logic of Xi Jinping’s thought today—a thoughtful framing of Xi’s fragmentary ideas as becoming coherent politics only through a participatory process. Resonates with Lee Ting-mien’s idea of Xi’s Calls for Papers. #ChinesePolitics #Sinology

Here is a brief update of my work on Jozef Mullie‘s collection of rare Chinese books. I have created metadata for over 250 titles from the 1600s to the early RoC, totaling ca. 3,000 volumes. There are still many books to add, so keep your eyes open for more! #ChinaBooks #Sinology

Markus Samuel Haselbeck 趙澤煊@ciaota.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I started a new position working on a collection of mainly pre-modern Chinese books once owned by Jozef Mullie at KU Leuven Libraries, making these works available to scholars. Over the coming months, I'll be posting some of the fascinating texts and illustrations I come across. #ChineseStudies

As I always enjoy depictions of waves in Chinese prints, I want to share two more water-themed works from the 龍圖公案. The water appears quite stormy and dangerous in this print. (1/2) #ChinaBooks #Sinology

Today, I’d like to share some pictures of our 龍圖公案 copy. While the preface contains a few nice 異體字, I especially enjoy the pictures’ angular style: The rough woodblock print makes faces and objects look almost Picasso-esque here! #ChinaBooks #Sinology #ChinaArt

Came across this advertisement for a Chinese typewriter - reminded me of @tsmullaney.bsky.social ‘s book! I also like that it is advertised as a ”new tool of the new era“ (新時代的新工具). Has a nice ring to it! #Sinology #ChineseHistory

Let me share some pages from the 傳家寶書 that depict seals. I love the variety of scripts, shapes, sizes, and character placements used here. The one that looks like a jug of alcohol is definitely my favorite! Which one do you like the most? #ChinaBooks #Sinology

Markus Samuel Haselbeck 趙澤煊@ciaota.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The popular scientific encyclopedia 傳家寶書 (or 傳家寶全集), written by 石成金, contains many beautiful illustrations! In addition to depictions of seal stamps and scholarly objects, I especially like the pictures that accompany these poems. #ChinaBooks #Sinology #ChinesePoetry

I was finally able to pick up my PhD diploma for my doctorate in #ChineseStudies this week. Now onto new shores—or at least the search for new shores around the globe! #ChinesePhilosophy

The popular scientific encyclopedia 傳家寶書 (or 傳家寶全集), written by 石成金, contains many beautiful illustrations! In addition to depictions of seal stamps and scholarly objects, I especially like the pictures that accompany these poems. #ChinaBooks #Sinology #ChinesePoetry