Medieval China Resource Packet

by Debra Carlson, Jean Diamond, Virginia Gannaway, Joann Gillespie, David Grant, Sally Olson

Annotated Bibliography

Andrea, Alfred J. and James H. traditional roles of women in China and Overfield, Editors. The contrasts these roles with those of women Human Record: in the present. Sources of Global History, Volume 1: Bankier , Joanna and Deirdre Lashgari, to 1700. Boston: Houghton- Ed. Women Poets Mifflin Company, 1990. of the World. New York: ISBN#:0- 395- Macmillan, 1983. 48399-9 Excerpts from this work were used in the A good collection of primary sources, NEH institute 1995-1996. Dr.Lashgari useful for sixth and seventh grade world was one of the guest teachers and history, it includes primary sources on provided great insight into the role of Buddhism and Confucianism. women in Chinese literature. A rich treasure for those looking for examples of Arlington, L.C. Chinese Drama From women's literature. The Earliest Times Until Today. Bronx, Birrell, Anne. Chinese Mythology: An N.Y.: B. Blom, 1966. Introduction. A panoramic study of the art in China, Baltimore: Johns tracing its origin and describing its actors Hopkins University Press, 1993. (in both male and female roles), their This recent addition to the many books on costumes and make-up, superstitions and Chinese literature describes ancient stage slang, the accompanying music and beliefs of China and the roles they played musical instruments, concludes with in Chinese life. synopses of thirty Chinese plays. Bordewich, Fergus M. Peach Blossom Ayscough, Forence. Chinese Women: Spring. New Yesterday and York: Simon and Today. Boston: Schuster, 1994. ISBN# 0-671- Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1937. 78710-1 This mixture of primary and secondary Excellent children's book that retells a material provides information on folktale depicting the Daoist view of the ideal country. This book includes (Readers' Digest), 1993. ISBN outstanding artwork in water color. 0- 89577-501-8 This easily understood overview of major Brandon, James R. Traditional Asian religions includes sections on Daoism and Plays. Edited and Buddhism. with an intro- duction by James R. Brandon. Cotterell, Arthur. Ancient China. New York: Hill and Wang, 1972. Eyewitness Books, New York: Indian, Japanese, and Chinese examples Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. are included. The Chinese play is entitled This beautifully illustrated book provides "The Price of Wine" and is an example of a history of China from the Bronze Age Chinese opera. to 1911, when the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty Carey, John, Ed. Eyewitness to History. ended. Covered are such diverse topics New York: Avon as ancestor worship, divination sticks, Books, 1987. ISBN#: 0- Confucius, and lacquerware. Primary 380-70895-7. source illustrations in this book could be This is an excellent collection of primary used to introduce limited English sources in world history 430 B.C.- 1986. speakers to Chinese history and culture in Excerpts can be used as they are or pre- an easily understood format. sented in other forms, such as readers' theatre. Dolby, William. Eight Chinese Plays From The Thirteenth China: A Cultural Heritage. Amawalk, Century to the New York: Present. Translations by Dolby. Golden Owl Publishing New York: Company, 1993. ISBN#: 1- Columbia University 56696- 040-1 Press, 1978. This Jackdaw kit of primary sources, Authors include Lin Tangqing, J. Shi, C. pictures, and posters is an excellent Liang, J. Wang, and Mei Lanfang. source of visuals and authentic realia for Examples from the Yuan dynasty and students. The study guide has many Peking Opera are included. helpful materials as well. The cost was $30; check the current catalogue prices by Dore, Henry S.J., translation from calling 914-962-6911. French. Chinese Customs. Singapore: Chuang, Ph-Ho, translation by Peter Graham Brash Publishers, 1987. Eberly. Chinese This discussion of Chinese beliefs, Forms. Taipei, practices, and "superstitions" was written Taiwan: Sinorama Magazine, by a French missionary in Shanghai in 1989. 1914. It deals with birth, children, In studying ancient Chinese art, author marriage, death, and burial. Illustrations, Chuang noticed that certain forms and such as a charm showing the eight shapes appeared throughout Chinese trigrams of the I Ching, are included. history. He has provided historical and cultural analyses of specific forms found Eherhard, Wolfrom. Folk Tales of in folk art and illustrated each with a China. New York: photograph. University of Chicago Press, 1993. Clarke, Peter B. The World's Religions. Folk tales include some of the history and New York: culture in language that is easily under- Marshall Editions stood by students of all abilities and language fluencies. Women from the time of Confucius to Feng, Jicai. The Three-Inch Golden modern China are described, with Lotus. Honolulu: detailed information on particular historic University of characters. Hawaii Press, 1994. ISBN#: 0- 8248-1574-2 Hiersstein, Judy. Crafts from Other This collection of stories has some Cultures: A information on footbinding, but it has Teacher Resource mostly modern stories. Book for Middle and Upper Grades. Torrance: Goldstein, Peggy. Long is a Dragon. Frank Schaffer Publications, New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1994. Inc.,1991. This excellent source provides nformation This reference provides detailed informa- on various crafts such as Chinese tion on Chinese calligraphy, and writing. directions for making Chinese characters. Illustrations are easy to understand and Holdsworth, May. Beijing. Hong follow. Kong: Chartwell Books, Grosier, J.B. The World of the Ancient 1988. Chinese. Geneve- This reference describes modern Paris: Minerva, Beijing's character and daily life. 1989. Descriptions of earlier traditions are Hong, Lily Toy. Two of Everything: A illustrated with drawings and photo- Chinese Folktale. graphs. Retold and illustrated by Lily Toy Hong. Gross, Susan Hill, and Marjorie Wall Morton Grove, Bingham. Women Ill.: A. Whitman, in Traditional 1993. China. Hudson, Wisconsin: A poor old Chinese farmer finds a magic Gary E. McCuen Publications, brass pot that doubles or duplicates what- Inc., 1980. ever is placed inside it, but his efforts to This mixture of primary and secondary make himself wealthy lead to unexpected information describes traditional and complications. This is an excellent changing roles of Chinese women. example of children's literature for use in the classroom. Haroz, Pat Rischar. Geographic Literacy: Maps for Hook, Brian, Editor. The Cambridge Memorization. Portland, Encyclopedia of Maine: J. Weston Walch, 1987. China. Cam- Though the maps of China have place bridge: Press Syndicate of the names in the Wade-Giles format, rather University of than the preferred Pinyin, they include Cambridge, 1991. excellent outline maps for use in the This encyclopedia is a great general classroom. resource for information. Much of the inventions section came from its section Hibbert, Eloise T. Embroidered Gauze: on science and technology in China. It Portraits of also has pictures of coins used in trade Famous Chinese and contains three pages of tables Ladies. Freeport: Books for demonstrating conversions of place Libraries Press, names from Wade-Giles or Post Office 1941,1969. formats to the preferred Pinyin. Hsu, I Ching. Chinese Brush Painting Workstation. Jiang, Wei and Cheng An. The Legend New York, New of Mu Lan: A York: Price Stern Sloan, Inc., Heroine of Ancient 1993. ISBN#: 0-8431- China. Monterey, CA: Victory 3753-3 Press, 1992. This book provides everything needed to The authors have illustrated and written, start painting. Traditional bamboo in both Chinese and English, this story, brushes, paints, rice paper, instructions, based on a Song Dynasty poem, of a and examples are all included. Using this woman who disguised herself as a male book, some students have produced in order to take the place of her old outstanding watercolor art beyond what and ill father in the army. The story would ever have been expected. Priced at illustrates the importance placed on $21.95, it is a great value. respect for one's elders and family. Huang, Kerson and Rosemary, Jue, David F. Chinese Kites. Rutland, Translation Vermont & and Commentaries. I Ching. Tokyo, Japan: Charles New York: E.Tuttle Co., 1967. Workman Publishing, A good book on the history of Chinese 1987. kites, this reference also gives The Huangs, in addition to their own instructions on how to make and fly translations, discuss Chinese history them. (especially that described by the I Ching), the legacy of Confucius and interpreta- Johnson, Oliver A., Ed. Sources of tions of the I Ching by his followers, the World Civilization, vol. I: relationship between the I Ching and to 1500. Engle- physics (Kerson is a physicist), the wood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, history of oracle bones and yarrow 1994. ISBN#: 0- stalks, sug-gestions for using the I 13-962457-0 Ching, and com-mentary on each Good collection of primary sources, hexagram. useful for sixth and seventh grade world history, it contains the Buddhas's Hucker, Charles O. China's Imperial original Deerpark sermon, from which Past. Palo Alto, CA: the readers' theatre script on Buddhism Stanford University was written. Press, 1975. ISBN#: 8047- 0887-8 Kaser, R.T. I Ching in Ten Minutes. This reference provides information and New York: Avon history on various dynasties of China. Books, 1994. Although 300 pages in length, this book Hume, Lotta Carswell. Favorite is written more for the casual Western Children's Stories reader. Kaser provides a detailed guide from China and Tibet. of proceeding, using coins, and ties Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, readings to particular questions, such as Japan: Charles E. money, love, work, and astrology. Tuttle Company, 1962. Kendall, Carol & Li, Yao-Wen. Sweet Each story and folk tale is provided with and Sour: Tales From beautiful illustrations and its geographic China. Retold. origin. The reading level is New York: Clarion Books, 1980. approximately ISBN: 0-395- sixth grade. 54798-9 A "must-buy" for teaching social studies Li, Po. Works of Li Po, The Chinese or language arts, this engaging collection Poet. Translated and of folktales is available through Perma- transcribed into bound. A class set is well worth the English verse by Shigeyoshi investment. The folktales range from the Obata. New York: Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty with Paragon Book Reprint several stories having no distinguishing Corp., 1965. time period (oral history). The reading An excellent source for literature of the level is mainly grades 4-5, yet the cultural Tang dynasty, this book has an introduc- issues raised challenge students in tion providing insight into the life of one thinking about the rich culture of China. of China's greatest poets as well as facilitat- Kapit, Wynn. The Geography Coloring ing understanding of Chinese poetry Book. New York: itself. The relationship between beliefs, HarperCollins, literary expression, artistic expression, 1991. and life circumstances are explored, using An excellent map of China, showing both Li Po's poems as examples. Several political and physical features, is paintings corresponding to particular contained in this resource. Place names poems are included in the book. are shown in the Pinyin form. Li, Yu-ning, Ed. Chinese Women: Through Chinese Eyes. Armonk: Lee, Chin and Kay Wong. I Ching: An East Gate Book, 1992. Book ` of Change. Tujunga, CA: ISBN#: 0-87332- The K. King 596-6 Company, 1971. The first 125 pages deal with women in After an explanation of the history and ancient China. how to use either divining sticks or coins for consulting the I Ching, Lee and Wong Lip, Evelyn. Chinese Beliefs and Super- combine Confucian commentaries with stitions. others to present part of the Singapore: Graham Brush reading of each hexagram in verse form. (Pte) Ltd, 1985. The author describes and illustrates cus- Levy, Howard S. Chinese Footbinding: toms and beliefs such as geomancy, face- The History of a reading, festivals, legendary deities, and curious Erotic Custom. charms. In the preface the author indi- New York: Walton Rawls, cates that this is not intended to be a 1996. scholarly work but rather a "light-hearted Illustrations, such as schematic drawings representation" of some beliefs. showing the "before" and "after" views of the foot, accompany the historical and Llewellyn, Bernard. China's Courts and cultural study of the custom of Concubines. footbinding, now illegal. London: Simson Shand Ltd., 1956. Li, Dun J. Ed. The Essence of Chinese This book includes a biography of Chu- Civilization. ko Liang, the inventor and military Princeton, strategist, born about 181 A.D. in the NJ: D Van Nostrand Co., Inc., province of Shantung. He has been 1967. compared to Leonardo da Vinci, who This collection of Chinese writers has a acted as military engineer to Prince variety of historical and literary materials. Borgia in Renaissance Italy. Lo-Feng. Chinese Art. Youth Cultural This general historical reference contains Enterprises Co., really attractive, illustrated portraits of Ltd., 1985. Mongols, including Genghis Khan. This study and survey of art in China provided much of the information in the Noss, David S. "Native Chinese Religion art section. and Daoism," History of World Religion. New York: MacFarquhar, Roderick. The Forbidden Macmillan Publishing City. New York: Company,1994. Newsweek, 1972. ISBN#: 0- This article provides an overview of 88225-022-1 ancient Chinese beliefs, including Information on this part of Beijing and its ancestor worship, earth-worship, and historical and cultural significance are oracle bones. included. Nylan, Michael. Translation and Mack, Maynard. General Editor. The commentaries. The Elemental Norton Anthology Changes: The Ancient of World Master- Chinese Companion to the I pieces. Volume 1. New York: Ching. Norton, 1995. Albany: State University of New This is the source of the translation of York, 1994. "The Peach Blossom Spring". T'ao Nylan has translated both the original Ch'ien (365-427) is the original author texts and various commentaries, and a prolific writer in Chinese literature. including those written by Confucius The anthology is helpful as a general and/or his followers. reference. Ostwald, H. G. Translation of Dao De Miyazaki, Ichisada. China's Examination Jing. London: Penguin Hell: The Civil Books, 1985. Service An excellent translation with a helpful Examinations of Imperial China. introduction and commentary notes for New York: John the teacher-scholar seeking a deeper, Weatherhill, Inc., more 1976. profound understanding of Daoism, this This secondary source describes, in book is easy to understand. All excerpts detail, the civil service system of China for lessons come from this translation. and its foundations in writings of Confucius. Palmer, Martin and Jay Ramsay with Zhao Xiaomin. I Ching: Needham, Joseph. Science in Traditional Shamanic Oracle of Change. San China. Francisco: Cambridge, Mass: Thoren's (of Harper Collins Harvard University Press, 1981. Publishers), 1995. This book contains information on the Besides newly translating from the Taoist alchemy that led not only to the original Chinese, the authors have invention of gunpowder and firearms, but provided their own original art, also to the calligraphy, and poetry to accompany rise of modern medical chemistry. each hexagram and have analyzed the radicals of the Chinese characters used to Nicholson, Robert. Journey Into describe each. A philosophical and Civilization. New York: historical analysis of the I Ching in Chelsea general, oracle bones, and specific Juniors, 1994. hexagrams is provided. This is a good resource for bringing out Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens, Michele.The Han the role of women in Chinese literature Dynasty. and provides excellent examples of poetry New York: Rizzoli, 1982. written by women. This reference contains a silk road map and information about the development of Riley, Philip F., et al, Ed. The Global this road. It also contains pictures of Experience: archeological studies during the Han Readings in period. World History to 1500, vol I, Second Edition. Puritt, Ida. A Daughter of Han: The Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Autobiography of Prentice Hall, 1994. a Chinese ISBN#: 0-13-356981-0 Working Woman. Translated by This is a good collection of primary Eve Alison Nyren. Lewiston: sources, useful for sixth and seventh Edwin Mellen Press, 1995. grade world history. Translations of This recent translation of a Qing dynasty several original documents on China are novel can be read in a core class or by included. more advanced readers. Pu, Sung-ling (1640-1715). Hsing Shih Scafer, Edward H. Ancient China. New Yin Yuan Chuan; The Bonds York: Time-Life Books, 1967. of Matrimony. Translated by Eve This general reference on ancient China Alison Nyren. includes a chapter on discoverers and Lewiston: inventors with pictures of inventions. Edwin Mellen Press, 1995. Silverberg, Robert. Wonders of Ancient This book is a recent translation of a Qing Chinese Science. dynasty novel. NewYork: Hawthorne Books, Inc., 1969. Rappaport, Doreen. The Journey of Silverberg discusses the Chinese as Meng. Chinese scientists and goes through legend retold documentation of many of their by Doreen Rappaport; pictures by inventions. Yang Ming-Yi. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991. ISBN: 0-8037-0895-5 Siu, R.G.H.. The Portable Dragon: The Set in the time of Shihuangdi's rule of Western Man's China, a woman goes in search of her Guide to the I Ching. husband who has been forced to be a Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, slave for the emperor. This story prompts 1968. discussion of the impact of building the This text provides historical and Great Wall of China as well as the philosophical explanations of the I Ching characteristics admired in women in but is less easy to follow than, say, those traditional Chinese culture. This is written by the Huangs, Lee and Wong, beautifully and Palmer, et al. illustrated children's literature. Smith, Arthur H. Village Life in China: A Study in Rexroth, Kenneth. The Orchid Boat; Sociology. Women Poets of China. New York: Greenword Press, Translated and edited by Kenneth Publishers, 1969 Rexroth and Ling (reprinted from Chung. 1899). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. China is seen and documented through Sung, S.D. I Ching: Book of Changes. the eyes of a nineteenth century western Taiwan: Cultural Christian. Books Company, 1988. Smith, Richard J. Fortune-Tellers and Sung's text is written almost as a Philosophers: workbook and is very easy to follow. It Divination has traditional interpretations written in in Traditional Chinese Society. simple language. San Francisco: Westview Press, 1991. Temple, Robert. The Genius of China. Smith traces the history of divination and New York: Simon various types of fortune-telling in China's andSchuster, 1986. history. He describes their existence This book is an encyclopedia of the from ancient times to the present and inventions of the Chinese. It also provides analysis of their role in daily compares the inventions to similar life. inventions in Europe on a timeline.

Sowards, J. Kelley, Ed. Makers of Thomas, Carol G. and D.P. Wick. World History, Volume Decoding Ancient History: 1. NY: A Toolkit for the St. Martin's Press, 1992. Historian as Detective. ISBN#: 0- 312-06273-7 Englewood Cliffs, NJ: This general reference describes the lives 1994. ISBN#: 0-13- of various historical figures, including 200205-1 several of China. This resource leads students through the process of discovery of history through Stearns, Peter N., et al, Ed.. "Poetry and the use of primary sources. Society in Tang China," Documents in World History. Volume 1, The Great Watson, Burton. The Columbia Book of Traditions: From AncientTimes to Chinese Poetry; 1500. New York: Harper & Row, From Early Times To The Publishers, Inc., 1988. ISBN#:0-06- Thirteenth Century. Translated and 046382-1 edited by Burton Watson. New This ia a good general reference and the York: Columbia University source of the poems by Du Fu (712-770), Press, 1984. Po Chu Yi (772-846), Liu Tsung-Yuan Translations from classic poetry of a wide (773-819), and P'i Jih-Hsiu (833-883). variety are included.

Stearns, Peter N., et al, Ed.. "Women in Watson, Burton. The Columbia Book of Classical China: Later Chinese Poetry; Yuan, Pan Chao,"Documents in World Ming, and Ching Dnasties (1279- History. Volume 1, The Great 1911). Translated and Traditions: From Ancient Times edited by Burton Watson. New to 1500. New York: York: Columbia University Harper & Row, Press, 1984. Publishers, Inc., 1988. ISBN#: This book includes translations from 0-06- 046382-1 classic poetry of a wide variety. This article describes limitations, traditions, and lifestyles of Chinese Wilhelm, Richard. Heaven, Earth, and women. Man in the Book of Changes: Seven Eranos Lectures. Seattle: University of Washington Press, These poems were written during the 1977. Song dynasty. Some examples are used Wilhem devoted much of his life to in Across the Centuries (seventh grade studying the I Ching. These lectures, on textbook). It is the history, philosophy, and meaning of included here for those who would like to the I Ching, are the seven for which he is go into greater depth with students or for best known and which were delivered at personal enrichment. meetings and to his German university students. Wilhelm was a Christian who Yang, Xianyi. Poetry and Prose of the saw the I Ching as complementary to Tang and Song. Christian beliefs. Translated by Yang Xiang and Gladys Yang. Wilhelm, Richard. translation from This is a good resource for poetry from Chinese into German, and translated the Tang and Song dynasties. from German into English by Cary F. Baynes. Yep, Laurence. The Shell Woman and The I Ching or Book of Changes. the King: A Chinese 3rd edition. New York: Folktale. Retold by Bollingen Laurence Yep; paintings by Yang Foundation, Inc., of Princeton Ming- Yi. New York: Dial University Press, Books for Young Readers, 1967. 1993. Wilhelm has very carefully translated To save herself and her husband from an from the Chinese, according to most evil king, Shell agrees to bring him three other scholars, exactly as the text was wonders. This example of children's originally written. literature, by the author of Dragonwings, is illustrated.. Wing, R.L. The Illustrated I Ching. New York: Doubleday, Young, Ed. Red Thread. New York, 1982. NY: Philomel Books: The author's original art illustrates many 1993. of the fine points of reading the I Ching ISBN: 0-399-21969-2 and various types of divination. Wing's Early one morning Wei Gu meets an old text is often poetic. man from the spirit world who tells the young bachelor about his future bride and Wolkstein, Diane. 8,000 Stones: A their Chinese Folktale. life together. The story deals with issues Told by Diane Wolkstein. of fate, love, and marriage. The artist Illustrated by Ed Young. New used watercolor and pastels to create the York: Dial Books for outstanding illustrations for this book. Young Readers, 1993. This is a retelling of the Chinese tale in Wu, Lilian. Population Atlas of China. which the governor's clever son finds a Geographic way to weigh an elephant. This example Information Systems, of children's literature is illustrated and program on disks, Arc View 1.0. easy to read. Pomona: Cal Poly Pomona, 1995. Yang, Wan-li (1127-1206). Heaven My The maps and data contained in this Blanket, Earth My program were develped by Dr. Lilian Pillow; Wu, one of the guest lecturers in the poems; translated and introduced NEH Institute. The by Jonathan Chaves. teacher may combine needed data and New York: map directions to produce specific maps, Weatherhill, 1975. such as the ones shown in this packet. One limitation is that the maps contain only information current for 1995, rather than historical data. However, geographic information is more current than most available, and place names are in the preferred Pinyin style. Zhang, Song Nan. Five Heavenly Emperors: Chinese Myths of Creation. Montreal, Canada: Tundra Books, 1994. ISBN # 0-88776-338-3 No one has attempted to illustrate so many Chinese legends as Song Nan Zhang has done here. His paintings are inspired by ancient Chinese pottery, sculpture and paintings. To this, he has added his own modern sensibilities to create a book that is a unique insight into the Chinese world and a good example of children's literature.