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Primary sources--such as original documents, letters, diaries, interviews, works of art, and oral histories, can often be found collected in print volumes. Tisch Library has a wide array of print primary sources in its collection. Below is a sample of some of the resources that you can find but remember, this is only a sample, so use JumboSearch to find more or Ask a Librarian for help!
Ta Hsüeh and Chung YungCall Number: Book Stacks PL2478 .M75 2003Ta Hsueh and Chung Yung are two of the central texts of early Chinese thought, encapsulating Confucian philosophy on the Way of moral cultivation and spiritual attainment. Traditionally held to be the work of two of Confucius's closest disciples, the books were compiled in their present form late in the second or first century BCE and have occupied a central position in educational and political life for almost a thousand years throughout the East Asian cultural sphere.
The Journal of Wu Yubi: The Path to SagehoodCall Number: Book Stacks B128.W844 A3 2013In this rare firsthand account of an individual's pursuit of sagehood, the early Ming dynasty scholar and teacher Wu Yubi chronicles his progress and his setbacks, as he strives to integrate the Neo-Confucian practices of self-examination and self-cultivation into everyday life.
Robert Hart and China's Early Modernization: His Journals, 1863-1866Call Number: OnlineAs the Ch'ing government's Inspector General of the Maritime Customs Service, Robert Hart was the most influential Westerner in China for half a century.The I. G. in Peking: Letters of Robert Hart, Chinese Maritime Customs, 1868-1907
Call Number: OnlineRobert Hart's forty-five year administration of China's customs service was a unique achievement. In these letters Hart speaks to us directly from a time long past in China. The result is a primary source for the history of modem China and the era of foreign privilege there.
Sources of Chinese TraditionCall Number: Book Stacks DS721 .D37 1999For four decades Sources of Chinese Tradition has served to introduce Western readers to Chinese civilization as it has been seen through basic writings and historical documents of the Chinese themselves.
