Chinese Studies
This guide offers curated resources and research support for the study of China’s history, language, literature, politics, philosophy, art, and culture..
Gregorian-Chinese Lunar Calendar Converters
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臺灣中央研究院兩千年中西歷轉換This free online database covers period from A.D. 1 to A.D. 2101. For the dates which are beyond this range, please refer to the following two reference books.
Dictionaries
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Cojak: Unihan Hanzi Radical ChartChinese Orthography including Japanese And Korean
Chinese Gazetteers
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Chinese Civilization in Time and Space 中華文明之時空基礎框架 (ASU ID/Password required)Please follow the instructions if this is the first time to use the system.
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China Historical GIS(Geographic Information System) (CHGIS) 中國歷史地理信息系統A database of populated places and historical administrative units for the period of Chinese history between 221 BCE and 1911 CE.
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The Harvard WorldMap ProjectAn open source web mapping system that is currently under construction.It is built to assist academic research and teaching as well as the general public and supports discovery, investigation, analysis, visualization, communication and archiving of multi-disciplinary, multi-source and multi-format data, organized spatially and temporally.
Full-Text Databases
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Digitization Projects at Harvard University 哈佛燕京圖書館中文善本特藏庫There is detailed information on how to use these open access collections: http://www.sohu.com/a/162789653_119350
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東京大學東洋文化研究所所藏漢籍善本全文影像資料庫It is a full-text China rare book database, covering all the important rare books collected in the library of the Tokyo University. It includes titles up to the Republican period.
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漢リポ Kanseki Repository (漢籍全文影像數據庫)Comprehensive database of pre-modern Chinese texts, including the collections of 四庫全書, 四部叢刊, 正統道藏, 道藏輯要,大正新脩大藏經,卍字續藏經, and so forth.
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HathiTrust Digital LibraryA digital preservation repository. There are more than 120 partners in HathiTrust.
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China Bibliographical Database ProjectAn online relational database with biographical information about approximately 328,000 individuals as of May 2014, primarily from the 7th through 19th centuries. The data is meant to be useful for statistical, social network, and spatial analysis as well as serving as a kind of biographical reference.
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China Research Papers Online - Paper Collection 香港中文大學中国研究论文库it provides very extensive and accessible paper collection on contemporary China.
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Digital Library & Museum of Buddhist Studies 佛學數位圖書館暨博物館It includes many full-text databases of Buddhist scriptures. CBETA e-Tripitaka ((大正新脩大藏經)) database is one of them. The system supports searching of Sutra, Vinaya, Abhidharma document in Big 5 code.
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National Cheng Chi University Electronic Theses & Dissertations Database 國立政治大學博碩士論文全文影像系統Full-text Theses & Dissertations are available.
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National Taiwan University Journal Database 臺灣大學學術期刊資料庫Full-text articles of academic journals published by departments of National Taiwan University from 2002 to present.
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People’s Daily (2000- Present) 人民日報This database covering 2000-present is freely available to the public. It is searchable by keyword. All articles can be displayed and printed in full text.
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Scripta Sinica 臺灣中央研究院漢籍電子文獻It is a free web resource developed by Academia Sinica of Taiwan. It provides free access to the texts of Twenty-five Official Dynastic Histories (二十五史), the Thirteen Classics (十三經), and other important Chinese works in history.
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中国研究网络资源导航动态数据库Include more than 1,500 free websites and databases on Chinese studies in China.
Index and Bibliography of Articles
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HKInChip 香港中文期刊論文索引Citation index to over 100 Chinese and Chinese-English bilingual journals published in Hong Kong from 1954-present.
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Serials index of National Central Library, Taiwan 臺灣國家圖書館期刊文獻資訊網PerioPath: Index to Chinese Periodical Literature 中華民國期刊論文索引影像系統; PerioGuide: Chinese Periodicals Directory 中華民國出版期刊指南系統:Bibliography of Studies of Chinese Culture 中國文化研究論文目錄.
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Bibliography of Oriental StudiesThis is the web version of Toyogaku bunken ruimoku (东洋学文献类目), an important bibliography for East Asian studies complied by the Documentation and Information Center for Chinese Studies, Kyoto University. It indexes journal articles and books
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National Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertation in Taiwan 臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統A free online database provided by the National Central Library (NCL) in Taiwan to general public on theses and dissertation of academic degrees .
Websites
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Guo Xue 國學This is an important website containing a huge amount of primary and secondary sources on Chinese history, philosophy and literature.
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Xiang Ya Ta: Guo Shi Tan Wei 象牙塔:國史探微A very useful website on Chinese studies, particular in Chinese history. It contains many scholarly articles, important databases, book reviews, full-text e-books, discussion forum, etc.
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Center for Chinese Studies 漢學研究中心This website has Full-text articles of Hanxue yanjiu (漢學研究)Hanxue yanjiu tongxun (漢學研究通訊) since 2000, CCS online catalog, abstracts of international Chinese studies dissertations, and indexes of articles in Chinese.
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China: Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)Links to selected internet resources on a range of topics relating to the People's Republic of China.
Virtual Libraries
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China WWW Virtual Library - Internet Guide for Chinese StudiesLinks to selected internet resources on a range of topics relating to Chinese studies: Academic Institutions, News Media, Scholarly Journals and Full-text Databases.
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Hong Kong WWW Virtual LibraryLinks in English to a wide range of governmental and public sites in Hong Kong including topics such as economy, media, art, education, etc.
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Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library - Australian National UniversityThis site provides access to networked documents, information systems, and resources for research on Asia.