Papers by Ping-tzu Chu
Harvard PhD, dissertation, 1998
This dissertation deals with Daoxue, the initial phase of Neo-Confucianism, as a newly establishe... more This dissertation deals with Daoxue, the initial phase of Neo-Confucianism, as a newly established intellectual tradition and argues that the rise of Daoxue should be understood as the success of an ongoing tradition-building process in a culturally competitive context. Three aspects are emphasized to provide foci for understanding the meanings of the intellectual tradition and the cultural competition in a historical context: the Way (Dao 道) as the ground of intellectual values, learning (xue 學) as the practice by which to approach and realize the Way, and finally the texts (wen 文) as the materialization of the Way, which were produced and transmitted during the process of learning, and also as a media through which the literati reached out to other contemporary literati as well as to a general audience in society.
The time period on which this dissertation focuses is from 1160 to 1220, a period recognized as the second flourishing of Daoxue, which was followed by the second political persecution. The following individuals are discussed through the dissertation as the main body of research: Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi as the founders of the Daoxue tradition; Hu Anguo, Hu Yin, Hu Hong, Zhang Shi, and Lyu Zuqian representing different degrees and kinds of affiliating relationships with Daoxue; Lu Jiuyuan and Chen Liang as the opponents from the local society; Xue Jixuan, Chen Fuliang, and Ye Shi as another contemporary intellectual group which had a more complicated relationship to the rising Daoxue group.
This dissertation will provide a more nuanced and dynamic view of the tradition than that which has been uncritically assumed in much of the current scholarship. It will balance and supplement current explanations of the rise of Daoxue: the insiders’ view that suggests that the power of truth or the excellence of thought was the main factor which led to the dominance of Daoxue; or the political historians’ view that the rise of Daoxue should mainly be attributed to political circumstances. In contrast to the insiders’ view, this dissertation also focuses on intellectual activities as well as intellectual products to explain the strength of Daoxue; to the political historians’ view, this dissertation shows that the political conditions did not necessarily dominate literati decisions on their intellectual goals and the contents of their learning. Finally, this dissertation also specifies some common intellectual concerns and issues which lead us into a deeper understanding of the literati culture of the Southern Song.
Talks by Ping-tzu Chu
1. General introduction to the project on Zhu Xi’s letters
2. The correspondence between Zhu Xi 朱... more 1. General introduction to the project on Zhu Xi’s letters
2. The correspondence between Zhu Xi 朱熹 （1130-1200）and Zhang Shi 張栻 (1133-1180) on the issue of ren 仁 (humaneness/humanity/benevolence)
Practical guide on how to use CBDB (China Biographical Database)
Teaching Documents by Ping-tzu Chu
Drafts by Ping-tzu Chu
A Field Work on Chinese Full-Text Databses: Usage Issues and Possible Solutions
This report pick... more A Field Work on Chinese Full-Text Databses: Usage Issues and Possible Solutions
This report picks up the issues raised by Hilde De Weerdt seven years ago regarding the digital version of the Siku Quanshu (Complete Library in the Four Treasures), using the Chinese full-text databases available to the author in Taiwan. It explores some of the issues researchers face when using these databases and suggests possible solutions. Additionally, it investigates how libraries decide whether to purchase databases and highlights important considerations when entering into purchasing contracts.
The emergence of Chinese full-text databases has greatly enhanced the accessibility of Chinese ancient texts, introducing new ways of reading and utilizing textual knowledge compared to traditional paper-based methods. However, numerous issues have been identified, including weak search functionality, difficulty in saving search results, insufficient metadata, and challenges in exporting and analyzing relevant textual data.
This article expands the discussion to other full-text databases created by the same company that produced the Siku Quanshu, such as the "Chinese Ancient Books Database" and the "Chinese Local Records Database," as well as databases produced by other companies like the "Diao Long Database" and the Scripta Sinica Database from the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The discussion will encompass the features, surface-level and underlying issues of these databases. Finally, it explores possible improvements, such as enhancing digital research platforms that increase research possibilities, and utilizing open digital text websites like CText, Kanripo, and Wikisource. These possibilities can also provide directions for libraries to consider in their post-digitization development of textual resources.
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Papers by Ping-tzu Chu
The time period on which this dissertation focuses is from 1160 to 1220, a period recognized as the second flourishing of Daoxue, which was followed by the second political persecution. The following individuals are discussed through the dissertation as the main body of research: Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi as the founders of the Daoxue tradition; Hu Anguo, Hu Yin, Hu Hong, Zhang Shi, and Lyu Zuqian representing different degrees and kinds of affiliating relationships with Daoxue; Lu Jiuyuan and Chen Liang as the opponents from the local society; Xue Jixuan, Chen Fuliang, and Ye Shi as another contemporary intellectual group which had a more complicated relationship to the rising Daoxue group.
This dissertation will provide a more nuanced and dynamic view of the tradition than that which has been uncritically assumed in much of the current scholarship. It will balance and supplement current explanations of the rise of Daoxue: the insiders’ view that suggests that the power of truth or the excellence of thought was the main factor which led to the dominance of Daoxue; or the political historians’ view that the rise of Daoxue should mainly be attributed to political circumstances. In contrast to the insiders’ view, this dissertation also focuses on intellectual activities as well as intellectual products to explain the strength of Daoxue; to the political historians’ view, this dissertation shows that the political conditions did not necessarily dominate literati decisions on their intellectual goals and the contents of their learning. Finally, this dissertation also specifies some common intellectual concerns and issues which lead us into a deeper understanding of the literati culture of the Southern Song.
Talks by Ping-tzu Chu
2. The correspondence between Zhu Xi 朱熹 （1130-1200）and Zhang Shi 張栻 (1133-1180) on the issue of ren 仁 (humaneness/humanity/benevolence)
Teaching Documents by Ping-tzu Chu
Drafts by Ping-tzu Chu
中文全文資料庫的出現，使得中文古籍的使用便利性大大的提昇，帶來與紙本不同閱讀古籍的方式以及利用文字知識的方式。但其中，也有許多的問題，如魏希德曾提過的檢索功能不強、檢索結果不容易儲存、後設資料不夠多、相關文字資料也不容易輸出以利進一步利用、分析。
本文會將討論對象擴及到創製《四庫全書》同一公司所製作的其它全文資料庫，如《中國基本古籍庫》、《中國方志庫》等等；以及另一公司所製作的雕龍資料庫、台灣中研院史語所的漢籍資料庫（https://hanchi.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/ihp/hanji.htm）。討論的方向，將涉及這些資料庫的功能、表面與潛藏的問題。最後則探究可能改善的問題，如增強研究可能性的數位研究平台，以及Ctext（https://ctext.org/）、Kanripo（https://www.kanripo.org/）、維基文庫（https://zh.wikisource.org/）等等開放的數位文本網站。這些可能性，也都可以提供圖書館在思考在文本數位化以後，可以發展的方向。
This report picks up the issues raised by Hilde De Weerdt seven years ago regarding the digital version of the Siku Quanshu (Complete Library in the Four Treasures), using the Chinese full-text databases available to the author in Taiwan. It explores some of the issues researchers face when using these databases and suggests possible solutions. Additionally, it investigates how libraries decide whether to purchase databases and highlights important considerations when entering into purchasing contracts.
The emergence of Chinese full-text databases has greatly enhanced the accessibility of Chinese ancient texts, introducing new ways of reading and utilizing textual knowledge compared to traditional paper-based methods. However, numerous issues have been identified, including weak search functionality, difficulty in saving search results, insufficient metadata, and challenges in exporting and analyzing relevant textual data.
This article expands the discussion to other full-text databases created by the same company that produced the Siku Quanshu, such as the "Chinese Ancient Books Database" and the "Chinese Local Records Database," as well as databases produced by other companies like the "Diao Long Database" and the Scripta Sinica Database from the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The discussion will encompass the features, surface-level and underlying issues of these databases. Finally, it explores possible improvements, such as enhancing digital research platforms that increase research possibilities, and utilizing open digital text websites like CText, Kanripo, and Wikisource. These possibilities can also provide directions for libraries to consider in their post-digitization development of textual resources.
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The time period on which this dissertation focuses is from 1160 to 1220, a period recognized as the second flourishing of Daoxue, which was followed by the second political persecution. The following individuals are discussed through the dissertation as the main body of research: Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi as the founders of the Daoxue tradition; Hu Anguo, Hu Yin, Hu Hong, Zhang Shi, and Lyu Zuqian representing different degrees and kinds of affiliating relationships with Daoxue; Lu Jiuyuan and Chen Liang as the opponents from the local society; Xue Jixuan, Chen Fuliang, and Ye Shi as another contemporary intellectual group which had a more complicated relationship to the rising Daoxue group.
This dissertation will provide a more nuanced and dynamic view of the tradition than that which has been uncritically assumed in much of the current scholarship. It will balance and supplement current explanations of the rise of Daoxue: the insiders’ view that suggests that the power of truth or the excellence of thought was the main factor which led to the dominance of Daoxue; or the political historians’ view that the rise of Daoxue should mainly be attributed to political circumstances. In contrast to the insiders’ view, this dissertation also focuses on intellectual activities as well as intellectual products to explain the strength of Daoxue; to the political historians’ view, this dissertation shows that the political conditions did not necessarily dominate literati decisions on their intellectual goals and the contents of their learning. Finally, this dissertation also specifies some common intellectual concerns and issues which lead us into a deeper understanding of the literati culture of the Southern Song.
2. The correspondence between Zhu Xi 朱熹 （1130-1200）and Zhang Shi 張栻 (1133-1180) on the issue of ren 仁 (humaneness/humanity/benevolence)
中文全文資料庫的出現，使得中文古籍的使用便利性大大的提昇，帶來與紙本不同閱讀古籍的方式以及利用文字知識的方式。但其中，也有許多的問題，如魏希德曾提過的檢索功能不強、檢索結果不容易儲存、後設資料不夠多、相關文字資料也不容易輸出以利進一步利用、分析。
本文會將討論對象擴及到創製《四庫全書》同一公司所製作的其它全文資料庫，如《中國基本古籍庫》、《中國方志庫》等等；以及另一公司所製作的雕龍資料庫、台灣中研院史語所的漢籍資料庫（https://hanchi.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/ihp/hanji.htm）。討論的方向，將涉及這些資料庫的功能、表面與潛藏的問題。最後則探究可能改善的問題，如增強研究可能性的數位研究平台，以及Ctext（https://ctext.org/）、Kanripo（https://www.kanripo.org/）、維基文庫（https://zh.wikisource.org/）等等開放的數位文本網站。這些可能性，也都可以提供圖書館在思考在文本數位化以後，可以發展的方向。
This report picks up the issues raised by Hilde De Weerdt seven years ago regarding the digital version of the Siku Quanshu (Complete Library in the Four Treasures), using the Chinese full-text databases available to the author in Taiwan. It explores some of the issues researchers face when using these databases and suggests possible solutions. Additionally, it investigates how libraries decide whether to purchase databases and highlights important considerations when entering into purchasing contracts.
The emergence of Chinese full-text databases has greatly enhanced the accessibility of Chinese ancient texts, introducing new ways of reading and utilizing textual knowledge compared to traditional paper-based methods. However, numerous issues have been identified, including weak search functionality, difficulty in saving search results, insufficient metadata, and challenges in exporting and analyzing relevant textual data.
This article expands the discussion to other full-text databases created by the same company that produced the Siku Quanshu, such as the "Chinese Ancient Books Database" and the "Chinese Local Records Database," as well as databases produced by other companies like the "Diao Long Database" and the Scripta Sinica Database from the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The discussion will encompass the features, surface-level and underlying issues of these databases. Finally, it explores possible improvements, such as enhancing digital research platforms that increase research possibilities, and utilizing open digital text websites like CText, Kanripo, and Wikisource. These possibilities can also provide directions for libraries to consider in their post-digitization development of textual resources.
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