Ouyang Xue (7 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL Article, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL Article, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 4to.(27 cm.) xx, 1-438p. Green cloth with gilt letters on the front cover and the spine. Just touches of wear to extremities, top right corner of front cover bumped, cloth clean and bright, gilt bright(!), else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Preface and Foreword in English, as well as other English notes throughout. "In order to do away with the painful and wasteful calculations, some sort of tables such as tables of a concordance of the Sino-Western Calendar must be compiled basing which the transposing of Chinese ages to Western or to exact ages will need but a brisk of time. The present attainment, being perhaps the most complete treatise in existence in this field is superlative to its allied because of its unique method of present the desired factors through a systematic series of comprehensive tables. Besides this, it is also the aim of trhe writers that this book shall become a close friend to all historian, sociologists, and archaeologists foreign as well." [from the Preface] "The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains 400 pages including a period of 2,000 years from Hsi Han, Ping Ti First Year (1-2 A.D.) to the Republic of China 89the Year (2000-0 A.D.). The tables in the first part of this book are called main tables. The second part of this book contains 38 pages and is call eht appendix. In it there are 12 tables.which present the corresponding days of Western months to the first day of each moon for the periods of years of the different kingdoms parallel in time with some of the principal dynasties, a table which contrasts thke mistakes that were rectified during the compiling of the book, a table which outlines the principal dynasties and reigns within the 2,000 years, 1-2000 A.D. [and the like]." [from the Foreword] The latest date mentioned in the front matter is 1937, thus I have listed that as the publication date. For the full publication data, please see the photo of the colophon which accompanies this description. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 340 pages. 9.25x6.10x8.90 inches. In Stock.

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