Rare Books on China & East Asia

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The Library has been digitizing its rare books located in the Special Collections with the purpose to promote resource sharing via online access of its full-text. To give users a glimpse of the Chinese and East Asian cultures and histories in western eyes between 18th and early 20th century, this collection contains the rare books on China and East Asia which were mainly published in western countries between 1704 and 1922. Users can also browse different topics by its subcollection including Chinese Literature, Missionary, Religions in China, Social Life and Customs in China, Statistics of China Commerce, Travel in China, etc.

Works (206)

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Pali elements in Chinese Buddhism : a translation of Buddhaghosa's Samanta-peaseadikea, a commentary on the Vinaya, found in the Chinese Tripitaka
Title:
Pali elements in Chinese Buddhism : a translation of Buddhaghosa's Samanta-peaseadikea, a commentary on the Vinaya, found in the Chinese Tripitaka
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic society
Creator:
Takakusu, Junjiro, 1866-1945
Date:
1896
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
Chinese translations of the "Milinda Panho"
Title:
Chinese translations of the "Milinda Panho"
Alternative Title:
Milindapañha
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Creator:
Takakusu, Junjiro, 1866-1945
Date:
1896
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Religions in China
The late appearance of romances and novels in the literature of China : with the history of the great archer, Yang Yu Chi
Title:
The late appearance of romances and novels in the literature of China : with the history of the great archer, Yang Yu Chi
Alternative Title:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Creator:
Legge, James, 1815-1897
Date:
1893
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Chinese Literature
Life of General Gordon
Title:
Life of General Gordon
Creator:
Farningham, Marianne, 1834-1909
Date:
[between 1884 and 1886]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
Gordon in China and the Soudan
Title:
Gordon in China and the Soudan
Creator:
Hake, A. Egmont, (Alfred Egmont)
Date:
1896
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of China
Memoirs of ****. commonly known by the name of George Psalmanazar ; a reputed native of Formosa
Title:
Memoirs of ****. commonly known by the name of George Psalmanazar ; a reputed native of Formosa
Alternative Title:
Memoirs of George Psalmanazar
Alternative Title:
Memoirs of ... commonly known by the name of George Psalmanazar ; a reputed native of Formosa
Creator:
Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763
Date:
1764
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
History of the Far East
Heirs together of the grace of life : Benjamin Broomhall & Amelia Hudson Broomhall
Title:
Heirs together of the grace of life : Benjamin Broomhall & Amelia Hudson Broomhall
Creator:
Broomhall, Marshall, 1866-1937
Date:
1918
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
A Chinese St. Francis : or the life of Brother Mao
Title:
A Chinese St. Francis : or the life of Brother Mao
Alternative Title:
The life of Brother Mao
Creator:
Brown, Colin Campbell
Date:
[1911]
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary
The black bearded barbarian : the life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa
Title:
The black bearded barbarian : the life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa
Creator:
MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller, 1876-1961
Date:
c1912
Collection:
Rare Books on China & East Asia
Subcollection:
Missionary