http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu Just another Scribo.harvard.edu Blogs weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:06:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Law Meets Economy: Commercial Law in Ming-Qing China. (當法律遇上經濟：明清中國的商業法律) by CHIU Peng-sheng. Taipei: Wu-nan Book Inc., 2008. Reviewed by LI Cho-ying (Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of History, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan) When Laws Meet Economy: Commercial Law in Ming-Qing China is a collection of revised articles by Chiu Peng-sheng, ... http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/11/23/when-law-meets-economy/ HYI Director Elizabeth Perry visited the Harvard-Yenching Visiting Scholars Association-Korea (HY-VSA-K) in Seoul on November 11, 2009.  Professor Perry had a pleasant talk with Professor Woo-Hyun Won, President of the HY-VSA-K, over lunch. Several HYI alumni were also present at the gathering. Professor Perry was in Seoul to deliver a ... http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/11/19/director-elizbeth-perrys-visit-to-the-visting-scholars-association-korea/ Flying Dragon in Luoyang, Record of Three Generations of Literary Talent, and Records Showing the Distinction between Right and Wrong. (Novels from the Royal Family Collection of Chosŏn Korea I). Sŏngnam, Korea: Academy of Korean Studies, 2009. Annotation Volume by Lim Ch'i-kyun et al. Translation Volume by Lim Ch'i-kyun et al. 《낙성비룡, 문장풍류삼대록, ... http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/11/09/flying-dragon-in-luoyang/ Tran Dinh Huou's Selected Works (Trần Đình Hượu Tuyen Tap), 2 vols.  Hanoi: Publishing House of Education, 2008, reprinted in 2009. Reviewed by Trần Hải-Yến (Institute of Literature, Hanoi, Vietnam) Along with Buddhism, Confucianism is an ideological system that has left a profound impact on pre-modern Vietnam’s spiritual life. However, unlike Buddhist ... http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/10/26/tran-dinh-huous-selected-works/ Phoenix, Oh Phoenix: Collected Essays on Madness in Chinese Literature, Edited by Tamotsu Sato (Tokyo：Kyuko Shoin, 2009), 246pp. 佐藤保編『鳳よ鳳よ――中国文学における〈狂〉』（東京：汲古書院、2009年）、246頁. Reviewed by Akiyoshi Yagi (八木章好), Harvard-Yenching Exchange Scholar from Keio University, Tokyo, 2008-2009. “No other ethnic groups love the word ‘madness’ more than Chinese.” In his book Mojiyushin (文字遊心), Shizuka Shirakawa, a prominent Japanese ... http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/10/13/phoenix/ On September 8, 2009, the Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholars Association of Korea held a forum on New Trends in the Humanities and Interdisciplinary Sciences, at the Press Center in Seoul, South Korea. The forum covered two main topics, the first of which was the 21st Century and the Humanities.  Professor Sung-Mu ... http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/09/30/korea_forum/ Disrespect/Respect: A theoretical Viewpoint in philosophical and sociological studies, Vol. 1, by Tô Duy Hợp.  (Khinh-Trọng: Một quan điểm lý thuyết trong nghiên cứu triết học và xã hội học). The World Publishing House, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2007, 768 pages. Reveiwed by Le Ngoc Hung, Institute for Sociology, Ho Chi Minh National ... http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/09/28/disrespectrespect/ 1968: Youths' Revolts and Their Background/ The End of the Revolts and Their Legacy (1968: Wakamonotachi no hanran to sono haikei/ Hanran no shûen to sono isan) vols. 1 & 2 by Oguma Eiji (Tokyo: Shinyôsha, 2009, 2102 pp. hardcover) Reviewed by Hideaki Fujiki (Department of Literature (Film Studies), Nagoya ... http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/09/14/1968-youths-revolts-and-their-background-the-end-of-the-revolts-and-their-legacy/ The Harvard-Yenching Institute is pleased to welcome 15 Visiting Scholars and 6 Visiting Fellows for the 2009-2010 academic year: List of selected Visiting Scholars and Fellows http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/09/01/2009-2010-visiting-scholars/ ASEAN Economic Community: Content and Roadmap, edited by Nguyen Hong Son (Hanoi: Social Sciences Publishing House, 2009, 228 pp.). Reviewed by Nguyen Manh Hung (Institute of World Economics and Politics, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences). The initiative to establish the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), one of three pillars of the ASEAN Community, ... http://hyi.scribo.harvard.edu/2009/08/31/asean-economic-community-content-and-roadmap/