Journal of Chinese Studies

Articles (articles in chinese with summary in english)
The East-west Communications Network in the South- west of Ch’êng-tu in the T’ang Dynasty	Yen Keng-wang	1
The Formation and Significance of the Concept of “Merchant Management under Official Supervision”	Wang Erh-min	19
The Differences and Similarities in Historiography between Lui Chih-chi and Chang Hsueh-cheng	Hsu Kwan-san	45
The Origin and phonological Rules of fan-chieh doublets --with a discussion of Archaic Chinese Medials	Yu Nae-wing	71
A Study of sheng-shih in the T’ang Dynasty	Wong Kwan Io	111
The Geographical Distribution of Chancellors and Associate Chancellors in the Northern Sung Dynasty	Yang Yuan	147
An Examination on the Name of the Sword Coin of Ch’i	Wang Jan Chung	215
The Stages of Jade Dagger – axes of the Shang Dynasty -- A Research into the Periodization of Chinese Ancient Jades, Part I	Yang Chien-fang	223
A Study of the Name of Hsün-tzu: Ch’eng hsian p’ien	Yuen Ting-cheuk	231
The Chinese Views of Nature, Naturalness, and Under- standing of Nature	Shu-hsien Liu	237
Lu Xu and Russian Literature	Mau-sang Ng	251
The Social Significance of the Quota System in Sung Civil Service Examination	Thomas H. C. Lee	287

Book Reviews
Lin Shou-ch’in, The Craft of Tenon – making in Fine Woodwork during the Warring State Period in China	Yen Keng-wang	319
W. E. Cheong, Mandarins and Merchants: Jardine Matheson & Co., a China Agency of the Early Nineteenth Century	Ho Hon-wai	323
S. H. Wong, The Boxer Indemnity	Ho Hon-wai	327

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