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II. Bibliographies and Abstracts of Recent Scholarship

Note the reappearance of
(W) DS734.95.R49x
LoC: Z7059 .R4
Revue bibliographique de sinologie.
Nouvelle série, vol. 1-.
Paris: Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1983- .

This review annually abstracts several hundred Chinese, Japanese, and Western-language studies on Chinese subjects.

II.A. IN WESTERN LANGUAGES

(Rubel) Ref. B. 8
LoC: Z3106 .H45
Bibliographie des travaux en langues occidentales sur les Song parus de 1946 à1965.
Yves Hervouet.
Bordeaux: So‑Bo‑Di, 1969. 139 and 28 p.

This is an annotated, classified bibliography of books and articles on Sung published in 1946‑1965, covering economy, politics, religion, arts, etc.
After 1965 see the unclassified but comprehensive bibliographies of Western-language scholarship and occasional selective and annotated bibliographies of Russian-language scholarship in the Sung Studies Newsletter / Bulletin of Sung-Yuan Studies / Journal of Sung Yuan Studies.

II.B. IN CHINESE

For Chinese-language studies for the period 1900 to 1975, see:
DS751.C46 1979x Bibliographie et index des travaux en Chinois sur les Song, 1900-1975.
宋遼金史書籍論文目錄通檢
Chan Hing-ho (Ch'en Ch'ing-hao)(Chen 陳慶浩
Paris: Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises, 1979. 271 p.

This includes a key-word index based on article and book titles and a separate author index. Although its contents may be replicated by the bibliographies listed below, the depth of its classification scheme and its inclusion of Chinese-language secondary sources irrespective of origin give it particular value.
For the period1905-1981 see the following classified, unannotated bibliography, with an author index, covering both Taiwan and the mainland:
DS751.S86 1983x
LoC: Z3108.A3 S8 1983 China
Sung shih yen-chiu lun-wen yü shu-chi mu-lu
宋史研究論文與書籍目錄
(A classified list of Chinese articles and books on Sung history).
Sung Shee (Hsi) 宋晞
Taipei: Chinese Culture University, 1982. 391 p.

This first appeared in parts in Chinese Culture, beginning in 1966
For the period 1982-1986, see the following classified, unannotated bibliography; covering both Taiwan and the mainland:
LoC: Z3108.A3 S8 1983 China Sung shih yen-chiu lun-wen yü shu-chi mu-lu (1982-1986)
宋史研究論文與書籍目錄
(Bibliography of of Chinese articles and books on Sung history, 1982-1986).
Sung Shee (Hsi) 宋晞 comp.
This originally appeared in parts in Chinese Culture

After 1986 see supplements appearing in:
(W) DS701.C647
LoC: DS701 .C647
Chinese Culture 30.2 (1989): 77-112; 30.3 (1989): 67-120; 30.4 (1989): 81-
120; 31.1 (1990): 91-120; 31.2 (1990): 97-133.

The following is an unannotated, classified bibliography for PRC studies, 1983-1986, including books and articles and new editions of Sung-period texts. It has separate sections -- with different classifications -- for books and articles
  Sung-shih chu-shu lun-wen tzu-liao chien-mu
宋代著述、論文資料簡目
(Brief bibliography of monographs and articles on Sung history).
T'ang Chien-kuo 湯建國 comp.
Special issue of Sung-shih t'ung-hsun宋史通迅 1987.9. 60p.

T'ang has also compiled a classified, selective bibliography of mainland Chinese books and articles on Sung cultural history, 1900-1990:
  "Sung-tai wen-hua-shih chu-shu fen-lei hsuan-mu"
宋代文化史著述分類選目
(Classified selected bibliography of books on Sung cultural history).
T'ang Chien-kuo 湯建國
Sung-shih yen-chiu t'ung-hsun 宋史研究通迅 19 (1990): 38-47.

"Sung-tai wen-hua-shih lun-wen tzu-liao hsuan-mu"
宋代文化史論文資料選目
(Selected bibliography of articles on Sung cultural history).
T'ang Chien-kuo 湯建國
Sung-shih yen-chiu t'ung-hsun 宋史研究通迅 18 (1990). 88p.

Bibliographies of books and articles published in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the PRC appear regularly in Sung Studies Newsletter/Bulletin of Sung-Yuan Studies/Journal of Sung Yuan Studies. For the updating of bibliography in the PRC see also the Sung-shih yen-chiu t'ung-hsunand, for scholarship in Taiwan and Hong Kong, see also the Han-hsueh yen-chiu t'ung-hsun.
The following unannotated bibliography reportedly exists as a manuscript at Hang-chou University.
  Sung Liao Hsia Chin shih yen-chiu lun-chu so-yin
宋遼夏金史研究論著索引
(Index to scholarly writings on Sung, Liao, Hsia, and Chin history).
Part I, vol. 1, Chinese publications for 1900-1949.9
Part I, vol. 2, PRC publcciations for 1949.10-1982
Part II, Taiwan and Hong Kong publications for 1949.10-1981
Hang-chou ta-hsueh Ku-chi yen-chiu-so, Sung-shih yen-chiu-so
杭州大學古籍研究所、宋史研究所 comp.
Hang-chou, 1985. 1623 + 223 p.
Not seen

II.C. IN JAPANESE

Invaluable for its detailed abstracts of selected books and articles published before 1961 is
J2662/3551.1 Sōdai kenkyū bunken teiyō"
宋代研究文獻提要
(Abstracts of scholarly contributions on the Sung period).
Sōshi teiyō hensan kyōryoku iinkai
宋史提要編纂協力委員會 cmp.
Tokyo: Tōyō bunko, 1961. 842 and 11 p.

Classified. Books and articles are treated separately. There is an author index.
Between 1957 and 1970, three unannotated but classified bibliographies were published covering Japanese scholarship from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to 1970:
(J) DS751.S632 1957x Sōdai kenkyū bunken mokuroku
宋代研究文獻目錄
(Catalogue of scholarly contributions on the Sung period).
Sōshi teiyō hensan kyōryoku iinkai
宋史提要編纂協力委員會 cmp.
Tokyo: Tōyō bunko, 1957, 1959, 1970. 240 p.

Note the following selective, classified bibliography of Japanese studies of Sung cultural history for 1900-1990:
  "Sung-tai wen-hua-shih chu-shu fen-lei hsuan-mu, Jih-wen-pan"
宋代文化史著述分類選目日文版
(Classified selected Japanese bibliography on Sung cultural history).
T'ang Chien-kuo 湯建國comp.
Sung-shih yen-chiu t'ung-hsun 宋史研究通迅 19 (1990): 48-53.

Japanese bibliography can be updated with the annual selective, classified bibliography --
(W) DS5.Z99 B66x
LoC: Z3001 .B58 Japan
Books and Articles on Oriental Subjects Published in Japan in 1956(and annually thereafter)
Tokyo: Tōhō gakkai,

-- which includes English translations of the titles and romanizations of the authors' names, as well as the annual selective, classified bibliography:
Ref (J) DS5.T69x Tōyōgaku bunken ruimoku
東洋文獻類目
(Classified bibliography of Oriental studies).
Kyoto: Jimbun kagaku kenkyūjo, 1935- .

This indexed bibliography includes Chinese, Korean, and Western-language (including Russian) publications. It also includes book reviews.
See also surveys and introductions to the the field by Hasegawa (I.B.3), Chikusa, Yamagida and Ihara (I.C), as well as the various items in Chung-kuo-shih yen-chiu chih-nan 中國史研究指南 (I.B.2).
There is also an annual bibliography of scholarship on literature from the Sung period:
J5202/5607
LoC: PL2250 .C5612 Japan
"Saikin kokunai bunken mokuroku: Sōdai bungaku"
最近國內文獻目錄宋代文學
(Bibliography of recent Japanese writings: Sung-period literature).
Chūgoku bungaku hō
中國文學報

Bibliographies of Japanese scholarship appear regularly in Sung Studies Newsletter/Bulletin of Sung-Yuan Studies/Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies/ Journal of Sung Yuan Studies

II.D. SPECIALIZED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

In addition to the classified bibliographies listed above by language, there are several specialized bibliographies which include Sung studies. The following lists works under the categories of politics, society, institutions, economy, and thought; it covers Chinese and Japanese scholarship, 1903-1970; there is an author index:

II.D.1. General

J2518/5150(1) Chūgoku seiji shisō to shakai seisaku kenkyū bunken mokuroku I (Godai Sō)
中國政治思想と社會政策研究文獻目錄 1 五代史
(Bibliography of research on Chinese political thought and social policy, I: Five Dynasties and Sung).
Higashi Ichio 東一夫 and Yoshida Tora 吉田寅 ed.
Tokyo: Chūgoku seiji shisō to shakai seisaku kenkyūkai, 1971. 105 p.

II.D.2. Bibliography

For selected Chinese and Japanese studies of the dynastic histories, the Sung History and the dynastic histories written in Sung, see:
J2518/6512
LoC: Z3106 .K664 1977 (Orien Japan)
Chūgoku seishi kenkyū bunken mokuroku
中國正史研究文獻目錄
(Bibliography of studies on Chinese dynastic histories).
Kokusho kankōkai 國書刊行會 comp.
Tokyo: Kokusho kankōkai, 1977, pp. 128-141.

For scholarship on the T'ang-Sung transition, see:

K2510/6747(3)
LoC: DS735 .K325 1989
vol. 3 Korea
"Tang-Song pyðnhyðkgi non"
唐宋變革期論
(Theories about the T'ang-Sung transition).
Sin Sðng-gon 辛聖坤
in Kangjwa Chungguksa III: Sadaebu sahoe wa Monggo cheguk 講座中國史 III:士大夫社會-蒙古帝國,pp. 7-70.

II.D.3. Government

For scholarship on Sung scholar-officials, see:
K2510/6747(3)
LoC: DS735 .K325 1989
vol. 3 Korea
"Songdae sadaeburon"
宋代士大夫論
(On Sung scholar-officials).
Ha Wðn-su 河元洙
in Kangjwa Chungguksa III: Sadaebu sahoe wa Monggo cheguk 講座中國史III:士大夫社會-蒙古帝國, pp. 71-125.

II.D.4. Biographical information

A companion volume concerns Chinese emperors. For Sung rulers, see:
J2518/6512.2
LoC: Z3106 .K664 1979
Chūgoku rekidai kōtei bunken mokuroku
中國歷代皇帝文獻目錄
(Bibliography on Chinese emperors through history).
Kokusho kankōkai 國書刊行會 comp.
Tokyo: Kokusho kankōkai, 1979, pp. 84-90.

For studies of Ou-yang Hsiu in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Western languages from 1890 through 1990, see:
9802/82 "Ou-yang Hsiu yen-chiu lun-chu ch'u-pien"
歐陽修研究論著目錄初編
(Preliminary bibliography of studies of Ou-yang Hsiu).
Hsieh P'ei-fen 謝佩芬 comp.
Chung-yang t'u-shu-kuan kuan-k'an 中國圖書館館刊 24.2 (1991): 211-242.

Arranged by language. Chinese articles are classified: classical exegesis, historiography, thought, literature, biography, and other topics, with further subheadings. There are a total of 466 Chinese articles and 64 books, 78 Japanese entries, 6 Korean entries, and 10 Western-language entries.
For modern scholarship on Wang An-shihin Chinese, Japanese, and Western languages, see:
5343.5/1119 Wang An-shih shu-mu yü so-t'an
王安石書目與瑣探
(Bibliography on Wang An-shih and some minor studies).
Wang Chin-kuang 王晉光
Hong Kong: Hua-feng shu-chü,1983, pp. 15-68.

Arranged by language and author, with separate sections for books.

II.D.5. Geography

For a classified listing of articles on Szechwan during the Sung period, mainly in PRC publications, see:
Ch'eng-tu ti-fang-shih lun-chu so-yin
成都地方史論著索引
(Index to studies of the Ch'eng-tu region).
Ch'eng-tu: She-hui k'o-hsueh yen-chiu so, 1983, pp. 80-90.

II.D.6. Social and economic history

For Chinese scholarship on the history of water utilization but not exlusive to the Sung, see:
J8731/5612
LoC: Z7935 .J37 1994
"Chūgoku suirishi kenyū no bunken shōkai"
中國水利史研究の文獻紹介
(Introduction to studies of the history of water utilization).
Fujita Katsuhisa 藤田勝久, Ono Yasushi 小野泰,and Matsuda Yoshirō松田吉郎
Chūgoku suirishi kenkyū 中國水利史研究 17 (1987): 51-66.

For Chinese and Japanese studies of the history of the salt industry, see the following classified bibliography, which includes separate indexes to Chinese and Japanese authors.

J8532/4630.1 Chūgoku engyōshi kenkyū bunken mokuroku
中國鹽業史研究文獻目錄 (1926-1988)
(Bibliography of studies of the Chinese salt industry, 1926-1988).
Yoshida Tora 吉田寅 ed.
Tokyo: Risshō daigaku Tōyōshigaku kenkyūshitsu 立正大學東洋史學研究室1989. 100p.

For studies on the social-economic history of the Sung, see:
K2510/6747(3)
LoC: DS735 .K325 1989
vol. 3 Korea
"Songdae ûi Sahoe wa kyðngje"
宋代-社會和經濟
(Society and economy of the Sung)
Yi Pðm hak 李範鶴
in Kangjwa Chungguksa III: Sadaebu sahoe wa Monggo cheguk 講座中國史III:士大夫社會-蒙古帝國,pp. 127-192.

For protest movements, the following includes bibliographies of works in Western and in Asian languages, arranged by author. There is a subject index.
Ref HS310.T46 1981x Protest and Crime in China: A Bibliography of Secret Associations, Popular Uprisings, Peasant Rebellions.
Ssu-yü Teng.
New York: Garland, 1981. 455 p.

II.D.7. Philosophy and religion

For a specialized classified bibliography on Sung Confucianism or "Sung Learning," see:
(J) B127.N4 S64 1964x
LoC: Z165.C6 H53 (Orien Japan)
Sōgaku kenkyū bunken mokuroku
宋學研究文獻目錄
(Bibliography of studies of Sung learning).
Hirotsune Jinsei 廣常人世
Tokyo: Tōkyō daigaku bungakubu Chūgoku tetsugaku kenkyūshitsu, 1964. 49 p,

and the bibliographies of Chinese and Japanese scholarship in:
J1443.52/7674
LoC: B5234.W35 Y65 (Orien Japan)
"Sō-Mingaku kenkyū bunken mokuroku"
宋明學研究文獻目錄
(Bibliography of studies on Sung-Ming Confucianism).
In Yōmeigaku benran
陽明學便覽
(Handbook of [Wang] Yang-ming Confucianism).
Yōmeigaku taikei 陽明學大系 12.
Tokyo: Meitoku shuppansha, 1974, pp. 364-289.

For studies of Sung-Yuan-Ming Neo-Confucianism, Chu Hsi, and academies through 1989, see
  Chu Hsi chi Sung Yuan Ming li-hsueh yen-chiu tzu-liao
朱熹及宋元明理學研究資料
(Research materials on Chu Hsi and Sung-Yuan-Ming Neo-Confucianism)
Wu I-ning 吳以寧 comp.
Pai-lu tung shu-yuan yen-chiu ts'ung-shu chih I
白鹿洞書院研究叢書之一
n.p: Kuo-chi wen-hua ch'u-pan kung-ssu, 1990. 453 p.

This is a comprehensive classified bibliography of Chinese-language scholarship. There are sections on Chu Hsi, on Sung-Yuan-Ming Neo-Confucianism, on academies, on over 100 thinkers from the period, and a separate listing of books.
For scholarship on Chu Hsi, including some non-Chinese scholarship, see:
Ref (C) B128.C54 C485 1992x Chu-tzu-hsueh yen-chiu shu-mu 1900-1991
朱子學研究書目 1900-1991
(Bibliography of studies on Chu Hsi from 1900 to 1991).
Lin Ch'ing-chang 林慶彰 ed., Hsu Wei-p'ing 許維萍 and Feng Hsiao-t'ing 馮曉庭 comp.
Taipei: Wen-chin ch'u-pan-she, 1992.

Includes 2251 items, separated into 16 categories. There is a stroke-count author index for Chinese, Korean, and Japanese authors, and an alphabetical author index for Western languages.
(W) Ref B162.Z99 I52 1985x
LoC: Z7128.B93 I53 1985
Guide to Buddhist Philosophy.
Kenneth K. Inada.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985. 226 p.
Ref (W) B126.F8
LoC: Z7129.C5 F8
Guide to Chinese Philosophy.
1978x Charles Wei-hsun Fu and Wing-tsit Chan.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1978. 262p.
(W) Ref BL1802.Z99 Y82 1985x
LoC: Z7757.C6 Y8 1985
Guide to Chinese Religion
David C. Yu.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985. 200 p.

On religion, also see:
Ref (W) BL1802.T524 1985x
LoC: Z7757.C6 T55 1985
Chinese Religion in Western Languages: A Comprehensive and Classified Bibliography of Publications in English, French and German through 1980.
Laurence G. Thompson.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1985. 302 p.

Ref (W) BL1802.T524 1993
LoC: Z7757.C6 T556 1993
Chinese Religion: Publications in Western Languages, 1980 through 1990.
Laurence G. Thompson comp. Gary Seaman, ed.
Ann Arbor, Association for Asian Studies, 1993. xxviii 302p.

On Taoism:
Ref (W) BL1920.P36 1988
LoC: Z7835.T2 P34 1988
A Select Bibliography on Taoism.
Julian F. Pas.
Stony Brook, NY: IASWR, 1988. 52 p.

II.D.8. Literature

There is also an annual bibliography of Japanese scholarship on Sung-period literature:
J5202/5607
LoC: PL2250 .C5612 Japan
"Saikin kokunai bunken mokuroku: Sōdai bungaku"
最近國內文獻目錄宋代文學
(Bibliography of recent Japanese writings: Sung-period literature).
Chūgoku bungaku hō中國文學報

For both traditional and modern scholarship on the tz'u lyric, see:
(W) Ref PL2311.G56 1975x A Bibliography of Criticism on T'ang and Sung Tz'u Poetry.
Stanley M. Ginsberg
Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1975. 158 p.
(W) Ref PL2307.Z99 L96 1984
LoC: Z3108.L5 L85 1984x
Guide to Chinese Poetry and Drama.
Richard John Lynn.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984. 200 p.
Ref (W) PL2415.436 1978x
Classical Chinese Fiction.
Winston L. Y. Yang et al.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1978. 302p.

II.D.9. Arts

For recent scholarship on fine arts during the Sung period, see:
(W) DS751.S83
LoC: DS751 .S83
"Art Bibliography and News of the Field from 1983-88."
Julia K. Murray
Bulletin of Sung-Yuan Studies 20 (1988): 127-136.

For literature see also items under IV.A.3.b.
Note a series of recent research guides which incorporate scholarship on Sung topics. These guides include mainly English-language bibliography, classified and annotated.
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