Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
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Welter, The Linji lu and the Creation of Chan Orthodoxy: The Development of Chan's Records of Sayings Literature, 2008
January 1, 2008
Albert Welter's book was reviewed by Stuart Young.
Foreign Echoes & Discerning the Soil: Translation, Chineseness, & World Literature in Chinese Poetry
Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies hosts a talk with Lucas Klein
Ritual Seals as Evidence for Silk Road Studies
Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies hosts a talk with Paul Copp exploring the connections of ritual seals to the Silk Road trade.
China and Japan: Nara to Now
Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University hosts a talk with Ezra Vogel on the history of Sino-Japanese relations.
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the Metropolitan Collection
Over the last forty years, the Metropolitan's collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy has grown to be one of the greatest in the world. Replete with masterpieces dating from the Tang dynasty (608–917) to the present, the collection encompasses the vast historical sweep of the brush arts of China, from serene Buddhist scriptures to bombastic court portraits to lyrical scholars' paintings.
The Early Chinese Garden: Warring States through the Tang Dynasty
The Huntington Library presents a lecture by Michael Nylan
Returning to the High Tang
The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University presents the 56th Edward H. Hume Memorial lecture with Stephen Owen.
Featured Articles
January 4, 2024
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
Events
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?