MONUMENTA SERICA
Journal of Oriental Studies
ISSN 0254-9948
Founded in 1934 at the Catholic Fu Jen University in Peking by Fr. Franz X. Biallas, s.v.d. (1878-
1936), Monumenta Serica is an international journal dedicated primarily to traditional China, cover
ing all important aspects of sinology. 54 volumes averaging 600 pages have been published up to 2006.
A comprehensive Index to Volumes I-XXXV (1935-1985) is available. The Monumenta Serica Institute
also publishes the Monumenta Serica Monograph Series (55 titles up to 2006), as well as the Collecta
nea Serica.
FROM RECENT ISSUES:
(Vol. 54) Roel Sterckx: Sages, Cooks, and Flavors in Early China • KÄTE Finsterbusch: Zur Iko
nographie der östlichen Han-Zeit; Chao hun, Pforte zum Jenseits, Symbole für Langlebigkeit und Un
sterblichkeit • Arie Dirlik: Timespace, Social Space, and the Question of Chinese Culture • (Vol. 53)
• Sally K. Church: Zheng He: An Investigation into the Plausibility of 450-ft Treasure Ships • Tjal-
ling Halbertsma: Some Field Notes and Images of Stone Material from Graves of the Church of the
East in Inner Mongolia, China • Special Section: Fascination and Understanding. The Spirit of the Oc
cident and the Spirit of China in Reciprocity (Pt. I, vol. 53; Pt. II, vol. 54) • (Vol. 52) Li Feng: Succes
sion and Promotion: Elite Mobility During the Western Zhou • Antje Richter: Mit Schätzen beladen
heimkehren: Der Schubkarren als glückverheißendes Motiv in volkstümlichen chinesischen Drucken •
Sophia-Karin Psarras: Han and Xiongnu: A Reexamination of Cultural and Political Relations (vol.
51 and 52) • Paul U. UNSCHULD: Chinese Retributive Recipes. On the Ethics of Public and Secret
Health Care Knowledge • (Vol. 51) Ho Shun-YEE: The Significance of Musical Instruments and Food
Utensils in Sacrifices of Ancient China • (Vol. 50) Wu Shu-HUI: On Chinese Sacrificial Orations chi
wen • Yuri Pines; Friends or Foes: Changing Concepts of Ruler-Minister Relations and the Notion of
Loyalty in Pre-Imperial China • (Vol. 49) • Stephen Eskildsen; Neidan Master Chen Pu’s Nine
Stages of Transformation • David Holm: The Ancient Song of Doengving: A Zhuang Funeral Text
from Donglan, Guangxi
[Price per volume: EUR 85.- (excl. postage)]
MONUMENTA SERICA MONOGRAPH SERIES
LIV. Donald Daniel Leslie - Yang Daye - Ahmed Youssef, Islam in Traditional China. A
Bibliographical Guide. Sankt Augustin - Nettetal 2006, 398 pp., Ill. ISBN 3-8050- 0533-4
LV. NICOLAS Standaert - Ad Dudink (eds.), Forgive Us Our Sins. Confession in Late Ming and
Early Qing China, Sankt Augustin - Nettetal 2006, 268 pp., Ill. ISBN-10: 3-8050-0540-7; ISBN-13:
978-3-8050-0540-1
COLLECTANEA SERICA
ROMAN Malek (Ed.) in connection with PETER Hofrichter, Jingjiao. The Church of the East in chi
na and Central Asia. Institut Monumenta Serica, Sankt Augustin - Nettetal 2006, 701 pp., Ill. ISBN 3-
8050-0534-2
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