Homer H. Dubs
American sinologist
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Homer H. Dubs's Degrees
- PhD Chinese History Columbia University
- Masters Chinese History Columbia University
- Bachelors Oriental Languages University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Homer Hasenpflug Dubs was an American sinologist and polymath. Though best known for his translation of sections of Ban Gu's Book of Han, he published on a wide range of topics in ancient Chinese history, astronomy and philosophy. Raised in China as the son of missionaries, he returned to the United States and earned a Ph.D. in philosophy . He taught at University of Minnesota and Marshall College before undertaking the Han shu translation project at the behest of the American Council of Learned Societies. Subsequently, Dubs taught at Duke University, Columbia University and Hartford Seminary. In 1947, Dubs moved to England to take up the Chair of Chinese at Oxford University, which had been vacant since 1935. He retired in 1959 and remained in Oxford until his death in 1969.
Homer H. Dubs's Published Works
Published Works
- A Short History of Chinese Philosophy (1949) (678)
- The history of the former Han dynasty (1939) (77)
- Records of the Grand Historian of China, translated from the Shih Chi of Ssu-ma Ch'ien . By Burton Watson. 2 vols. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961. 563 + 543. Index. $20.00. (1963) (42)
- The Political Philosophy of Confucianism. (1933) (28)
- The works of Hsüntze (28)
- The Religion of China, Confucianism and Taoism . By Max Weber. Translated and Edited by Hans H. Gerth. (The Free Press, Glencoe, Illinois; agents: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. Pp. xi + 308. Price 32s. net.) (1953) (25)
- The Reliability of Chinese Histories (1946) (24)
- The Date of the Shang Period (1951) (21)
- The Way of Life According to Laotzu (1945) (18)
- Hsüntze : the moulder of ancient Confucianism (16)
- Chinese in Mexico City in 1635 (1942) (15)
- The Development of Altruism in Confucianism (1951) (14)
- The Beginnings of Alchemy (1947) (13)
- The Principle of Insufficient Reason (1942) (9)
- The Victory of Han Confucianism (1938) (9)
- An Ancient Chinese Mystery Cult (1942) (9)
- A Roman city in ancient China (1957) (9)
- An Ancient Military Contact between Romans and Chinese (1941) (9)
- Mencius and Sun-dz on Human Nature (1956) (8)
- The Defense of Human Equality (1944) (8)
- The Beginnings of Chinese Astronomy (1958) (7)
- Mencius. A New Translation Arranged and Annotated for the General Reader (1963) (7)
- The History of the Former Han Dynasty by Pan Ku (1956) (7)
- Wang Mang and His Economic Reforms (1939) (7)
- The Socratic Problem (1927) (7)
- Rational Induction. An Analysis of the Method of Science and Philosophy. (1930) (5)
- "Nature" in the Teaching of Confucius (5)
- Definition and Its Problems (1943) (4)
- A Military Contact Between Chinese and Romans in 36 B.C (1940) (4)
- The Principle of Induction (1934) (4)
- Recent Chinese Philosophy (1938) (4)
- The political career of confucius (1946) (4)
- Solar Eclipses during the Former Han Period (1938) (4)
- The Failure of the Chinese To Produce Philosophical Systems (4)
- An Ancient Chinese Stock of Gold (1942) (4)
- Theism and Naturalism in Ancient Chinese Philosophy (1959) (3)
- The Archaic Royal Jou Religion (1958) (3)
- The Origin of Alchemy (1961) (3)
- A Canon of Lunar Eclipses for Anyang and China, -1400 to -1000 (1947) (3)
- Chinese Imperial Designations (1945) (2)
- Official Titles of the Former Han Dynasty (1968) (2)
- The "Golden Man" of Former Han Times (1937) (2)
- The Date of the Shang Period-a Postscript (1953) (2)
- Confucius: His Life And Teaching (1951) (2)
- Science and civilization in China, vol. III, mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth By J. Needham (with the collaboration of L. Wang). Pp. xlvii + 877. Cambridge University Press, London. 1959. E7 10s. net (1960) (2)
- The History of the Former Han Dynasty by Pan Ku. (1958) (2)
- The Great Learning & The Mean-In-Action. (1943) (2)
- The Date and Circumstances of the Philosopher Lao-dz (1941) (1)
- The Problem of Evil. A Modern Solution (1931) (1)
- The Attitude of Han Kao-Tsu to Confucianism (1937) (1)
- The Conjunction of May 205 B. C. (1935) (1)
- The elementary units of behavior. (1943) (1)
- The Name and Ancestry of Han Kao-Tsu (1936) (1)
- The History of the Former Han Dynasty: Translation, Vol. I (1938) (1)
- The Identification of the Lao-Dz: A Reply to Professor Bodde (1942) (1)
- The Theory of Value (1932) (1)
- Did Confucius Study the "Book of Changes"? (1)
- On the Supposed Monosyllabic Myth (1952) (1)
- A Practical Alphabetic Script for Chinese (1951) (1)
- The Logical Derivation of Democracy (1945) (1)
- Y. R. Chao on chinese grammar and logic (1955) (0)
- The History of the Former Han Dynasty. Translation, Volume One. First Division. The Imperial Annals (1946) (0)
- A Reply to Professor Schilpp (1935) (0)
- The Psychophysical Problem—A Neglected Solution (0)
- On the Relation of Appearances to Real Things (1928) (0)
- Value as Interest--A Criticism (1930) (0)
- The Archaeology of Ancient China Kwang-Chih Chang (1965) (0)
- Evangelical missions. Part I, the missionary principles and practices of the United Evangelical Church (0)
- Far Eastern Bibliography 1941 (1942) (0)
- Postcript to Dubs, the golden Idol of former Han Times (1937) (0)
- Science and Civilization in China: Volume 2, History of Scientific Thought . By Joseph Needham, F.R.S., with the research assistance of Wang Ling, Ph.D. (Cambridge University Press. 1956. Pp. xxiv + 697. Price 80s. net.) (1960) (0)
- Chinese Histories and the First Dynastic History (1940) (0)
- The Conflict of Authority and Freedom in Ancient Chinese Ethics. (0)
- A Roman Influence upon Chinese Painting (1943) (0)
- Concord and Liberty. José Ortega y Gasset (1947) (0)
- China : the land of humanistic scholarship : an inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 23 February 1948 (1949) (0)
- The Basis of Belief. (1931) (0)
- The Growth of a Sinological Legend: A Correction to Yule's "Cathay" (1946) (0)
- A Canon of Visible Penumbral Lunar Eclipses for the Near East and Egypt from -1400 to -1000 (1947) (0)
- The Great Fire in the State of Lu3tu in 492 B. C. (1964) (0)
- Ssu-Ma Ch'ien's Historiographical Attitude as Reflected in Four Late Warring States Biographies Frank Algerton Kierman, Jr. (1964) (0)
- Comment on C. S. Goodrich's Review Article (1960) (0)
- The Logic of Morris R. Cohen (1934) (0)
- Empirical Induction by Probability and the External World (1939) (0)
- The "Completely Alphabetic Chinese Script" (1963) (0)
- The Paradox of Certainty (1935) (0)
- China, the Land of Humanistic Scholarship (1950) (0)
- Religious Naturalism: An Evaluation (1943) (0)
- A Roman City in Ancient China (1957) (0)
- On our Lack of Certainty--An Answer to Mr. Williams (1941) (0)
- The Present Significance of Oriental Philosophies (1939) (0)
- The Nature of Rigorous Demonstration (0)
- The Misleading Nature of Leibniz's Monadology (1941) (0)
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