Bulletin Summer 1976

Research and Publications of The Institute of Chinese Studies The establishment of The Institute of Chinese Studies in 1967 is a reflection of the University's determination to develop Chinese studies as a major field. Under the auspices of the Institute, numerous research projects have been undertaken by University members, and their research findings are either published in the Journal of The Institute of Chinese Studies or appear in monographs, the more important of which are: Mr. Teh-chang Chang 一 "Life of a Peking Official in the Late Ch'ing Dynasty: A Study of Personal Income and Expenditure" Mr. Shee-wu Sung—"A Study on the Monetary History of the Western-Han Dynasty" Mr. Han-sheng Chuan—"A Brief History of the Hanyehping Iron and Goal Mining and Smelting Company (1890-1926)" "The Silver Mining Tax and Silver Output in Yunnan during the Ming and Gh'ing Periods" "Mid-Ch'ing Rice Markets and Trade: An Essay in Price History" (in cooperation with Mr. Richard A. Kraus) Mr. Samuel Cheung—"Studies in Cantonese as a Spoken Language in Hongkong" Prof. Fa-kao Chou, Mr. Yat-shing Cheung, Miss Chee-yee Tsui and Miss Kit-ming Lam— "A Pronouncing Dictionary of Chinese Characters in Archaic and Ancient Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese" Mr. Yat-shing Cheung and Miss Kit-ming Lam— "Chou Fa-kao's Archaic Chinese Phonological Tables" “A List of Phonetic Compounds in Shuo-wen T'ung-hs ü n Ting-sheng with Chou's Reconstructions of Archaic and Ancient Chinese together with Modern Mandarin and Cantonese" Prof. Fa-kao Chou—"Etymological Dictionary of Ancient Chinese Bronze Inscriptions" (Chin-wen Ku- lin) Mr. Fu-kuan Hsu—"Studies in the Intellectual History of the Han Dynasty, Vol. II” Prof. Tsung-i J a o—“Hu a ng Kung-wang and Copies of the Handscroll Dwelling in the Fu-ts'un Mountain" (Huang Kung- Wan Chi Fu- Ts'un-Shan-Ch ü - Tu Lin-Pen) Research projects in progress include: Prof. Fa-kao Oi ou—“A Study of Ch'ien Mu- chai's Poems" Mr. Teh-chang Chang—"Ch'ing Economy: A Study on Corruption of the Ch'ing Dynasty" Mr. Han-sheng Ghuan—"The Spanish Controversy over the Trade between China, the Philippines and the Americas in the Early Modern Period" Mr. Teh-chao Wa ng—"Mod em China's Knowledge of the West: A Study of Dr. Sun Yat- sen's Revolutionary Thought" Mr. Keng-wang Yen—"Routes Leading from Szechwan to Yunnan and Annam in the Han and T'ang Dynasties" "Communication Routes in the Areas of Ho-tung Tao in T ' a ng"