Bulletin Number Two 1983

Recent Publications of the University (Titles in Chinese) A History of Chinese Students in Japan Translated by Tam Yue-him & Lam Kai-yin The book, an important reference on modern Chinese history and the history of Sino-Japanese cultural exchange, stimulates research in related fields of study. The author, Professor Saneto Keishu, has given a detailed account of Chinese students' stay in Japan from 1896 to 1937: the circumstances giving rise to overseas studies in Japan; the schools attended and courses taken by the Chinese students; their life, and their cultural and political activities; the organizations and activities of reformers and revolutionaries in Japan during late Qing; and the influence of returned students on modern Chinese thought, politics, education, literature, language, translation and publishing. The author has made use of a wide range of historical data and first-hand information, including diaries, correspondence, oral data, and official and private documents in both Chinese and Japanese. Professor Saneto Keishu has devoted his life to the study of Chinese and Japanese languages and literature, and the cultural relations of the two countries. The translators, both returned students from Japan, have provided the Chinese version with a revised table of important events and a bibliography of material consulted. 1st edition 1983 354 pages Paperback Studies on YunmengAstrology Book ofCh 'in Dynasty By Jao Tsung-i & Tseng Hsien-t'ung Astrology books are almanacs used for divination in ancient China. Though heavily tinted with superstitious beliefs, they are valuable in that they may help readers to understand the various aspects of everyday life in ancient societies. The Yunmeng Astrology Book of Ch'in Dynasty ， unearthed in 1975 from a Ch'in tomb in Hubei, consists of 423 bamboo slips with a total of about 18,000 words. Much of the material contained in the Book tallies with other ancient writings. Its value also lies in the provision of additional historical material and data for emendation of those writings. Over twenty key terms of the Yunmeng Astrology Book are explained in detail in this volume, which is the first systematic study on the Book. The two articles, 'An Elementary Study on the Meaning of the word Xi (夕 ） i n the Astrology Book of Ch'in Dynasty' and 'An Exposition of the Chapter on Sui (歲） in the Astrology Book of Ch 'in Dynasty’, discuss the meaning of r i (曰） and xi (夕）， the names of months used in the State of Chu and ancient astrology by the Sui planet. The contribution of this Astrology Book to ancient astronomy and calendar can thus be seen. Appended to this Studies are fifty-one plates of the bamboo slips and a classified index. This book will certainly serve as a valuable reference for the studies of ancient Chinese intellectual history, history of religions, ancient astronomy and calendar. Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art Institute of Chinese Studies Monograph Series (3) 1st edition 1982 111 pages, 51 plates Hardcover (Titles in English) Opto-Electronics: Lectures at the 1982 International Summer School at The Chinese University of Hong Kong By Charles K. Kao ， P.K. Tien, Erich P. Ippen & Michiharu Nakamura Edited by K. Young ACADEMIC/CULTURAL EVENTS 25