Sinology (Research unit)

Id: KUL_50014160

K.U.Leuven

Sinology at KULeuven includes the following three domains ofresearch:1. CLASSICAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY (Zhou en Han Dynasties):* An analysis of the 'Xunzi' as a culmination of early Chinesephilosophical debates;* The ethic-religious core chapters of 'Mozi': a textual analysisof the three-fold structure;* A study of the 'Xunzi';* Paradoxes in early taoist writings: a philosophical and textualanalysis;* From normative language to discussion of principles in EarlyChina (-5 till -2 century);* Reconstructing the classical repertoire of Chinese emotions;* A study of the 'Mencius'.2. CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WEST (since the 17thcentury).* Ritual in the exchange between China and the West in theseventeenth and eighteenth centuries; * Scientific categories in Chineseprimary sources related toChristianity in the seventeenth century;* Moral thought and action in Christian communities of the Shanxi-Shaanxi region during late Ming and early Qing;* Compilation of a bibliography of prima

Post addresses:

Erasmushuis, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven, BE

Erasmushuis, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, 3000 Leuven, BE

Acronym:

OE_Sinologie

Keywords:

China Modern China Ming Pre-Qin Cultural Encountee Philosophy

Discipline codes:

• HUMANITIES (H)
  • Philosophy
    • History of philosophy
  • Theology
    • History of the christian church
  • Philology
    • Languages and literatures of South and South-East Asia, Chinese