Barend ter Haar

Literacy, writing and education

1. Traditional China
a. General

b. Acquiring literacy
c. Children's education
d. Classical period
     Origins of writing
     Bronze and stone inscriptions
     Early writing
     Manuscript finds
     Earliest books
     Qin and writing
     Manuscript culture
     Inscriptions in general
e. Education&exams
f. Printing&reading
     early stages
     Song onwards
     vernacular literature
     copyright&censorship
     reading as practice
g. Organizing knowledge
     Dictionaries and encyclopedias
     Libraries&collecting
h. Contracts&letters
     contracts
     Letters
i. Women
     Female literacy
     Women's script
j. Writing&religion
     General
     Spiritwriting
     Buddhism
     Precious Scrolls
k. Vernacular language
l. Calligraphy
m. Numeracy
n. Non-Han
o. Illustrations

2. Late Qing-present day

a.General
b. Education
c. Reading&writing
d. Communication
     Propaganda
     Censorship
     Newspapers
     Propaganda
     Underground
e. Modern printing
f. Literacy&reading
     Movements
     Literacy
     Reading practice
g. Creating modern Chinese
h. Numeracy
i. Minorities
j. Gender aspects

3. Orality

a. Generalbarend.ter.haar@uni-hamburg.de
b. Primary orality
c. Secondary orality
d. Others
Research activities
Starting page
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Research aids
Falun Gong
Other bibliographies on China
     Literacy
     Violence
     Protest
     Yao religion
     Shamanism
     Religion today
Teaching aids
Studying religion