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Sarah Allan
Chair and Burlington Northern Foundation Professor of Asian Studies (Chinese)
B.A., U.C.L.A.; M.A., Univ. of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Univ. of California, Berkeley
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Joined the faculty in 1995
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Academic Interests
- Classical Chinese language and literature; early Chinese culture; early Chinese writing and excavated texts; the development of ancient Chinese philosophical systems.
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Selected Courses
- Chinese 51: Introduction to Classical Chinese
- Chinese 52: Readings in Daoist texts
- Chinese 62: Early Chinese Culture
- Chinese 83: Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy
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Selected Publications
- "The Heir and the Sage: Dynastic Legend in Early China" (1981)
- "The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art and Cosmos in Early China" (1991)
- "The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue" (1997)
- "The Guodian Laozi" (co-editor, 2000)
- "The Formation of Chinese Civilization: an Archaeological Perspective" (editor, 2005)
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