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 Professor
Robert Henricks, Preston Kelsey Professor of Religion, is a specialist in Chinese religions. He was trained at Penn State (B.A., Religious Studies, 1965) and the University of Wisconsin (M.A. and Ph.D. in Chinese Language and Literature, 1973, 1976) before joining the faculty of Dartmouth College in 1976. His special interests are Chinese religion, philosophy, language and literature in the pre-Ch'in period (before 200 B.C.); Taoism (the philosophy and the religion); Chinese folk religion; and mythology in ancient China. He is the author of numerous articles, in Chinese as well as in English, and he has published four books: Philosophy and Argumentation in Ancient China: The Essays of Hsi K'ang (Princeton University Press, 1983); Lao-tzu Te-tao ching (Ballantine Books, 1989); The Poetry of Han-shan (Cold Mountain) (SUNY Press, 1990); and LAO TZU'S TAO TE CHING: A Translation of the Startling New Documents Found at Guodian (Columbia University Press, June, 2000). His 1989 translation of Lao-tzu has been translated into Dutch; Chinese and Finnish translations are currently planned. In addition, it was selected as the "Modern Library Edition" of Lao-tzu by Random House in 1993. He is currently working on a translation and study of the "Bamboo Slip Guicang," an early Chinese book of divination, in collaboration with Professor Xing Wen of Peking University. When he isn't reading old Chinese books, Henricks spends inordinate amounts of time and money on golf and fly-fishing for trout, salmon, bonefish, and redfish.
Courses and Programs
2003 Summer
- 46 (10) Taoism
- 49 (12) Advanced Topics in Chinese Religions: Chinese Religion/Chinese Literature
2003 Fall
- 10 (10) The Religions of China
- 49 (12) Advanced Topics in Chinese Religions: ‘A Record of the journey to the West’ by William Jenner
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