Knowledge Commons | Max Jakob Fölster | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/mjf/activity/ Activity feed for Max Jakob Fölster. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:39:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 77a7bfaddaa30f3488fcd5c45652028e Max Jakob Fölster's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1914850/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:21:58 -0400 0 8f93db57ff240446a42648e57d8020bc Max Jakob Fölster deposited Max Weber’s Thought in China https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1788164/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 06:58:02 -0400 -

]]> 0 759820c2b17eeaf9f2c2e525ed7a461c Max Jakob Fölster deposited Thematic Focus: "Between Appropriation and Refutation – On the Significance and Reception of Max Weber in China" – Introduction https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1788163/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 06:50:50 -0400 Introduction to the Thematic Focus "Between Appropriation and Refutation - The the Significance and Reception of Max Weber in China"

]]> 0 6d8e2fb127c306d6cfe89c0aecb96d49 Max Jakob Fölster deposited Collation in Early Imperial China: From Administrative Procedure to Philological Tool https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1788162/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 06:43:04 -0400 The origins of 'textual criticism' in China are usually traced back to Liu Xiang 劉向 (79-8 BCE), who is credited with the invention of philological tools, especially 'collation' (jiaochou 校讎). However, scholars have also noted that the terms jiao 校 and chou 讎 occur in earlier sources, especially manuscripts with legal or administrative texts. Surv…[Read more]

]]> 0 e4b123ec40373426633a36d1edd0a0b5 Max Jakob Fölster deposited Legitimation of a ‘Marginal Dynasty’: The Great Xia in Sichuan 1362–1371: A Case Study https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1734182/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 05:40:19 -0400 Throughout China’s imperial history there have been numerous attempts to establish dynasties, of which a considerable number resulted in ‘marginal dynasties’, that are short-lived and locally confined rules. These have been deemed illegitimate by traditional Chinese historiography, even though they naturally considered themselves as legit…[Read more]

]]> 0 e0fed70012b16eb247f326baca51341d Max Jakob Fölster's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1678233/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:10:09 -0500 0 5bb8e03181dc6a1bfec10d37e977e4de Max Jakob Fölster deposited “Traces in Red”: Chinese Book Collectors’ Seals as a Means to Track the Transmission History of a Manuscript https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1678132/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:42:05 -0500 This article traces the history of one Chinese manuscript in time and space by means of examining the book collectors' seals imprinted to it.

]]> 0 22b7fb8c4783cda3951a043d206c2d04 Max Jakob Fölster deposited Libraries and Archives in the Former Han Dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE): Arguing for a Distinction https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1678130/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:30:00 -0500 The imperial collection of the Former Han dynasty, the oldest Chinese manuscript collection of which we possess a catalogue, has both been called an archive and a library. This paper discusses the fundamental difference between an archive and a library in the manuscript age. On the basis of this distinction, it argues for…[Read more]

]]> 0 140cd9f95e6cf7ec9b1f66f1d79db717 Max Jakob Fölster deposited Introduction to the History, Use and Function of Chinese Book Collectors’ Seals https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1678128/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:17:05 -0500 Comprehensive introduction to Chinese book collectors' seals (cangshuyin 藏書印).

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