Nationality American Name Edward Shaughnessy Wade–Giles Hsia Han-i | Hanyu Pinyin | |
Born July 19, 1952 (age 72) ( 1952-07-19 ) Fields Zhou dynasty, Classic of Changes (Yi jing) Education Stanford University, University of Notre Dame Books Unearthing the Changes, Rewriting Early Chinese, Sources of Western Zhou Hist, Before Confucius, New Sources of Early Chi | ||
Institutions University of Chicago Doctoral advisor David Shepherd Nivison |
Edward Louis Shaughnessy (born July 29, 1952) is an American Sinologist, scholar, and educator, known for his studies of early Chinese history, particularly the Zhou dynasty, and his studies of the Classic of Changes (I Ching 易經).
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Life and career
Edward Shaughnessy was born on July 29, 1952. He attended the University of Notre Dame as an undergraduate student, graduating in 1974 with a B.A. in theology, after which he spent several years studying Chinese in Taiwan and Japanese in Kyoto, Japan. He then went to Stanford University for graduate study in Asian languages, earning his Ph.D. in 1983 with a dissertation entitled "The Composition of the Zhouyi". After receiving his Ph.D., Shaughnessy joined the faculty of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, where he is currently the Lorraine J. and Herrlee G. Creel Distinguished Service Professor of Early Chinese Studies.