William Theodore De Bary (1919–2017)
Author of Sources of Japanese Tradition, Vol. 1
About the Author
William Theodore de Bary was born in the Bronx, New York on August 9, 1919. He graduated from Columbia College in 1941 and began pursuing Japanese studies at Harvard University. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, he was recruited by naval intelligence. He served at Pearl Harbor and later in show more Tokyo and Washington. After the war, he received a master's degree and a doctorate from Columbia. He taught Asian courses at Columbia and soon became head of Asian studies. From 1971 until 1978, he served as a vice president for academic affairs and provost. After formally retiring in 1989, he continued to teach with emeritus status until May 2017. He wrote or edited more than 30 books including The Great Civilized Conversation: Education for a World Community and Sources of Chinese Tradition. In 2013, he received the National Humanities Medal. He died on July 14, 2017 at the age of 97. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by William Theodore De Bary
Sources of Korean Tradition, Vol. 2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries (1997) — Editor — 56 copies
Asian Values and Human Rights: A Confucian Communitarian Perspective (Wing-Tsit Chan Memorial Lectures) (1998) 26 copies
Sources of Japanese Tradition, Abridged: Part 1: 1600 to 1868 (Introduction to Asian Civilizations) (vol. 2) (2006) 24 copies
Sources of East Asian Tradition, Vol. 1: Premodern Asia (Introduction to Asian Civilizations) (2008) 17 copies
Sources of East Asian Tradition, Vol. 2: The Modern Period (Introduction to Asian Civilizations) (2008) 12 copies
Neo-Confucian Orthodoxy and the Learning of the Mind-and-Heart (Neo-Confucian Studies) (1981) 11 copies
The unfolding of Neo-Confucianism 4 copies
Sources of Japanese tradition 3 copies
The unfolding of Neo-Confucianism, by Wm. Theodore de Bary and the Conference on Seventeenth-Century Chinese Thought (1975) 3 copies
Associated Works
Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play (1748) — Foreword, some editions — 261 copies
Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2: Modern India and Pakistan (Introduction to Oriental Civilizations) (1958) — Series editor — 168 copies
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- Legal name
- de Bary, William Theodore (birth)
- Other names
- de Bary, Ted
- Birthdate
- 1919-08-09
- Date of death
- 2017-07-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Tappan, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Tappan, New York, USA
- Education
- Columbia University (BA | 1941 | MA | 1948 | PhD | 1953)
- Occupations
- university administrator
Sinologist
professor - Relationships
- de Bary, Brett (daughter)
- Organizations
- Association of Asian Studies
China Society
Japan Society of New York
Columbia University
United States Navy (WWII) - Awards and honors
- National Humanities Medal (2013)
Tang Prize in Sinology (2016)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1974)
American Council of Learned Societies
Lionel Trilling Book Award (1983)
Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement (2010) (show all 9)
American Philosophical Society (1999)
Order of the Rising Sun (Third Class)
National Humanities Medal (2013)
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Statistics
- Works
- 48
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 2,477
- Popularity
- #10,352
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 14
- ISBNs
- 90
Voluminous, informed ... but kinda boring: how was all that made so ... boring? Good passages, but overall just too much work. Look at how many other reviewers gave up on "A Distant Mirror" (I finished)
Structurally, the problem is that no real superstructure was presented, just a long disconnected series of follies, deaths & betrothments. One hundred years war, the plague shouldn't be boring, but successfully, they were.
5 stars for content
2 stars for interest, reader captivation
3 stars for me.
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