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Yun Xie
@yunxie.bsky.social
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History is at once art and science. Art history and book history, history of knowledge. Hongkong Type matrices. Non Latin typography and typefoundery. PhDing @ UGent. ERC: PhiSci.
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · 1d
A fine made book (1919) about Amsterdam printer Spin uses different symbolic en-têtes (by Dirk Nijland) for each chapter, e.g.:

Half raised curtain: story begins;
Rise of lithography;
Impact of Belgian independence;
Rail and shipping networks shaping book trade.
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soas-speccoll.bsky.social @soas-speccoll.bsky.social · 6d
An early advert for Chinese classes at SOAS, c. 1920 #EYAEducation ow.ly/QPaV50WNtZZ
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Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 6d
A little treat to myself for my 35th birthday. An illustrated 1920 pamplet on 'Bopomofo,' the Chinese transliteration system instituted by RoC and still in use in Taiwan. search.worldcat.org/title/26031012
Front cover of the pamphlet, with Chinese and English titles (Phonetic picture dictionary = 看圖識字) and related information, "The National phonetic symbols and word-forms interpreted by mimetic and illustrative cuts arranged according to rhyme endings," "Phonetic Committee Number 22." Page 1 of the pamphlet. Includes various words with "p" sound and illustrations. Preface to the text, in Chinese and English.
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · 11d
17th century men teach you how to be a perfect woman…

Antique book fair in Amsterdam.
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · 14d
Gustave Schlegel (1840-1903). Sinologist at Leiden.
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · 14d
Today, with the heart of a pilgrim, I visited the grave of Johann Joseph Hoffmann, the 1st professor of Sinology and Japanology in Leiden.
To my surprise, just one gravestone away, lies Taco Roorda, the 19th-century professor of Javanese.

Groenesteeg graveyard Leiden.
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · 22d
Sorry you had a bad day. Here is my dog Lisa….
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · 23d
Interesting!
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波鴻漫錄 || Sven Osterkamp @schrift-sprache.bsky.social · 23d
yokogana 横仮名 = Roman characters 🤓
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · 25d
Bought this furoshiki at the Printing Museum in Tokyo, with the print as a Chinese typesetting chart, I’m wearing it as a mini scarf….
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Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social · 29d
Very pleased to see The Young Academy's important report on First Generation Academics published as a book. Hoping that this coming academic year will be better for all, including first generation academics!

To read online www.linkedin.com/posts/de-jon...
and
www.dejongeakademie.nl/nieuws/30313...
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 6
Best surprise after a long trip back: my article got picked for journal cover!🥳
“Three centuries of Chinese printing in the Netherlands”, in Yearbook for Dutch Book History, 32/2025
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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · Sep 4
It's not unimaginable, but the jury may decide to prioritize researchers that need to see more books.

We also have a 'suggestions box' for digitizations: consciencebibliotheek.be/en/page/you-.... No guarantees, but if there's spare time on the scanner we could schedule it in.
You suggest, we digitize | Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience
Can we support your research by scanning one or more publications from our collection? Submit your request here.
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 4
Two more:
Linguistic landscapes of Southeast Asia Chinese communities
Institute of History and Philology and Chinese Historiography
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 4
In 1935, Fu Sinian傅斯年 (1st left) invited Paul Pelliot (2nd left) to visit the 11th archaeological excavation at Yinxu, Anyang. The 3rd left is Liang Siyong梁思永.
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 4
New books acquired in Beijing.
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@manuscripta.bsky.social @manuscripta.bsky.social · Sep 3
We are proud to announce that 1,000 manuscripts are now published on manuscripta.se, advancing our mission to make #medieval and #earlymodern manuscripts in Sweden accessible worldwide. #iiif #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalSky
manuscripta.se – A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden — manuscripta.se A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 3
birthplace & 郡望: people were often called by birthplace: 柳宗元 from 河东 became 柳河东, 王安石 from 临川 was 王临川. But there was also 郡望, prestige tied to ancestral clans. Sometimes this outweighed birthplace. 杜甫’s ancestors came from 杜陵 where 杜 clan was famous. So although born in 巩县, he called himself 杜陵野老! 3/
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 3
甫: 甫 in Classical Chinese is a phonetic loan for 父, a respectful term for men (from <说文解字>） (eg. 夸父 in myth, 尚父 in 诗经). It was never used for women’s names. Therefore we see, 杜甫’s parents really gave him a great name! 2/
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 3
名&字: 名was given name chosen by elders at birth, used within family. 字was adopted at adulthood, for peers to use in social setting. Only elites had字; commoners did not. E.g. in 史记: 萧何, 韩信, 樊哙 and so on had only名, since they were from lower class. But 张良 had 字 which was子房, as he's from aristocracy. 1/
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 3
birthplace & 郡望: people were often called by birthplace: 柳宗元 from 河东 became 柳河东, 王安石 from 临川 was 王临川. But there was also 郡望, prestige tied to ancestral clans. Sometimes this outweighed birthplace. 杜甫’s ancestors came from 杜陵 where 杜 clan was famous. So although born in 巩县, he called himself 杜陵野老! 3/
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 3
甫: 甫 in Classical Chinese is a phonetic loan for 父, a respectful term for men (from <说文解字>） (eg. 夸父 in myth, 尚父 in 诗经). It was never used for women’s names. Therefore we see, 杜甫’s parents really gave him a great name! 2/
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 3
名&字: 名was given name chosen by elders at birth, used within family. 字was adopted at adulthood, for peers to use in social setting. Only elites had字; commoners did not. E.g. in 史记: 萧何, 韩信, 樊哙 and so on had only名, since they were from lower class. But 张良 had 字 which was子房, as he's from aristocracy. 1/
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 3
Reading a book《古人的称谓》, which gives an overview of complicated naming system in ancient China.
A little quiz for Sinologists here:

杜甫, 字 “子美”, often called himself “杜陵野老.” Later generations also call him “杜陵,” though he was from 河南巩县.
How should we understand all these different names for杜甫？🤗
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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · Sep 2
恭喜恭喜！
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