Edward L. Shaughnessy

Edward L. Shaughnessy
Born	(1952-07-29) July 29, 1952
Nationality	American
Fields	Zhou dynasty, Classic of Changes (Yi jing)
Institutions	University of Chicago
Education	Stanford University (M.A., Ph.D.) University of Notre Dame (B.A.)
Doctoral advisor	David S. Nivison
Chinese name
Chinese	夏含夷
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xià Hányí

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).

Shaughnessy received his B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame, after which he went to Stanford University for graduate study in Chinese, earning his Ph.D. in 1983 with a dissertation entitled "The Composition of the Zhouyi". In 1984, Shaughnessy joined the faculty of the University of Chicago, where he is currently the Lorraine J. and Herrlee G. Creel Distinguished Service Professor of Early Chinese Studies.

Selected works

• Shaughnessy, Edward L. (1983). "The Composition of the Zhouyi". Ph.D. dissertation (Stanford University).
• ———, ed. (1997). New Sources of Early Chinese History: An Introduction to the Reading of Inscriptions and Manuscripts. Early China Monograph Series 3. Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China; Institute for East Asian Studies, University of California Berkeley. ISBN 1-55729-058-X
• ———; Loewe, Michael, eds. (1999). The Cambridge History of Ancient China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8
• ———, ed. (2005). China: Empire and Civilization. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-518287-1
• Chinese edition, (2012) Chongxie Zhongguo gudai wenxian 重寫中國古代文獻, Zhou Boqun 周博群, trans. Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe.

External links

• Biography of Shaughnessy, University of Chicago website.