April 2014
- brand-new SPP (no. 246): On the Origins of the Alphabet: New Evidence, by Brian R. Pellar
March 2014
- brand-new SPP (no. 245): Dogs and Herders: Mythical Kinship, Spiritual Analogy, and Sociality in Rural Mongolia, by Gaby Bamana
January 2014
- brand-new SPP (no. 244): Rhetoric of the Loom: Discursive Weaving Women in Chinese and Greek Traditions, by Norman Harry Rothschild
December 2013
- brand-new SPP (no. 243): From Imperial Metaphor to Rebellious Deities: The History and Modern State of Western Studies of Chinese Popular Religion, by Rostislav Berezkin
October 2013
- brand-new SPP (no. 242): China and the Ancient Mediterranean World: A Survey of Ancient Chinese Sources, by YU Taishan
- brand-new SPP (no. 241): On the Nature of the Vedic Gods, by Catalin Anghelina
September 2013
- brand-new SPP (no. 240): Sacred Display: New Findings, by Miriam Robbins Dexter and Victor H. Mair
- brand-new SPP (no. 239): The Expansion of the Indo-European Languages: An Indo-Europeanist’s Evolving View, by Eric P. Hamp, with annotation and comments by Douglas Q. Adams
July 2013
- rerelease of SPP 131: A History of the Relationship between the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Western Regions, by Yu Taishan
- brand-new SPP (no. 238): Was There a Xià Dynasty?, by Victor H. Mair, with contributions by E. Bruce Brooks
April 2013
- brand-new SPP (no. 237): Kungang (昆岗): The Making of an Imaginary Archaeological Culture, by Victor H. Mair and Cheng Fangyi
- brand-new SPP (no. 236): Examining the Connection Between Ancient China and Borneo Through Santubong Archaeological Sites, by Wan Kong Ann
March 2013
- brand-new SPP (no. 235): The Evolution of the Concept of De 德 in Early China, by Scott A. Barnwell
- brand-new SPP (no. 234): 會稽: Guaiji? Guiji? Huiji? Kuaiji? Some Remarks on an Ancient Chinese Place-Name, by James M. Hargett
- brand-new SPP (no. 233): China and the New Cosmopolitanism, by Johan Elverskog
January 2013
- rerelease of SPP 77: The Origin and Nature of the “Nineteen Old Poems”, by Daniel Hsieh
- rerelease of SPP 78: Practical Mongolian Sentences (with English Translation), by Narsu and Kevin Stuart
- rerelease of SPP 82: A Fragment of a pien-wen(?) Related to the Cycle “On Buddha’s Life”, by I. S. Gurevich
- rerelease of SPP 88: Siddham in China and Japan, by Saroj Kumar Chaudhuri
- rerelease of SPP 93: The Key to the Chronology of the Three Dynasties: The “Modern Text” Bamboo Annals, by David S. Nivison
- rerelease of SPP 95: A Medieval, Central Asian Buddhist Theme in a Late Ming Taoist Tale by Feng Meng-lung, by Victor H. Mair
- rerelease of SPP 97: A Discussion of Sino-Western Cultural Contacts and Exchange in the Second Millennium B.C. Based on Recent Archaeological Discoveries, by LI Shuicheng
- rerelease of SPP 99: Wheeled Vehicles in the Chinese Bronze Age (c. 2000–741 BC), by Anthony Barbieri-Low
- rerelease of SPP 106: A Hypothesis about the Sources of the Sai Tribes, by Yu Taishan
- rerelease of SPP 108:Understanding Di and Tian: Deity and Heaven From Shang to Tang, by Ruth H. Chang
- rerelease of SPP 109: In Hell the One without Sin is Lord, by Conán Dean Carey
- rerelease of SPP 110: Shaykh 'Âlam: the Emperor of Early Sixteenth-Century China, by Toh Hoong Teik
- rerelease of SPP 111: The Need for a New Era, by Victor H. Mair
- rerelease of SPP 112:Notes on the Anau Inscription, by Victor H. Mair
- rerelease of SPP 118:Evidence for the Indo-European Origin of Two Ancient Chinese Deities, by Justine T. Snow
- rerelease of SPP 119:“Hu” Non-Chinese as They Appear in the Materials from the Astana Graveyard at Turfan, by WU Zhen
- rerelease of SPP 120:Female-Gendered Myth in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, by Anne Birrell
- rerelease of SPP 124:The Context of the Anau Seal, by Fredrik T. Hiebert, and Remarks on the Anau and Niyä Seals, by John Colarusso
- rerelease of SPP 127: The Getes, by Sundeep S. Jhutti
- rerelease of SPP 128: On Proto-Shang, by Yinpo Tschang
- rerelease of SPP 130: Mayan: A Sino-Tibetan Language? A Comparative Study, by Bede Fahey
- rerelease of SPP 146: The -yu Ending in Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Gaoju Onomastica, by Hoong Teik Toh
- rerelease of SPP 147: Chinese Qiong ~ Tibetan Khyung; Taoism ~ Bonpo — Some Questions Related to Early Ethno-Religious History in Sichuan, by Hoong Teik Toh
- rerelease of SPP 148: Le gréco-bouddhisme et l’art du poing en Chine, by Lucas Christopoulos
- rerelease of SPP 149: A Sacred Trinity: God, Mountain, and Bird: Cultic Practices of the Bronze Age Chengdu Plain, by Kimberly S. Te Winkle
- rerelease of SPP 151: The Genealogy of Dictionaries: Producers, Literary Audience, and the Circulation of English Texts in the Treaty Port of Shanghai, by Jane Jia SI
- rerelease of SPP 152: The Dance of Qian and Kun in the Zhouyi, by Denis Mair
- rerelease of SPP 154: Mythologie sino-européenne, by Serge Papillon
- rerelease of SPP 155: Janus-Like Concepts in the Li and Kun Trigrams, by Denis Mair
- rerelease of SPP 156: Manichean Gnosis and Creation, by Abolqasem Esmailpour
- rerelease of SPP 157: Paradoxical Coexistence of Prognostication and Warfare, by Ralph D. Sawyer
- rerelease of SPP 158: Writings on Warfare Found in Ancient Chinese Tombs, by Mark Edward Lewis
- rerelease of SPP 159: The Zuozhuan Account of the Death of King Zhao of Chu and Its Sources, by Jens Østergaard Petersen
- rerelease of SPP 160: Literary Evidence for the Identification of Some Common Scenes in Han Funerary Art, by Matteo Compareti
- rerelease of SPP 167: Old Chinese ‘帝*tees’ and Proto-Indo-European ‘*deus’: Similarity in Religious Ideas and a Common Source in Linguistics, by ZHOU Jixu
- rerelease of SPP 168:Aspects of Assimilation: the Funerary Practices and Furnishings of Central Asians in China, by Judith A. Lerner
December 2012
- brand-new SPP (no. 232): Gendering Other: The Representation of Foreigners in Yesou puyan, by Huili Zheng
- brand-new SPP (no. 231): Encounter with a Tiger Traveling West, by Heleanor Feltham
- rerelease of SPP 129: Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia, by Michael Witzel
- brand-new SPP (no. 230): Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD), by Lucas Christopoulos
August 2012
- brand-new SPP (no. 229): New Thoughts on an Old Controversy: Shina as a Toponym for China, by Joshua A. Fogel
- brand-new SPP (no. 228): The “Silk Roads” in Time and Space: Migrations, Motifs, and Materials, edited by Victor H. Mair
July 2012
- brand-new SPP (no. 226): To Inherit the Ancient Teachings of Confucius and Mencius and Establish Modern Confucianism, by ZHOU Youguang
- brand-new SPP (no. 227): The Stūpa of the Kushan Emperor Kanishka the Great, with Comments on the Azes Era and Kushan Chronology, by Hans Loeschner
June 2012
- brand-new SPP (no. 225): The Image of the Winged Celestial and Its Travels along the Silk Road, by Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky
- brand-new SPP (no. 224): Developments in Chinese Language and Script During the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries, edited by Victor H. Mair
- brand-new SPP (no. 223): Water Management in Jingjue Kingdom: The Transfer of a Water Tank System from Gandhara to Xinjiang in the Third and Fourth centuries C.E., by Arnaud Bertrand
May 2012
- brand-new SPP (no. 222): Buddhism Across Boundaries: The Interplay of Indian, Chinese, and Central Asian Source Materials, edited by John R. McRae and Jan Nattier
- brand-new SPP (no. 221): The Dao De Jing Minus Ninety-six Percent: A Troubled Text Relieved of Its Politics and Bloat; and Another Look at the Indic Influence Puzzle, by Conal Boyce
April 2012
- brand-new SPP (no. 220): Ogimawkwe Mitigwaki and “Axlu yyr kut”: Native Tongues in Literatures of Cultural Transition, by Mark Bender
- brand-new SPP (no. 219): The Foundation of Myth: A Unified Theory on the Link Between Seasonal/Celestial Cycles, the Precession, Theology, and the Alphabet/Zodiac (Part One), by Brian R. Pellar
- brand-new SPP (no. 218): Magician’s Map, by Michael Turk
December 2011
- brand-new SPP (no. 217): Guanxi: The Key to Achieving Success in China, by Jin GUAN
- brand-new SPP (no. 216): Is Shuma the Chinese Analog of Soma/Haoma? A Study of Early Contacts between Indo-Iranians and Chinese, by ZHANG He
- rerelease of SPP 105: Postmodernist Theory in Recent Studies of Chinese Literature, by Anne Birrell
- rerelease of SPP 87: Canine Conundrums: Eurasian Dog Ancestor Myths in Historical and Ethnic Perspective, by Victor H. Mair
October 2011
- brand-new SPP (no. 215): An Investigation of Orthographic Variance in Shang Writing, by Matthew Anderson
- rerelease of SPP 125: Correspondences of Cultural Words between Old Chinese and Proto-Indo-European, by ZHOU Jixu
- rerelease of SPP 121: Dicing and Divination in Early China, by Mark Edward Lewis
- rerelease of SPP 117: Baihua, Guanhua, Fangyan and the May Fourth Reading of Rulin Waishi, by SHANG Wei
- rerelease of SPP 115: Correspondences of Basic Words Between Old Chinese and Proto-Indo-European, by ZHOU Jixu
- rerelease of SPP 114: Beyond the Question of the Monkey Imposter: Indian Influence on the Chinese Novel, The Journey to the West, by Ramnath Subbaraman
- rerelease of SPP 113: Etymology of the Word "Macrobiotic:s" and Its Use in Modern Chinese Scholarship, by Ray Collins
September 2011
- brand-new SPP (no. 214): Tennō (天皇): The Central Asian Origin of Japan's Solar Kingship, by Mark A. Riddle
- brand-new SPP (no. 213): Early Development of Bronze Metallurgy in Eastern Eurasia, by Xiang WAN
- brand-new SPP (no. 212): The Origin of the Kushans, by YU Taishan
- brand-new SPP (no. 211): Confucius and Lao Zi: Their Differing Social Foundations and Cultures, by ZHOU Jixu
- rerelease of SPP 85: Tokharian Buddhism in Kucha: Buddhism of Indo-European Centum Speakers in Chinese Turkestan before the 10th Century C.E., by Mariko Namba Walter
July 2011
- brand-new SPP (no. 209): Japan and Inner Asia: Some Connections, by Mark A. Riddle
- brand-new SPP (no. 210): Turkic "Balbal" in Japan, by Mark A. Riddle
- twenty-fifth anniversary issue (no. 208): Reviews XIII, edited by Victor H. Mair
January 2011
- brand-new SPP (no. 207): Barbaricum Depictum: Images of the Germani and Xiongnu in the Works of Tacitus and Sima Qian, by Randolph Ford
- rerelease of SPP 83: Tense/Aspect markers in Mandarin and Xiang dialects, and their contact, by Minglang Zhou
- rerelease of SPP 84: The New Old Mummies from Eastern Central Asia: Ancestors of the Tocharian Knights Depicted on the Buddhist Wallpaintings of Kucha and Turfan? Some Circumstantial Evidence, by Ulf Jäger
- rerelease of SPP 91: Phonosymbolism or Etymology: The Case of the Verb "Cop", by Victor H. Mair
- rerelease of SPP 96: Alexandrian Motifs in Chinese Texts, by E. Bruce Brooks
- rerelease of SPP 100: Zhuangzi, Mysticism, and the Rejection of Distinctions, by Wayne Alt
- rerelease of SPP 132: On the Presence of Non-Chinese at Anyang, by Kim Hayes
- rerelease of SPP 133: Scientific Evidence for Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Voyages, by John L. Sorenson and Carl L. Johannessen
- rerelease of SPP 134: Two Steps Toward Digraphia in China, by Xieyan Hincha
- rerelease of SPP 135: The Secret History of the Mongols and Western Literature, by John J. Emerson
- rerelease of SPP 136: Influences tokhariennes sur la mythologie chinoise, by Serge Papillon
- rerelease of SPP 137: Some Classical Malay Materials for the Study of the Chinese Novel Journey to the West, by Hoong Teik Toh
- rerelease of SPP 139: A Hypothesis on the Origin of the Yu State, by Taishan Yu
- rerelease of SPP 140: Shih and Zong: Social Organization in Bronze Age China, by Yinpo Tschang
- rerelease of SPP 141: Chaos in Heaven: On the Calendars of Preclassical China, by Yinpo Tschang
- rerelease of SPP 143: Sleep in Dream: Soporific Responses to Depression in Story of the Stone, by Victor H. Mair
- rerelease of SPP 169: Conversion Tables for the Three-Volume Edition of the Hanyu Da Cidian, by Victor H. Mair
December 2010
- rerelease of SPP 80: A Study of Saka History, by Taishan Yu
- rerelease of SPP 86: Siba: Bronze Age Culture of the Gansu Corridor, by Jidong Yang
September 2010
- brand-new SPP (no. 205): Nomad Culture, Greek Style: Steppes Jewellery and Adornment (1.6 MB PDF), by Heleanor B. Feltham
- brand-new SPP (no. 204): The Earliest Tocharians in China (650 KB PDF), by YU Taishan
October 2010
- brand-new SPP (no. 206): Lions, Silks and Silver: The Influence of Sasanian Persia (5.5 MB PDF), by Heleanor B. Feltham
July 2010
- brand-new SPP (no. 199): Other Laozi Parallels in the Hanfeizi: An Alternative Approach to the Textual History of the Laozi and Early Chinese Thought (1 MB PDF), by Tae Hyun KIM
- brand-new SPP (no. 203): How the Earth's Geology Determined Human History (3.1 MB PDF), by Donald F. Beaumont
May 2010
- brand-new SPP (no. 202): An "ABC" Exercise in Old Sinitic Lexical Statistics (800 KB PDF), by David McCraw
- brand-new SPP (no. 201): Notes on the Earliest Sanskrit Word Known in Chinese (420 KB PDF), by Hoong Teik TOH
- rerelease of SPP 76: The Evolution of the Symbolism of the Paradise of the Buddha of Infinite Life and Its Western Origins (2.9 MB PDF), by Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky
- rerelease of SPP 79: A Southeast Asian Voice in the Daodejing? (400 KB PDF), by Dennis Grafflin
- rerelease of SPP 101: The Viêt Peoples and the Origins of Nom (5.12 MB PDF), by C. Michele Thompson
April 2010
- brand-new SPP (no. 200): Arthur Schopenhauer and China: A Sino-Platonic Love Affair (8.3 MB PDF), by Urs App
- rerelease of SPP 21: Two Cross-Cultural Studies on Reading Theory (1.6 MB PDF), by Philippa Jane Benson
- rerelease of SPP 44: The Three Thousand Year Old Charchan Man Preserved at Zaghunluq (2 MB PDF), by Dolkun Kamberi
- rerelease of SPP 54: Introduction, Grammar, and Sample Sentences for Jegün Yogur (1.6 MB PDF), by Üjiyediin Chuluu (Chaolu Wu)
- rerelease of SPP 62: Reflections on the "Unity" of Spoken and Written Chinese and Academic Learning in China (550 KB PDF), by William C. Hannas
- rerelease of SPP 73: Blue Cloth and Pearl Deer; Yogur Folklore (4.6 MB PDF), by ZHANG Juan, Kevin Stuart, et al.
- rerelease of SPP 92: The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan and the Advocacy of Local Autonomy (8.6 PDF), by Christine Louise Lin
March 2010
- rerelease of SPP 68: New Research on the Origin of Cowries Used in Ancient China (1.2 MB PDF), by Ke Peng and Yanshi Zhu
- rerelease of SPP 72: The Life and Mentorship of Confucius (4.1 MB PDF), by E. Bruce Brooks
- rerelease of SPP 116: On the Problem of Chinese Lettered Words (700 KB PDF), by LIU Yongquan
- rerelease of SPP 126: A Southern Min Word in the Tsu-t'ang chi (700 KB PDF), by Tim Miller
- rerelease of SPP 138: Dogs and Cats: Lessons from Learning Chinese (1.2 MB PDF), by Julie Lee Wei
- rerelease of SPP 153: The Mysterious Origins of the Word "Marihuana" (1.3 MB PDF), by Alan Piper
- rerelease of SPP 166: Reviews XII (3.6 MB PDF), by Julie Lee Wei, Hodong Kim, David Selvia, and the Editor
February 2010
- rerelease of SPP 2: The Poetics of Uncertainty in Early Chinese Literature (2 MB PDF), by Andrew Jones
- rerelease of SPP 53: Guanyu Tuhuoluoren de Qiyuan he Qianxi Wenti [On the Problem of the Origins and Migrations of the Tocharians], by XU Wenkan
- rerelease of SPP 61: Tales from China's Forest Hunters: Oroqen Folktales (5.3 MB PDF), by Kevin Stuart and Li Xuewei
- rerelease of SPP 64: A Germanic-Tai Linguistic Puzzle (2.4 MB PDF), by Arne Østmoe
- rerelease of SPP 65: Indo-European Loanwords in Altaic (1.8 MB PDF), by Penglin Wang
- rerelease of SPP 122: The Magical Kunlun and "Devil Slaves": Chinese Perceptions of Dark-skinned People and Africa before 1500 (3.2 MB PDF), by Julie Wilensky
- brand-new SPP (no. 197): The Communication Lines between East and West as Seen in the Mu Tianzi Zhuan (1.6 MB PDF), by YU Taishan
- rerelease of SPP 81: Indigenous or Foreign?: A Look at the Origins of the Monkey Hero Sun Wukong (7.5 MB PDF), by Hera S. Walker
- brand-new SPP (no. 198): Aramaic Script Derivatives in Central Eurasia (680 KB PDF), by Doug Hitch
January 2010
- rerelease of SPP 66: Some Linguistic Evidence for Early Cultural Exchange between India and China (700 KB PDF), by Qingzhi ZHU
- brand-new SPP (no. 192): In and Outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient China and the World, c. 4500 BC - AD 200, by John C. Didier. This work is in three volumes:
December 2009
- brand-new SPP (no. 194): Justinian and the International Silk Trade (3 MB PDF), by Heleanor B. Feltham
- brand-new SPP (no. 196): On the Origins of the Alphabet (2.2 MB PDF), by Brian R. Pellar
November 2009
- brand-new SPP (no. 195): A Complex of Ritual and Ideology Shared by Mesoamerica and the Ancient Near East (2 MB PDF), by John L. Sorenson
- brand-new SPP (no. 193): Women and Men, Love and Power: Parameters of Chinese Fiction and Drama (2 MB PDF), edited and with a foreword by Victor H. Mair
October 2009
- rerelease of SPP 145: Reviews XI (3.2 MB PDF)
September 2009
- rerelease of SPP 150: Uyghurs and Uyghur Identity (2.1 MB PDF), by Dolkun Kamberi
- brand-new SPP (no. 191): William Jones's Ancient Theology (3.7 MB PDF), by Urs App
August 2009
- brand-new SPP (no. 190): The Politico-Economic Impact of the Horse on Old World Cultures: An Overview (3.3 MB PDF), by Pita Kelekna
- rerelease of SPP 71: Vernacularisms in Medieval Chinese Texts (2.9 MB PDF), by Erik Zürcher, Seishi Karashima, and Huanming Qin
July 2009
- rerelease of SPP 43: Salar Language Materials (3.3 MB PDF), by MA Quanlin, MA Wanxiang, and MA Zhicheng; edited by Kevin Stuart
- rerelease of SPP 58: Introduction, Grammar, and Sample Sentences for Baoan (1.5 MB PDF), by Üjiyediin Chuluu (Chaolu Wu)
- brand-new SPP (no. 189): Sinographic Languages: The Past, Present, and Future of Script Reform (1 MB PDF), by Li Chen, Genevieve Y. Leung, Matthew A. Marcucci, and Kenneth Yeh. With a foreword by Victor H. Mair.
June 2009
- rerelease of SPP 55: Introduction, Grammar, and Sample Sentences for Dongxiang (1.5 MB PDF), by Üjiyediin Chuluu (Chaolu Wu)
- brand-new SPP (no. 187): Zhaoling: The Mausoleum of Emperor Tang Taizong (17 MB PDF), by Xiuqin Zhou
- brand-new SPP (no. 188): The Polity of Yelang (夜郎) and the Origins of the Name ‘China’ (689 KB PDF), by Geoff Wade
- rerelease of SPP 18: Two Non-Tetragraphic Northern Sinitic Languages: (a) Implications of the Soviet Dungan Script for Chinese Language Reform, (b) Who Were the Gyámi? (2.7 MB PDF), by Victor H. Mair
May 2009
- rerelease of SPP 39: A Material Case for a Late Bering Strait Crossing Coincident with Pre-Columbian Trans-Pacific Crossings (1.5 MB PDF), by Jordan Paper
- rerelease of SPP 32: How the Chinawoman Lost Her Voice (1.4 MB PDF), by David McCraw
- rerelease of SPP 51: The Study of Ancient Human Skeletons from Xinjiang, China (750 KB PDF), by HAN Kangxin.
April 2009
- rerelease of SPP 69: Language Materials of China's Monguor Minority: Huzhu Mongghul and Minhe Mangghuer (15 MB PDF), by Dpal-ldan-bkra-shis, Keith Slater, et al.
- rerelease of SPP 40: Tiao-Fish through Chinese Dictionaries (4.4 MB PDF), by Michael Carr
March 2009
- brand-new SPP (no. 186): The Special Status of Turfan (750 KB PDF), by Doug Hitch.
- rerelease of SPP 89: Writing Taiwanese: The Development of Modern Written Taiwanese (2.4 MB PDF), by Alvin Lin
February 2009
- rerelease of SPP 107: Reviews IX
- rerelease of SPP 90: Reviews VII [including review of The Original Analects]
- rerelease of SPP 123: Reviews X
- rerelease of SPP 59: China's Monguor Minority: Ethnography and Folktales (15.9 MB PDF), by Kevin Stuart and Limusishiden
- rerelease of SPP 144: Land Route or Sea Route? Commentary on the Study of the Paths of Transmission and Areas in which Buddhism Was Disseminated during the Han Period (2.2 MB PDF), by Rong Xinjiang, translated by Xiuqin Zhou
January 2009
- brand-new SPP (no. 182): The Cult of the Bodhisattva Guanyin in Early China and Korea (5.4 MB PDF), by Aurelia Campbell, Jeffrey Rice, Daniel Sungbin Sou, and Lala Zuo. With a foreword by Victor H. Mair.
- rerelease of SPP 57: Introduction, Grammar, and Sample Sentences for Monguor (1.5 MB PDF), by Üjiyediin Chuluu (Chaolu Wu)
- rerelease of SPP 38: The Linguistic and Textual Antecedents of The Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish (5.2 MB PDF), by Victor H. Mair
- rerelease of SPP 37: Chinese Buddhist Historiography and Orality (891 KB PDF), by Tanya Storch
- rerelease of SPP 48: Introduction and Notes for a Complete Translation of the Chuang Tzu (8.3 MB PDF), by Victor H. Mair
December 2008
- rerelease of SPP 12: The Contributions of T'ang and Five Dynasties Transformation Texts (pien-wen) to Later Chinese Popular Literature (4.9 MB PDF), by Victor H. Mair.
November 2008
- brand-new SPP (no. 181): Traces of Buddhist Art in Sogdiana (2 MB PDF), by Matteo Compareti
October 2008
- rerelease of SPP 47: Sino-Tibetan *kolo "Wheel" (800 KB PDF), by Robert S. Bauer
- rerelease of SPP 67: Pursuing Zhuangzi as a Rhymester: A Snark-Hunt in Eight Fits (1.9 MB PDF), by David McCraw
September 2008
- brand-new SPP (no. 178): Soldierly Methods: Vade Mecum for an Iconoclastic Translation of Sun Zi bingfa (1 MB PDF), by Victor H. Mair, with a complete transcription and word-for-word glosses of the Manchu translation by H. T. Toh
August 2008
- rerelease of SPP 34: Two Papers on Sinolinguistics: "A Hypothesis Concerning the Origin of the Term fanqie ('Countertomy')" and "East Asian Round-Trip Words" (650 KB PDF), by Victor H. Mair. This was first published in October 1992.
July 2008
- rerelease of SPP 98: Reviews VIII (6.8 MB PDF), by Peter Daniels, Daniel Boucher, and various authors. This was first published in January 2000.
June 2008
- rerelease of SPP 103: Early Chinese Tattoo (2.9 MB PDF), by Carrie E. Reid. This was first published in June 2000.
- rerelease of SPP 70: Reviews VI (5.5 MB PDF), by David Utz, Xinru Liu, Taylor Carman, Bryan Van Norden, and the editor (Victor H. Mair). This was first published in February 1996.
May 2008
- rerelease of SPP 104: Popular Astrology and Border Affairs in Early China: An Archaeological Confirmation (2.3 MB PDF), by David W. Pankenier. This was first published in July 2000.
- rerelease of SPP 46: Reviews (V) (12.1 MB PDF), by E. Bruce Brooks et al.. This book-length work was first published in July 1994.
April 2008
- brand-new SPP (no. 180): A Survey of Li Yang Crazy English (2.6 MB PDF), by Amber R. Woodward. This is the first SPP to use video clips. For more on Crazy English, see SPP 170.
- rerelease of SPP 170: Learning English, Losing Face, and Taking Over: The Method (or Madness) of Li Yang and his Crazy English, by Amber R. Woodward. This was first published in February 2006. For more on Crazy English, see SPP 180.
- rerelease of SPP 17: Tattooed Faces and Stilt Houses: Who Were the Ancient Yue? (1.6 MB PDF), by Heather Peters. This was first published in April 1990.
- rerelease of SPP 63: The Development of Complexity in Prehistoric Northern China (110 KB HTML), by Sarah M. Nelson. This was first published in December 1994. It is also available as a 1.1 MB PDF.
March 2008
- rerelease of SPP 75: The Prestige of Writing: Wen2, Letter, Picture, Image, Ideography (127 KB HTML), by Haun Saussy. This was first published in February 1997. It is also available as a 3.2 MB PDF.
- rerelease of SPP 42: Kham Tibetan Language Materials (2.7 MB PDF), by Renchin-Jashe and Kevin Stuart. This was first published in November 1993.
- rerelease of SPP 50: Diyi ge Lading Zimu de Hanyu Pinyin Fang'an Shi Zenyang Chansheng de? [How Was the First Romanized Spelling System for Sinitic Produced?] (880 KB PDF), by YIN Binyong. This was first published in November 1994.
February 2008
- brand-new SPP (no. 179): Language or Dialect--or Topolect? A Comparison of the Attitudes of Hong Kongers and Mainland Chinese towards the Status of Cantonese (652 KB PDF), by Julie M. Groves.
- rerelease of SPP 41: Miching Mallecho: The Zhanguo ce and Classical Rhetoric (1.6 MB PDF), by Paul Rakita Goldin. This was first published in October 1993.
- rerelease of SPP 20: [The] File [on the Cosmic] Track [and Individual] Dough[tiness]: Introduction and Notes for a Translation of the Ma-wang-tui Manuscripts of the Lao Tzu [Old Master] (6.4 MB PDF), by Victor H. Mair. This was first published in October 1990.
- rerelease of SPP 24: Language, Writing, and Tradition in Iran (1.5 MB PDF), by David A. Utz. This was first published in August 1991.
- rerelease of SPP 49: Orality and Textuality in the Indian Context (1.7 MB PDF), by Ludo Rocher. This was first published in October 1994.
January 2008
- rerelease of SPP 15: On Attitudes towards Language in Ancient India (1.8 MB PDF), by George Cardona. This was first published in January 1990.
- rerelease of SPP 74: Covert Sexism in Mandarin Chinese (1.9 MB PDF), by David Moser. This was first published in January 1997.
- rerelease of SPP 60: China's Dagur Minority: Society, Shamanism, and Folklore (11.4 MB PDF), by Kevin Stuart, Li Xuewei, and Shelear. This was first published in December 1994.
- rerelease of SPP 56: Introduction, Grammar, and Sample Sentences for Dagur (1.6 MB PDF), by Üjiyediin Chuluu (Chaolu Wu). This was first published in November 1994.
December 2007
- rerelease of SPP 45: The Sino-Alphabet: The Assimilation of Roman Letters into the Chinese Writing System (2.3 MB PDF), by Mark Hansell. This was first published in May 1994.
- rerelease of SPP 35: Reviews (IV) (2.7 MB PDF). First published in November 1992.
- rerelease of SPP 16: Three Brief Essays Concerning Chinese Tocharistan: The Significance of Dunhuang and Turfan Studies; Early Iranian Influences on Buddhism in Central Asia; History of Chinese Turkistan in the Pre-Islamic Period (1.7 MB PDF), by Victor H. Mair. First published in March 1990.
November 2007
- rerelease of SPP 102: Penless Chinese Character Reproduction, by Theresa Jen and Ping Xu. First published in March 2000. Also available as a 713 KB PDF.
- rerelease of SPP 33: Interethnic Contact on the Inner Asian Frontier: The Gangou People of Minhe County, Qinghai (3.3 MB PDF), by FENG Lide and Kevin Stuart. First published in September 1992.
- brand-new SPP (no. 177): Timeline of the Development of the Horse (4.2 MB PDF), by Beverley Davis. Also available in HTML.
October 2007
- rerelease of SPP 9: Life and Light, the Infinite: A Historical and Philological Analysis of the Amida Cult (2.2 MB PDF), by Soho Machida. First published in December 1988.
- rerelease of SPP 36: Hanyu Wailaici de Yuyuan Kaozheng he Cidian Bianzuan (Philological Research on the Etymology of Loanwords in Sinitic and Dictionary Compilation), by XU Wenkan. First published in February 1993.
- rerelease of SPP 23: Tracks of the Tao, Semantics of Zen (950 KB PDF), by Victor H. Mair. First published in April 1991.
- rerelease of SPP 26: Questions on the Origins of Writing Raised by the Silk Road (1.0 MB PDF), by Jao Tsung-i. First published in September 1991.
- rerelease of SPP 7: Indo-European Vocabulary in Old Chinese (2.9 MB PDF), by Chang Tsung-tung. First published in January 1988. Contents and introduction (HTML).
September 2007
- rerelease of SPP 3: A Partial Bibliography for the Study of Indian Influence on Chinese Popular Literature (10.8 MB PDF), by Victor H. Mair. First published in March 1987. First published in March 1991.
- rerelease of SPP 31: Reviews III (8.3 MB PDF). First published in October 1991.
- rerelease of SPP 22: Slips of the Tongue and Pen in Chinese (2.9 MB PDF), by David Moser. First published in March 1991.
- rerelease of SPP 30: Chinese Philology and the Scripts of Central Asia (742 KB PDF), by M.V. Sofronov. First published in October 1991.
August 2007
- style of catalog adjusted to better indicate which issues are now free
- rerelease of SPP 25: Linguistic Nationalism: The Case of Southern Min, by Jean DeBernardi (August 1991). This issue is also available in HTML.
July 2007
- rerelease of SPP 5 Chinese Characters and the Greek Alphabet, by Eric A. Havelock (December 1987). This issue is also available in HTML.
- rerelease of SPP 10: Buddhist Influence on the Neo-Confucian Concept of the Sage, by Pratoom Angurarohita (June 1989). This issue is also available in HTML.
June 2007
- NEW ISSUE: The Submerged History of Yuè (1 MB PDF), by Eric Henry of the University of North Carolina. This issue is also available in HTML.
- rerelease of SPP 13: The Complete Ci-poems of Li Qingzhao: A New English Translation, by Jiaosheng Wang (October 1989). The complete edition is now free online as a 4.6 MB PDF.
- rerelease of SPP 28: The Family of Chinese Character-Type Scripts: Twenty Members and Four Stages of Development, by ZHOU Youguang (September 1991). The complete edition is free online in both HTML and PDF (650 KB) forms.
- rerelease of SPP 1: The Need for an Alphabetically Arranged General Usage Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese: A Review Article of Some Recent Dictionaries and Current Lexicographical Projects, by Victor H. Mair (February 1986). The complete edition is free online as a 1.5 MB PDF.
May 2007
- rerelease of SPP 6: Computers and Japanese Literacy: Nihonzin no Yomikaki Nôryoku to Konpyûta (Jan. 1988) (1.2 MB PDF). This is a parallel text in Japanese (in romanization) and English. The English text alone is available in HTML: Computers and Japanese Literacy.
- rerelease of SPP 14: Reviews, vol. 2 (Dec. 1989) (7.4 MB PDF)
- rerelease of SPP 8: Reviews, vol. 1 (Feb. 1988)
April 2007
- release of SPP 29 in HTML format: What Is a Chinese "Dialect/Topolect"? Reflections on Some Key Sino-English Linguistic Terms, by Victor H. Mair (Sept. 1991)
- rerelease of SPP 4: The Four Languages of "Mandarin" (HTML), by Robert M. Sanders of the University of Hawaii. This is also available as a PDF (874 KB)
- rerelease of SPP 11: Western Cultural Innovations in China, 1200 BC (790 KB PDF), by Edward L. Shaughnessy of the University of Chicago (July 1989)
- rerelease of SPP 29: What Is a Chinese "Dialect/Topolect"? Reflections on Some Key Sino-English Linguistic Terms, by Victor H. Mair (Sept. 1991)
March 2007
- rerelease of SPP 19: Backhill/Peking/Beijing, by Bosat Man
February 2007
- online release of SPP 175: The Rise of Agricultural Civilization in China: The Disparity between Archeological Discovery and the Documentary Record and Its Explanation, by Zhou Jixu
- online release of SPP 174: Sogdians and Buddhism, by Mariko Namba Walter
- online release of SPP 173: A Study of the History of the Relationship Between the Western and Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Western Regions, by YU Taishan
January 2007
- SPP 52 re-released in digital format: Chinese Romanization Systems: IPA Transliteration. Previously, this cost US$7; it is now free.
October 2006
- Release of Hanzi Bu Tebie Biaoyi, by Zhang Liqing. This essay, written in Hanyu Pinyin, originally appeared in SPP No. 27: Schriftfestschrift: Essays in Honor of John DeFrancis on His Eightieth Birthday.
September 2006
- old mirror site at spp.pinyin.info has been taken offline, with traffic redirected here
August 2006
- SPP No. 27 re-released in digital format: Schriftfestschrift: Essays in Honor of John DeFrancis on His Eightieth Birthday (15 MB)
- SPP No. 172 released: The Outlook for Taiwanese Language Preservation, by Deborah Beaser (432 KB)
June 2006
- SPP No. 171 released: The Prospects for Chinese Writing Reform, by John DeFrancis (2.5 MB)
- Sino-Platonic Papers switches to digital!