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Wm. Theodore de Bary | |
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The Bronx, New York, U.S. | |
| Died | July 14, 2017 (aged 97) Tappan, New York, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Main interests | Chinese literature, Neo-Confucianism |
William Theodore de Bary (
Sinologist and scholar of East Asian philosophy who was a professor and administrator at Columbia University
for nearly 70 years.
De Bary graduated from
Ph.D.
in 1953.
In order to create text books for the non-Western version of the Columbia humanities course, he drew together teams of scholars to translate original source material, Sources of Chinese Tradition (1960), Sources of Japanese Tradition, and Sources of Indian Tradition. His extensive publications made the case for the universality of Asian values and a tradition of democratic values in Confucianism. He is recognized as training the graduate students and mentoring the scholars who created the field of
Neo-Confucian
studies.
Life and career
William Theodore "Ted" de Bary was born on August 9, 1919, in
U.S. Navy to undergo intensive training in Japanese and serve as an intelligence officer in the Pacific Theatre of World War II
.
In 1947, de Bary left the military and returned to Columbia for graduate study in Chinese. He received an
Philolexian
Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement.
De Bary served as the director of the Heyman Center for the Humanities and continued teaching until several months before his death in 2017 at age 97.
Prizes and honours
- Watumull Prize of the American Historical Association in 1958
- Fishburn Prize of Educational Press Association in 1964
- Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1974
- Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures 1986
- Elected to the American Philosophical Association, 1999
- Elevated to the Order of the Rising Sun (Third Class),
- PhilolexianAward for Distinguished Literary Achievement, 2010
- National Humanities Medal, 2013[2]
- Tang Prize in Sinology, 2016[3]
Honorary degrees
- St. Lawrence University, D.Litt., 1968
- Loyola University of Chicago, LHD, 1970
- Columbia University. D.Litt., 1994
Major works
Original works
- The Great Civilized Conversation: Education for a World Community (CUP, 2013)
- Self and Society in Ming Thought (ACLS Humanities E-Book, 2011)
- Living Legacies at Columbia (CUP, 2006)
- Nobility and Civility: Asian Ideals of Leadership and the Common Good, (Harvard UP, 2004)
- Asian Values and Human Rights: A Confucian Communitarian Perspective. Harvard UP (2000)
- Learning for One's Self: Essays on the Individual in Neo-Confucian Thought (CUP, 1991)
- The Trouble with Confucianism, (Harvard UP, 1991)
- Eastern canons: Approaches to the Asian Classics (CUP, 1990)
- Message of the mind in Neo-Confucianism (CUP, 1989)
- Neo-Confucian Education: the Formative Stage (University of California Press, 1989)
- East Asian Civilizations: a Dialogue in Five Stages, (Harvard UP, 1988)
- The Rise of Neo-Confucianism in Korea (1985)
- The Liberal Tradition in China (Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 1983)
- Yüan thought: Chinese Thought and Religion under the Mongols (CUP, 1982)
- Neo-Confucian Orthodoxy and the Learning of the Mind-And-Heart (CUP, 1981)
- Principle and Practicality: Essays in Neo-Confucianism and Practical Learning (CUP, 1979)
- Unfolding of Neo-Confucianism (CUP, 1975)
- Self and Society in Ming Thought (CUP, 1970)
- The Buddhist Tradition in India, China and Japan (Random House, 1969)
- Approaches to Asian Civilizations (CUP, 1964)
- Guide to Oriental Classics (CUP, 1964) end ed. 1975. 3rd ed. 1988
Original translations
- Waiting for the Dawn: a Plan for the Prince (1993)
- Five Women who Loved Love (Tuttle, 1956)
Edited volumes
- Finding Wisdom in East Asian Classics (CUP, 2011)
- Sources of East Asian Tradition. 2 vols [vol. 1 published subtitled Premodern Asia; vol 2 subtitled The modern Period (CUP, 2008)
- Sources of Korean Tradition: Volume 1 (Harvard UP, 1997) 2nd ed. 2001
- Confucianism and Human Rights (CUP, 1998) with Tu Weiming
- Sources of Japanese Tradition (1958), with Ryūsaku Tsunoda and Donald Keene 2nd ed published as earliest times to 1600 (2001) with Donald Keene, George Tanabe, Paul Varley vol 2 published as 1600 to 2000 with Carol Gluck and Arthur Tiedemann (2005)
- Sources of Chinese Tradition: Volume 1 (CUP, 1960) expanded 2 vols ed. Columbia UP, 1999 and 2000
- Approaches to the Oriental Classics: Asian Literature and Thought in General Education (1958/9)
- Sources of Indian Tradition, 2 vols (1957 and 1964), with Stephen N. Hay and I. H. Qureshi 2nd ed. 1988
Notes
- ^ Martin (2017).
- ^ "Awards & Honors: National Humanities Medals | National Endowment for the Humanities". Neh.gov. 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ 很好設計. "Tang Prize". Tang Prize. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
References and further reading
- Martin, Douglas (17 Jul 2017). "Wm. Theodore de Bary, Renowned Columbia Sinologist, Dies at 97". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 Jul 2017.
- In Memoriam: Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919-2017)
- De Bary, Wm. Theodore, interviewed by Gordon J. Slovut. "Reminiscences of William Theodore De Bary." Columbia Crisis of 1968 Project. 1968. Columbia University Library.
External links
- Oral history interview transcript with William De Bary on 27 May 1997, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- Your Columbians: William Theodore de Bary
- William De Bary Obituary – The Journal News
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