• DOI:10.1177/0097700409345126
Corpus ID: 144710078

From a Hierarchy in Time to a Hierarchy in Space: The Meanings of Sino-Babylonianism in Early Twentieth-Century China

@article{Hon2010FromAH,
  title={From a Hierarchy in Time to a Hierarchy in Space: The Meanings of Sino-Babylonianism in Early Twentieth-Century China},
  author={T. Hon},
  journal={Modern China},
  year={2010},
  volume={36},
  pages={139 - 169}
}

T. Hon

Published 2010

Sociology

Modern China

In 1892, Terrien de Lacouperie (1845—1894), professor of Chinese at University College in London, set out to prove that the Chinese migrated from Mesopotamia in prehistoric times. Despite mixed responses from his colleagues, Lacouperie’s “Sino-Babylonianism” found its way into China and captured the imagination of Chinese historians from the 1900s to 1930s. Whether they supported or opposed Lacouperie’s view, Chinese historians were intrigued by his boldness in linking early China to the global… CONTINUE READING

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