The Harvard–Yenching Classification System is a library classification system for Chinese language materials in the United States of America. It was devised by Alfred Kaiming Chiu[1] (1898–1977). The system was primarily created for the classification of Chinese language materials in the Harvard–Yenching Library which was founded in 1927 at the Harvard–Yenching Institute.[2]
In addition to American libraries, the libraries of other universities in the world including England, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore etc. also followed Harvard University to adopt the system. During the period from the 1930s to the 1970s, the use of the system became popular for classifying not only Chinese language materials but also other East Asian materials including Korean and Japanese language materials.
During the period from the 1970s to the 1980s, a comprehensive subset of subject headings for Chinese language materials was gradually established in the Library of Congress Classification System so that almost a full spectrum of ancient and contemporary Chinese topics can be widely covered. As a result of this, the Library of Congress Classification System eventually replaced the Harvard–Yenching Classification System for all Chinese language materials acquired after the 1970s in many American Libraries.
Though the system has largely been phased out, the system is still being used in some libraries for Chinese language materials acquired prior to the Library of Congress update. Such previously acquired books are normally stored in separate stacks in libraries. However, some of the university libraries in the Commonwealth countries of the United Kingdom such as England, Australia and New Zealand still continue to use the Harvard–Yenching system; for example, the Institute for Chinese Studies Library of the University of Oxford, University of Sydney, and University of Auckland.
The other library classifications for Chinese materials outside China are:
Cambridge University Library Chinese Classification System 2007-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Classification Scheme for Chinese Books drawn up by Profs. Haloun and P. van der Loon for Cambridge University, UK.
University of Leeds Classification of Books in Chinese, UK (36 pages of Catalog in pdf)
^Eugene W. Wu, "The Founding of the Harvard–Yenching Library," Journal of East Asian Libraries 101.1 (1993): 65-69. [1]
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Harvard–Yenching Classification in the University of Melbourne – Subject headings in both Chinese and English.
– Brief history of the Harvard–Yenching Classification System, and an overview of the collections of Chinese language materials in Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, the Library of Congress, Princeton University and Yale University.
– A brief history of the Harvard–Yenching Library and the Harvard–Yenching Classification System.
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The Harvard Yenching Classification System is a library classification system for Chinese language materials in the United States of America It was devised by Alfred Kaiming Chiu 1 1898 1977 The system was primarily created for the classification of Chinese language materials in the Harvard Yenching Library which was founded in 1927 at the Harvard Yenching Institute 2 During that early period other systems such as the early edition of the Library of Congress Classification did not consist of appropriate subject headings to classify the Chinese language materials particularly the ancient published materials As many American libraries started to collect the ancient and contemporary published materials from China a number of American libraries subsequently followed Harvard University to adopt Harvard Yenching classification system such as the East Asian Library of the University of California in Berkeley Columbia University University of Chicago Washington University in St Louis etc In addition to American libraries the libraries of other universities in the world including England Australia New Zealand Hong Kong Singapore etc also followed Harvard University to adopt the system During the period from the 1930s to the 1970s the use of the system became popular for classifying not only Chinese language materials but also other East Asian materials including Korean and Japanese language materials During the period from the 1970s to the 1980s a comprehensive subset of subject headings for Chinese language materials was gradually established in the Library of Congress Classification System so that almost a full spectrum of ancient and contemporary Chinese topics can be widely covered As a result of this the Library of Congress Classification System eventually replaced the Harvard Yenching Classification System for all Chinese language materials acquired after the 1970s in many American Libraries Though the system has largely been phased out the system is still being used in some libraries for Chinese language materials acquired prior to the Library of Congress update Such previously acquired books are normally stored in separate stacks in libraries However some of the university libraries in the Commonwealth countries of the United Kingdom such as England Australia and New Zealand still continue to use the Harvard Yenching system for example the Institute for Chinese Studies Library of the University of Oxford University of Sydney and University of Auckland Contents 1 The Harvard Yenching classification system 1 1 Key classes 1 2 Subjects of sub classes 1 3 0100 to 0999 Chinese Classics 1 4 1000 to 1999 Philosophy and Religion 1 5 2000 to 3999 Historical Sciences 1 6 4000 to 4999 Social Sciences 1 7 5000 to 5999 Language and Literature 1 8 6000 to 6999 Fine and Recreative Arts 1 9 7000 to 7999 Natural Sciences 1 10 8000 to 8999 Agriculture and Technology 1 11 9000 to 9999 Generalia and Bibliography 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksThe Harvard Yenching classification system editThe key classes of the system are listed as follows Key classes edit 0100 0999 Chinese Classics 1000 1999 Philosophy and Religion 2000 3999 Historical Sciences 4000 4999 Social Sciences 5000 5999 Language and Literature 6000 6999 Fine and Recreative Arts 7000 7999 Natural Sciences 8000 8999 Agriculture and Technology 9000 9999 Generalia and Bibliography Subjects of sub classes edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it January 2011 0100 to 0999 Chinese Classics edit 0100 0199 Chinese classics in general 0200 0299 I Ching 0300 0399 Shu Ching 0400 0499 Shih Ching 0500 0669 San Li 0680 0799 Ch un Ch iu 0800 0849 Hsiao Ching 0850 0999 Ssu Shu 1000 to 1999 Philosophy and Religion edit 1000 1008 Philosophy amp religion in general 1010 1429 Chinese philosophy 1470 1499 Hindu philosophy 1500 1539 Occident philosophy 1540 1569 Philosophical problems and systems 1570 1609 Logic 1610 1649 Metaphysics 1650 1699 Ethics 1700 1729 Religion in general 1730 1738 Mythology 1739 1749 Occultism numerology 1750 1779 History of religions 1780 1799 Chinese state cults 1800 1919 Buddhism 1920 1939 Taoism 1975 1987 Christianity 1988 1999 Other religions 2000 to 3999 Historical Sciences edit 2000 2049 Archaeology Antiquities in general 2060 2159 China archaeology 2200 2249 Ethnology ethnography 2250 2299 Genealogy and biography 2300 2349 World history 2350 2399 World geography 2400 2440 Asian history and geography 2450 2459 History of China in general 2461 2469 Chinese historiography 2470 2479 History of Chinese civilisation 2480 2509 Diplomatic history of China 2510 2519 General China history 2520 2533 Ancient history of China in general 2535 Ch in Han and 3 Kingdom in general 2536 2543 Ch in Dynasty 2545 2559 Han Dynasty 2560 2567 The Three Kingdom 2570 Chin Dynasty and the Southern Northern Dynasties 2571 2578 Chin Dynasty 266 420 2581 2588 The Southern Dynasties 2590 2599 The Northern Dynasties 2605 2618 Sui T ang amp the Five Dynasties in general 2605 2619 Sui Dynasty 2620 2639 T ang Dynasty 2640 2649 Epoch of the Five Dynasties North 2650 2660 The Ten Kingdoms South 2662 Sung Liao Chin and Yuan Dynasties in general 2665 2684 Sung Dynasty 960 1279 2685 2688 The Liao Kingdom 916 1201 2690 The Chin Kingdom 1115 1234 2695 The Hsi Hsia Kingdom 982 1227 2700 2713 Yuan Dynasty 1280 1268 2718 Ming and Ching Dynasties in general 2720 2739 Ming Dynasty 2740 2969 Ch ing Dynasty 2970 Period of Republic 1912 3000 3019 China geography amp history in general 3020 3031 General system treatises 3032 3049 Special works of geography China 3507 3079 China local description and travel 3080 3109 Maps Atlas of China 3110 3299 Gazetteers of China 3300 3479 Japanese history 3400 3479 Japanese geography 3480 3489 Korean history 3490 3499 Hong Kong Macau history and geography 3500 3599 Other counties in Asia history and geography 3600 3799 Europe history and geography 3800 3899 America history and geography 3900 3999 Africa Oceania history and geography 4000 to 4999 Social Sciences edit 4000 4019 Social sciences in general 4020 4099 Statistics 4100 4299 Sociology 4300 4599 Economics 4600 4899 Politics and Law 4900 4999 Education 5000 to 5999 Language and Literature edit 5000 5039 Linguistics in general 5040 5059 Literature in general 5060 5069 Chinese language in general 5070 5089 Semantic studies 5090 5119 Graphic studies 5120 5139 Phonological Studies 5140 5149 Grammar 5150 5159 Dialects 5160 5169 Texts learning the language 5170 5199 Lexicography dictionaries 5200 5209 Chinese literature in general 5210 5217 Chinese literature literary criticism 5218 5229 Chinese literature history amp biography 5230 5235 Chinese literature collection of individual complete works 5236 5241 Chinese literature general anothlogies 5242 5569 Collected Chinese literary works of individual authors 5570 5649 Tz u 5650 5730 Lyrical works and drama 5731 5769 Chinese Fiction 5770 5779 Letters 5780 5799 Miscellany proverbs fables juv lit 5800 5809 Minor languages in China 5810 5859 Japanese language 5860 5959 Japanese literature 5973 Korean language and literature 5975 5993 Indo European language and literature 5994 5999 Other language and literature 6000 to 6999 Fine and Recreative Arts edit 6000 6019 Fine and recreative arts in general 6020 6029 Aesthetics 6030 6069 History of arts 6070 6289 Chinese amp Japanese Calligraphy and painting 6290 6299 Materials amp instruments 6300 6349 Western painting 6350 6359 Engraving Prints 6360 6399 Photography 6400 6499 Sculpture 6500 6599 Architecture 6600 6699 Industrial arts 6700 6799 Music 6800 6899 Amusements amp games 6900 6999 Physical training amp sports 7000 to 7999 Natural Sciences edit 7000 7019 Natural science in general 7020 7099 Mathematics 7100 7199 Astronomy 7200 7299 Physics 7300 7399 Chemistry 7400 7499 Geological science 7500 7599 Natural history 7600 7699 Botany 7700 7799 Zoology 7800 7869 Anthropology Physical 7870 7899 Psychology 7900 7999 Medical science 8000 to 8999 Agriculture and Technology edit 8000 8009 Agriculture amp technology in general 8020 8239 Agriculture 8240 8289 Home economics Domestic 8290 8299 Technology in general 8300 8349 Handicrafts amp artisan trades 8400 8499 Manufactures 8500 8599 Chemical technology 8600 8699 Mining amp Metallurgy 8700 8899 Engineering 8900 8999 Military amp Naval science 9000 to 9999 Generalia and Bibliography edit 9000 9007 Generalia and bibliography in general 9100 Chinese general series of composite nature 9101 9109 Chinese general series of a special type 9110 Chinese series of particular locality 9111 9120 Chinese family amp individual author 9130 9163 Sinology 9164 9179 Japanese general series 9180 9199 Japanese individual polygraphic books 9200 9229 General periodicals amp society publications 9230 9289 General congresses amp museums 9290 9339 General encyclopedias and reference books 9401 9409 Bibliography in general 9410 9510 Bibliography 9511 9519 Subject bibliographies 9520 9539 Chinese collective bibliographies 9540 9549 Other general bibliographies of various countries 9550 9559 Reading lists amp best books periodical index 9562 9569 Special bibliographies 9570 9579 Bibliographies of critical reviews 9600 9629 Library catalogues 9630 9639 Dealers amp publishers catalogues 9640 9684 Japanese bibliographies 9696 9699 Bibliographies of Western countries 9700 9929 Librarianship 9930 9999 Journalism newspapersSee also editThe official library classification in China is Chinese Library Classification CLC The other library classifications for Chinese materials outside China are Cambridge University Library Chinese Classification System Archived 2007 01 07 at the Wayback Machine Classification Scheme for Chinese Books drawn up by Profs Haloun and P van der Loon for Cambridge University UK University of Leeds Classification of Books in Chinese UK 36 pages of Catalog in pdf Notes edit simplified Chinese 裘开明 traditional Chinese 裘開明 pinyin Qiu Kaiming Wade Giles Ch iu2 K ai1 Ming2 Eugene W Wu The Founding of the Harvard Yenching Library Journal of East Asian Libraries 101 1 1993 65 69 1 References editHarvard Yenching Classification in the University of Melbourne Subject headings in both Chinese and English PDF Brief history of the Harvard Yenching Classification System and an overview of the collections of Chinese language materials in Columbia University Cornell University Harvard University the Library of Congress Princeton University and Yale University Yenching The singular history of a singular library Ken Gewertz Harvard News Office A brief history of the Harvard Yenching Library and the Harvard Yenching Classification System External links editExamples of the Harvard Yenching classification system East Asian Library of the University of California in Los Angeles Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harvard Yenching Classification amp oldid 1141190450, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
