Cho-yun Hsu is an internationally recognized authority on ancient Chinese history and comparative civilizations. He was Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, and elected Academician of Academia Sinica in Taiwan. As one of the founding members of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Hsu was instrumental in supporting and encouraging global research in Chinese Studies. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious Tang Prize for his exceptional contributions to the field of Sinology. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications, including American Life: A Chinese Historian’s Perspective (2021), The Transcendental and the Mundane: Chinese Cultural Values in Everyday Life (2021), China: A New Cultural History (2012), Western Chou Civilization (1988), Han Agriculture: The Formation of the Early Chinese Agrarian Economy (1980), and Ancient China in Transition: An Analysis of Social Mobility (1965).
David Ownby was a Professor of History at the Université de Montréal. His research focus is intellectual life in contemporary China, and his recent publications include
Rethinking China’s Rise by Xu Jilin (as editor and translator),
Voices from the Chinese Century (co-edited with Timothy Cheek and Joshua A. Fogel),
The Transcendental and the Mundane by Cho-yun Hsu, and
Globalization after the Pandemic by Qin Hui (both as translator).
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