Robin D. S. Yates

Robin David Sebastian Yates (born 30 July 1948) is a Canadian sinologist.

Yates earned a PhD at Harvard University and held a James McGill Professorship at McGill University. ^[1] Upon retirement, he was granted emeritus status. ^[2] Yates is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. ^{[3] [4]}

Yates is married to Grace S. Fong. ^[5]

Selected books

• Barbieri-Low, Anthony J.; Yates, Robin D. S. (2015). Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China. Brill. ISBN   9789004292833. ^[6]
• Pines, Yuri; Shelach, Gideon; Von Falkenhausen, Lothar; Yates, Robin D. S., eds. (2013). Birth of an Empire: The State of Qin Revisited. Global, Area, and International Archive. ISBN   9781938169076. ^[7]
• Yates, Robin D. S. (2009). Women in China from Earliest Times to the Present. Brill. ISBN   9789004176225. ^[8]
• Yates, Robin D. S. (1997). Five Lost Classics: Tao, Huang-lao, and Yin-yang in Han China. Ballantine Books. ISBN   9780345365385. ^[9]
• Needham, Joseph; Yates, Robin D. S. (1994). Science and Civilization in China, vol. 5, part 6. Cambridge University.
• Yates, Robin D. S (1988). Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang. Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN   9780674947757. JSTOR   j.ctt1dnn8wh. ^[10]

References

1. "Robin D.S. Yates". McGill University History and Classical Studies. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
2. "Robin Yates". McGill University East Asian Studies. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
3. "Distinguished Lectures in Humanities: On the Military in the Qin and Early Han: New Evidence from Excavated and Recovered Sources". Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
4. "Prosecuting Functionaries in Eastern Han China: Evidence from the Newly Excavated Wuyi guangchang Documents". Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies. 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
5. "HKBU receives donation in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Department of History". Hong Kong Baptist University Foundation. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
6. Reviews of Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China include:
   • Goldin, Paul R. (April 2017). "Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China: A Study with Critical Edition and Translation of the Legal Texts from Zhangjiashan Tomb no. 247. By Anthony J. Barbieri-Low and Robin D. S. Yates . (Sinica Leidensia 126) 2 vols. pp. cxiv, 1416. Leiden and Boston, Brill, 2015". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 27 (2): 332–335. doi:10.1017/S1356186316000626.
   • Sanft, Charles (2017). "Anthony J. Barbieri-Low, and Robin D. S. Yates . Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China: A Study with Critical Edition and Translation of the Legal Texts from Zhangjiashan Tomb no. 247. Leiden: Brill, 2015. 2 vols". Early China. 40: 317–320. doi:10.1017/eac.2017.7.
   • Korolkov, Maxim (2017). "Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China: A Study with Critical Edition and Translation of the Legal Texts from Zhangjiashan Tomb no. 247, vols. 1, 2. By Anthony J. Barbieri-Low and Robin D.S. Yates . Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2015. cxiv + 1416 pp. $389.00, €299.00 (cloth, ebook)". Journal of Chinese History. 1 (2): 369–371. doi:10.1017/jch.2017.8. ResearchGate : 315469850
   • Sou, Daniel Sungbin (December 2021). "Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China: A Study with Critical Edition and Translation of the Legal Texts from Zhangjiashan Tomb No. 247". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 138 (2). doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.138.2.0437. ProQuest   2093188790. ResearchGate : 364278366
   • Bourgon, Jérôme (2020). "Law, State and Society in Early Imperial China: A Study with Critical Edition and Translation of the Legal Texts from Zhangjiashan Tomb no. 24, written by Anthony J. Barbieri-Low and Robin D.S. Yates, 2015". T'oung Pao. 106 (3–4): 459–465. doi:10.1163/15685322-10634P06.
7. Chatterton, Jocelyn (January 2015). "Yuri Pines, Lothar von Falkenhausen, Gideon Shelach, Robin D. S. Yates (eds.), Birth of an Empire: The State of Qin Revisited". Journal of Global Faultlines. 2 (2): 54–56. doi: 10.13169/jglobfaul.2.2.0054 .
8. Ho, Clara Wing-chung (2010). "[Book Review] Robin D. S. Yates. Women in China from Earliest Times to the Present: A Bibliography of Studies in Western Languages. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2009. 234 pp. EUR99/US$141. ISBN 9789004176225". Nan Nu. 12 (2): 357–359. doi:10.1163/156852610X545921.
9. Meyer, Andrew (Summer 1997). "FIVE LOST CLASSICS: Tao, Huang-Lao, and Yin- Xing in Han China By Robin D. S. Yates. Ballantine Books. 464 pp. $27.50". Wilson Quarterly. 21: 103–104.
10. Reviews of Washing Silk include:
    • Wang, C. H. (July–September 1990). "Reviewed Work: Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910) by Robin D. S. Yates, Wei Chuang". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 110 (3): 559–560. doi:10.2307/603220. JSTOR   603220.
    • Cayley, John (1990). "Reviewed Work: Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910) by Robin D. S. Yates, Wei Chuang". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 53 (1): 172–173. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00021777. JSTOR   619020.
    • Birrell, Anne (1990). "Reviewed Work: Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910) by Robin D. S. Yates, Wei Chuang". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 122 (1): 205–207. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00108408. JSTOR   25212625.
    • Leung, K. C. (Autumn 1989). "Reviewed Work: Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910) by Wei Chuang, Robin D. S. Yates". World Literature Today. 63 (4): 737–738. doi:10.2307/40145748. JSTOR   40145748.