Professor Emeritus of Chinese
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Biography
Ph.D. Chinese Language and Literature, University of Washington, 1968
M.A. Far Eastern Languages and Literature, Harvard University, 1965
B.A. Chinese (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), University of Washington, 1964
Current Research Projects:
- Editor-in-chief, English version of Peking University's History of Chinese Civilization. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Translation of Wen xuan.
- History of Early Medieval Chinese Literature.
Research
Selected Research
- Fuxue yu xuanxue: Kang Dawei zixuan ji《賦學與選學：康達維自選集》. Nanjing: Nanjing daxue chubanshe, 2020.
- Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature: A Reference Guide. Part Two. Part Three, Part IV. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Book, with Taiping Chang: Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature: A Reference Guide. Part Three. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Book, with Taiping Chang: Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature: A Reference Guide. Part Four. Leiden: Brill, 2014.
- David R. Knechtges, Taiping Chang. Ancient and Early Chinese Literature: A Reference Guide. E.J. Brill, 2013. 900pp.
- David R. Knechtges,Taiping Chang, eds. Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature: A Reference Guide, Part One. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2010.
- David R. Knechtges, Paul Kroll, eds. Studies in Early Medieval Chinese Literature and Cultural History. In Honor of Richard B. Mather and Donald Holzman. Provo, Utah: T'ang Studies Society, 2003.
- David R. Knechtges. Court Culture and Literature in Early China. Variorum Collected Studies Series. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, 2002.
- David R. Knechtges, co-translator and editor. Gong Kechang. Studies of the Han Fu. American Oriental Series 84. New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1997.
- David R. Knechtges. Wen xuan, Volume Three. Rhapsodies on Natural Phenomena, Birds and Animals, Aspirations and Feelings, Sorrowful Laments, Literature, Music, and Passions. Princeton University Press, 1996.
- David R. Knechtges. Wen xuan or Selections of Refined Literature. Volume Two. Rhapsodies on Sacrifices, Hunts, Travel, Palaces and Halls, Rivers and Seas. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987.
- David R. Knechtges. Wen-xuan or Selections of Refined Literature. Volume One. Rhapsodies on Metropolises and Capitals. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982.
- David R. Knechtges. The Han shu Biography of Yang Xiong (53 B.C-A.D. 18). Tempe, Arizona: Center for Asian Studies, Arizona State University, 1982.
- David R. Knechtges. The Han Rhapsody: A Study of the Fu of Yang Hsiung (53 B.C-A.D. 18). Cambridge, London, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
- David R. Knechtges, Eugene Vance, eds. Rhetoric and the Discourses of Power in Court Culture: China, Europe, and Japan. University of Washington Press.
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