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Obituaries

Donald Daniel Leslie (1922–2020)

in Memoriam

悼念萊斯利 (1922–2020)

Hartmut WalravensCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 521-531 | Published online: 01 Dec 2022

List of Publications of Donald Daniel Leslie

Monographs

  • With Amatsia Porath. K’ung-fu-tzu: Maamarot קונג פו–צה (קופוציוס) מאמרות (Confucius: Sayings). Jerusalem: Mosad Byalik, 1960. 195 pp.
  • Confucius: Étude suivie des Entretiens de Confucius. Traduction intégrale et nouvelle annotée par D. Leslie, adaptation française par Zacharie Mayani. Bibliographie et iconographie. Paris: Seghers, 1962. 222 pp.
  • Argument by Contradiction in Pre-Buddhist Chinese Reasoning. Occasional Paper, 4. Canberra: Centre for Oriental Studies, Australian National University, 1964. 27 pp.
  •  “This is a revised version of a paper delivered at the 26th International Congress of Orientalists held in New Delhi in 1964. It is based on a chapter of my thesis for the Doctorat d’Université at the University of Paris in 1962. It is with great pleasure that I offer my thanks to my teachers M. Demiéville, M. Gernet and M. Kaltenmark for their encouragement and criticism.” (p. 1, note 1)
  • With Jeremy Davidson. Author Catalogues of Western Sinologists. Canberra: Department of Far Eastern History, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1966. lvii, 257 pp.
  • With Jeremy Davidson. Catalogue of Chinese Local Gazetteers. Guide to Bibliographies on China and the Far East. Canberra: Department of Far Eastern History, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1967. xxxix, 125 pp.
  •  Reviews:
  •  JAOS 87 (1967), p. 606 (R.G. Irwin).
  • The Survival of the Chinese Jews: The Jewish Community of Kaifeng. T’oung Pao, Monographie, 10. Leiden: Brill, 1972. xiv, 270 pp., 37 pl.
  •  Reviews:
  •  JRAS 107 (1975), p. 86 (J.B. Segal).
  •  Archives de sociologie des religions 17 (1972), p. 222 (Doris Bensimon).
  •  BSOAS 37 (1974), p. 279 (Hugh D. R. Baker).
  •  ZDMG 124 (1974), 436 (Herbert Franke).
  •  Revue de l’histoire des religions 184 (1973), pp. 237–238 (J. de Menasce).
  •  Monumenta Serica 30 (1972–1973), pp. 649–650 (Rudolf Loewenthal).
  •  HaMizrach Hehadash 26 (1977), pp. 118–120 (Irene Eber).
  •  Jewish Journal of Sociology 15 (1973), pp. 122–124 (Maurice Freedman).
  •  OLZ 71 (1976), pp. 411–412 (Timoteus Pokora).
  •  Journal of Church and State 19 (1977), pp. 332–335 (James [?] Ware).
  •  Nieuw Israelitisch Weekblad, 18 Oct. 1974 (Van Voollen).
  • Ed., with Colin Mackerras and Wang Gungwu. Essays on the Sources for Chinese History. Dedicated to Charles Patrick FitzGerald by the Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University. Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1973, xii, 378 pp.
  • Ludmilla Panskaya, in collaboration with Donald Daniel Leslie. Introduction to Palladii’s Chinese Literature of the Muslims. Oriental Monograph Series, 20. Canberra: Faculty of Asian Studies in association with Australian National University Press, 1977. 106 pp.
  • Based on Palladius’ Kitajskaja literatura magometan as edited by Nikolaj Adoratskij. Trudy imperatorskago Russkago archeologičeskago obščestva 18 (1887), pp. 1–334.
  •  Reviews:
  •  BSOAS 42 (1979), pp. 195–196 (C.R.B[awden]).
  •  JAS 38 (1978–1979), pp. 373–374 (Eric Widmer).
  •  East and West 28 (1978), p. 310 (Lionello Lanciotti).
  •  JAOS 100 (1980), p. 91 (Jonathan N. Lipman).
  • With Joseph Dehergne. Juifs de Chine: A travers la correspondance inédite des Jésuites du dix-huitième siècle. Préface de Jacques Gernet. Bibliotheca Instituti Historici S.I., 41. Roma: Institutum Historicum S.I., 1980. xvii, 250 pp.
  •  Reviews:
  •  Archives de sciences sociales des religions 51 (1981) 2, p. 220 (Doris Bensimon).
  •  Revue historique 266 (1981), pp. 242–243 (Marianne Bastid).
  •  Monumenta Serica 34 (1979–1980), pp. 598–599 (Rudolf Loewenthal).
  • Chinese translation: Joseph Dehergne [Rong Zhenhua 荣振华] – Donald Leslie [Lai Sili 莱斯利]. Zhongguo de youtai ren 中国的犹太人. Transl. Geng Sheng 耿昇. Zhengzhou: Zhongzhou guji chubanshe, 1992. 6, 1, 3, 3, 230 pp., illus.
  • Islamic Literature in Chinese, Late Ming and Early Ch’ing: Books, Authors and Associates. Belconnen: Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1981. iv, 192 pp.
  •  Reviews:
  •  JRAS 114 (1982), p. 225 (J.F. Ford).
  •  East and West 31 (1981), p. 152 (Lionello Lanciotti).
  •  JAS 43 (1983–1984), pp. 136–137 (Barbara L.K. Pillsbury).
  •  ZDMG 139 (1989), pp. 264–265 (Alexander Mayer).
  •  BSOAS 47 (1984), p. 191 (Jeremy Davidson).
  •  Der Islam 59 (1982), pp. 377–378 (Hartmut Walravens).
  • Chinese translation: Lai Sili 莱斯利. Yisilan Hanji kao 伊斯兰汉籍考. Transl. Yang Daye 杨大业. Beijing: n.p., 1994. 3, 2, 2, 2, 187 pp.
  • The Chinese-Hebrew Memorial Book of the Jewish Community of K’aifeng. Canberra: Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1984. xliv, 368 pp., 7 pls.
  •  Reviews:
  •  Archives de sciences sociales des religions 61 (1986), pp. 282–283 (Françoise Aubin).
  •  JRAS 118 (1986), p. 167 (Michael Loewe).
  •  TP 75 (1989), pp. 163–166 (L. V. Berman, Albert E. Dien).
  •  HJAS 36 (1984–1985), pp. 630–632 (Michael Pollak).
  •  ZDMG 137 (1987), p. 189 (P. Wexler).
  •  Monumenta Serica 36 (1984), pp. 630–632 (Michael Pollak).
  • Islam in Traditional China: A Short History to 1800. Belconnen: Canberra College of Advanced Education, 1986. xii, 247 pp.
  •  Reviews:
  •  Monumenta Serica 37 (1986–1987), pp. 363–365 (Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer).
  •  Archives de sciences sociales des religions 62 (1987) 2, pp. 293–294 (Françoise Aubin).
  •  Rivista degli studi orientali 62 (1988), pp. 162–167 (Daniela Tozzi Giuli).
  • With K.H.J. Gardiner. The Roman Empire in Chinese Sources. Studi Orientali, 15. Roma: Bardi, 1996. xxvi, 422 pp.
  •  Reviews:
  •  JAOS 119 (1999), pp. 71–79 (Edwin Pulleyblank). [very critical; D.D.L.]
  •  TP 86 (2000), pp. 177–178 (B. J. Mansvelt Beck). [favourable; D.D.L.]
  • Jews and Judaism in Traditional China: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, 44. Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 1998. 291 pp.
  •  Reviews:
  •  Revue bibliographique de sinologie NS 17 (1999), p. 35 (Françoise Kreissler).
  •  China-Report 30 (1999), p. 37 (Erhard Roy Wiehn).
  •  Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal 21 (1999), pp. 42–43 (D.E. Mungello).
  •  Journal of Chinese Religions 27 (1999), p. 191 (Jonathan Goldstein).
  •  AOH 52 (1999), pp. 119–120 (Péter Vámos).
  •  JRAS, 3rd Series 10 (2000) 1, p. 140 (Zhou Xun).
  •  Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions 110 (2000), p. 77 (Françoise Aubin).
  •  OLZ 95 (2000) 6, pp. 696–697 (Morris Rossabi).
  •  ZDMG 151 (2001) 2, pp. 479–480 (Herbert Franke).
  •  Numen 47 (2000), pp. 117–118 (R.J. Zwi Werblowsky).
  • The Integration of Religious Minorities in China: The Case of Chinese Muslims. The 59th George Ernest Morrison Lecture in Ethnology 1998. Canberra: Australian National University, 1999. 42 pp.
  • Not a Bowl of Chicken Soup: Memoirs of a Jewish Confucian. Curtin, ACT: Donald Daniel Leslie, c2003. 209 pp., illus.
  •  Richly illustrated memoirs of D.D. Leslie (the title was borrowed from the review by Zhou Xun on Jews and Judaism; see above).
  • With Yang Daye 楊大業 and Ahmed Youssef. Islam in Traditional China: A Bibliographical Guide. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, 54. Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 2006. 398 pp.
  •  Reviews:
  •  Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection 70 (2006), pp. 943–945 (Desiderio Pinto).
  •  Études chinoises 26 (2007), pp. 355–357 (Elisabeth Allès).
  •  Archives de sciences sociales des religions 52 (2007) (No. 138), pp. 189–191 (Françoise Aubin).
  •  Journal of Chinese Religions 35 (2007), pp. 167–170 (Zvi Ben-Dor Benite).
  •  Central Eurasian Reader 1 (2008), pp. 11–12 (Leila Chérif-Chebbi).
  •  Chinese Cross Currents 5 (2008) 4, pp. 174–176 (Yves Camus).
  •  Forum Mission 5 (2009), pp. 306–307 (Josef Meili).

Articles

  • With Joseph Needham. “Ancient and Mediaeval Chinese Thought on Evolution.” Bulletin of the National Institute of Sciences of India (Symposium on Organic Evolution) 7 (1952), pp. 1–16. Abbreviated version published in: Theories and Philosophies of Medicine, with Particular Reference to Graeco-Arab Medicine, Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, ed. Dehli: Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research, 1962, pp. 362–371.
  • “Early Chinese Ideas on Heredity.” AS/EA 7 (1953), pp. 26–45.
  • “From Magic to Science in Early China.” Actes du Septième Congrès International d’Histoire des Sciences, Jerusalem 1953. Paris: Hermann, 1953, pp. 186–189.
  • “He’arot lekatovot mi-Kai-feng-fu” הערות לכתבות מקאי–פנג–פו (Notes on the Kai-Feng-Fu Inscriptions). Sefunot 5 (1961), pp. 69–73.
  • Izhak Ben-Zvi, “Luchot ha-even mi-bei ha-knesset ha-kadom be-Kai-feng-fu” לוהות האבנ מבית הכנסת הקדומ בקאי–פנג–פו (The Stone Tablets of the Old Synagogue in Kaifengfu). Sefunot 5 (1961), pp. 29–66.
  •  The translation into Hebrew was checked by Leslie; with notes by Ben Zvi.
  • “Contribution to a New Translation of the Lun Heng.” TP 44 (1956), pp. 100–149.
  • “Notes on the Analects. Appendixed by a Select Bibliography for the Analects.” TP 49 (1961), pp. 1–63.
  • הרומניזציה של הסינית: השקפה ביקורתית “The Romanisation of Chinese, a Critical View.” ההדש המזרה HaMizrah Hehadash / The New East 11 (1961), pp. 141–158 (in Hebrew, with an English summary, pp. i–iv)
  • “Some Notes on the Jewish Inscriptions of K’aifeng.” JAOS 82 (1962), pp. 346–361.
  • “Fusion Equations for 諸 in the Analects and Mencius: With an Appendix on Verbs and Their Prepositions.” TP 51 (1964), pp. 140–216.
  • “The Chinese-Hebrew Memorial Book of the Jewish Community of K’aifeng.” Abr-Nahrain 4 (1963–1964), pp. 19–49, 6 pls.; 5 (1964–1965), pp. 1–28, 2 pls.; 6 (1965–1966), pp. 1–52, pl. ix–xi.
  • “The K’aifeng Jew Chao Ying-ch’eng and His Family.” TP 53 (1967), pp. 147–179, pls. i–ii.
  •  Reprint in Hyman Kublin, Studies of the Chinese Jews. New York: Paragon, 1971, pp. 101–137.
  • “The Judaeo-Persian Colophons to the Pentateuch of the K’aifeng Jews.” Abr-Nahrain 8 (1968–1969), pp. 1–35, pls. i–iv.
  • “The K’aifeng Jewish Community: A Summary.” The Jewish Journal of Sociology 11 (1969), pp. 175–185.
  •  Reprinted in Hyman Kublin, Studies of the Chinese Jews. New York: Paragon, 1991, pp. 187–197.
  • “The Christian Contribution to Our Knowledge of the Kaifeng Jews.” In: Papers Presented to the XXI International Congress of Chinese Studies, Senigallia, 7–13 September 1969. Rome – Naples: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1971, pp. 151–157.
  • “[The] Chao [Clan].” In: Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 5. Jerusalem: Keter, 1971, pp. 336–337.
  • “Arabic Sources.” In: Essays on the Sources for Chinese History. Dedicated to Charles Patrick FitzGerald by the Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University. Ed. Donald D. Leslie, Colin Mackerras, and Wang Gungwu. Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1973, pp. 147–153.
  • “Local Gazetteers.” In: Essays on the Sources for Chinese History, pp. 71–74.
  • “The Chinese Jews.” Hemisphere: An Asian-Australian Monthly (Canberra) 17 (1973) 2, pp. 18–23.
  • “Les théories de Wang Tch‘ong sur la causalité.” In: Mélanges de sinologie, offerts à Paul Demiéville, vol. 2. Bibliothèque de l’Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises, 20/2. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1974, pp. 179–186.
  • “Chao Ch’eng [Zhao Cheng] 趙誠.” In: Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644. Ed. L.C. Goodrich. 2 vols. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976, vol. 1, pp. 121–124.
  • With Joseph Dehergne. “Les Juifs de Chine au XVIIIe siècle.” Rencontre: Chrétiens et Juifs 10 (1976) 47, pp. 238–244; 48, pp. 310–312; 11 (1977) 49, pp. 45–50.
  • Preprint of id., Juifs de Chine: A travers la correspondance inédite des Jésuites du dix-huitième siècle (1980, cf. above).
  • “Islam in China to 1800: A Bibliographical Guide.” Abr-Nahrain 16 (1976), pp. 16–48.
  •  Review:
  •  Monumenta Serica 32 (1976), pp. 426–427 (Rudolf Loewenthal).
  • “Muslims in Early China: The First Phase.” Hemisphere 25 (1981) 6, pp. 343–348.
  •  Reprinted in Hemisphere Annual 2 (1981).
  • With Mohamed Wassel. “Arabic and Persian Sources Used by Liu Chih.” CAJ 26 (1982), pp. 78–104.
  •  Translated by Wang Dongping 王東平 and Shao Hongying 邵紅英 in Huizu yanjiu 回族研究1998/4, pp. 10–28; also in Shoujie huizu lishi yu wenhua guoji xueshu taolunhui lunwen huibian 首屆回族歷史與文化國際學術討論會論文匯編. Yinchuan: Ningxia renmin chubanshe, 1998, pp. 139–157.
  • “The Identification of Chinese Cities in Arabic and Persian Sources.” Papers on Far Eastern History (Department of Far Eastern History, the Australian National University) 26 (1982), pp. 1–38.
  • With H.H.J. Gardiner. “Chinese Knowledge of Western Asia during the Han.” TP 68 (1982), pp. 254–308.
  • “Persia or Yemen? The Origin of the Kaifeng Jews.” In: Irano-Judaica: Studies Related to Jewish Contacts with Persian Culture throughout the Ages, vol. 1. Ed. Shaul Shaked. Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 1982, pp. 101–111.
  • “Judaism – Manichaeism – Zoroastrianism.” In: Cambridge Encyclopedia of China. Ed. Brian Hook. Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press, 1982, pp. 328–330.
  • “Persian Temples in T’ang China.” Monumenta Serica 35 (1981–1983), pp. 275–303.
  • “Assimilation and Survival of Muslims in China.” In: Appréciation par l’Europe de la tradition chinoise: A partir du XVIIe siècle. Actes du IIIe Colloque International de Sinologie, Chantilly. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1983, pp. 107–129.
  • “Japhet in China.” JAOS 104 (1984), pp. 403–409.
  • “Letter [Re Taipei Scroll Forgery] 27 February 1986.” Points East 1 (1986) 2, pp. 2, 7–8.
  • “Living with the Chinese: The Muslim Experience in China, T’ang to Ming.” In: Chinese Ideas about Nature and Society: Studies in Honour of Derk Bodde. Ed. Charles Le Blanc and Susan Blader. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1987, pp. 175–193.
  •  Review:
  •  CLEAR 14 (1992), pp. 128–132 (K.J. DeWoskin).
  • “Excerpt from a Proposed New Preface for the Chinese Edition of The Survival of the Chinese Jews.” Points East 3 (1988) 2, pp. 8–9.
  •   This Chinese edition was never published.
  • With Ahmad Youssef. “Islamic Inscriptions in Quanzhou: A Review.” TP 74 (1988), pp. 255–272.
  •  Translated into Chinese by Xiao Zheng 曉正 in Haijiao shi yanjiu 海交史研究 1989/2, pp. 131–145.
  • “A Response [to Escroignard].” Points East 4 (1989) 2, pp. 12–13.
  •  Re: Victor Escroignard, “The Israelites of Kaifeng and Their Traditions.” Points East 4 (1989) 2, pp. 11–12.
  • “The Sahaba Sa‘d Ibn Abi Waqqas in China.” In: The Legacy of Islam in China: An International Symposium in Memory of Joseph F. Fletcher, April 14–16, 1989. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, Fairbank Center of East Asian Research, 1989, pp. 1–31.
  •  Not seen, no copy found in libraries. “This large work was distributed to the participants of the Symposium.” (See Leslie, Islam in Traditional China, p. 225, no. 12.)
  • “The Old Testament and Biblical Figures in Chinese Sources.” Sino-Judaica: Occasional Papers of the Sino-Judaic Institute 1 (1991), pp. 37–46.
  •  Reprinted in: The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng: A Millennium of Adaptation and Endurance. Ed. Anson H. Laytner and Jordan Paper. Lanham, Md. – London: Lexington Books, 2017, pp. 73–82.
  • “Chinese Characters in the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Points East 7 (1992) 2, pp. 3, 14–15.
  • “China and the Jews: Prospects for Research.” [Harvard Talk] 1992.
  •  This was actually the keynote address to the conference but not included in the organiser’s, Jonathan Goldstein’s, work The Jews of China, 2 vols. (Armonk 1999–2000).
  •  “This was circulated to members of the Conference.” (See Leslie, Jews and Judaism, p. 150, no. 31.)
  • “Moses, the Bamboo King.” East Asian History 6 (1993), pp. 75–90.
  • “The Mongol Attitude to Jews in China.” CAJ 39 (1995), pp. 234–245.
  • With Maisie Meyer. “The Shanghai Society for the Rescue of the Chinese Jews.” Sino-Judaica: Occasional Papers of the Sino-Judaic Institute 2 (1995), pp. 47–66.
  • With K.J.H. Gardiner. “‘All Roads Lead to Rome’: Chinese Knowledge of the Roman Empire.” JAH 29 (1995) 1, pp. 61–81.
  • With Michael Pollak. “The Fink/Liebermann Visit to the Kaifeng Jews.” Studies in Bibliography and Booklore 20 (1998), pp. 54–81.
  • “Integration, Assimilation and Survival of Minorities in China: The Case of the Kaifeng Jews.” In: From Kaifeng …  to Shanghai: Jews in China. Ed. Roman Malek. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, 46. Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 2000, pp. 45–80.
  • With Yang Daye and Ahmed Youssef. “Arabic Works Shown to the Qian­long Emperor in 1782.” CAJ 45 (2001), pp. 7–27.
  • With Yang Daye. “Jesus the Prophet in Chinese Islam.” In: The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ, vol. 3a. Ed. Roman Malek. Jointly published by Institut Monumenta Serica and China-Zentrum Sankt Augustin. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series, 50/3a. Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 2005, pp. 847–867.
  • “Kaifeng.” Encyclopaedia Iranica online. June 7, 2006 (last updated: April 19, 2012) https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kaifeng (accessed 23 June 2022).
  •  This article is also available in print: Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XV: Joči–Kāšḡari, Sa‘d-al-din, fasc. 4. New York: Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation, 2011, pp. 350–351.

Reviews

  • “Paul L-M Serruys: Studies in Chinese Communist Terminology No. 8; Survey of the Chinese Language Reform and the Anti-illiteracy Movement in Communist China.” Monumenta Serica 22 (1963) 1, pp. 322–324.
  • “Forke’s Translation of the Lun Heng.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Hong Kong Branch 4 (1964), pp. 120–127.
  •  Rev. of Wang Chong: Lun Heng. New York: Paragon Book Gallery 1962.
  • “William Charles White, Chinese Jews: A Compilation of Matters Relating to the Jews of K‘ai-feng fu.” JAOS 87 (1967), pp. 600–603.
  • “William Charles White, Chinese Jews. Toronto 1957.” Journal of Southeast Asian History 9 (1968), pp. 178–179.
  • “W. Allyn Rickett, Kuan-tzu: A Repository of Early Chinese Thought.” JAOS 89 (1969), pp. 222–223.
  • “Michael Pollak, Mandarins, Jews and Missionaries: The Jewish Experience in the Chinese Empire. 1981.” HJAS 41 (1981), pp. 669–671.
  • With Igor de Rachewiltz. “Jacob d’Ancona: The City of Light, translated and edited by David Selbourne. London: Little, Brown and Co., 1997.” JAH 32 (1998), pp. 180–185.

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