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143 NEWS NOTES Naitö Konan Library Kansai University (Suita City, Osaka-fu, Japan) has recently acquired the collection of books formerly in the possession of Naitö Konan rtl /¡¡jjt ;Sfl $) (TorajirB, 1866-1934) and his son Naitö Hakken fâ jg_ (Kenkichi, 1899-1978). The estimated volume of the books in the collection is more than 30,000 ts 'e; many are rare books printed or hand-copied in China or Japan. Reflecting the legendary versatility of Naitô Konan, the collection covers various fields of Sinology, including Buddhism and fine arts as well as philosophy, literature, and history. Among them, there is the famous copy of Chang Hsueh-ch' eng' s ß *v«Ä. Hen-shih t'uncf-i kao-pen ?. jt A-I^ W1T1 (18 t5'e) that Naite Konan acquired during the 1910s. Konan' s study of this book made the scholarship of Chang Hsueh-ch' eng known to the world. There is also the manuscript of Hsueh Yun-sheng' s if ^Lf) T 'ang Ming Iu hop 'ien kao-pen /§ HJj \% -£/fa Ark '^l·( 26 ts'e) , a comparative study of the T'ang and Ming codes by this Ch'ing legal scholar. Together with the collection, Kansai University has acquired Kuni-sansö j¡\} i— ??\ iß. ? home of Konan during his final years. The task of cataloguing the collection has not yet begun. Inquires about the collection may be addressed to: Professor Ikuzö Okumura Department of Law, Kansai University 3-35, 3-chome, Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka, JAPAN 564 144 Taiwan Studies Newsletter The Committee on Taiwan Studies, under the China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies, is reviving its Taiwan Studies Newsletter. The Newsletter is designed to stimulate interest in the study of Taiwan and to serve as a forum for exchange of information among Taiwan specialists and those interested in the study of Taiwan. Anyone wishing to receive the Newsletter should send their name and address to: Professor Jack Williams, Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824. Library and Archival Research in China The China Exchange News , Volume 12, Number 3 (September 1984) , published by the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D. C. 20418) contains the following articles on library and archival research in China: Chi Wang, "An Overview of Libraries in the PRC"; Harriet Zurndorfer, "Doing Library and Archival Research on Local History: A Study of Huizhou Prefecture during the Ming and Qing Periods"; Yeh-chien Wang, "Working at the First Historical Archives in Beijing"; Barry Keenan, "Library Resources for Qing Studies in Nanjing"; Lynda Bell & Helen Chauncey, "Republican Period Library and Archival Research in Contemporary China"; Ernst Schwintzer, "Foreign Student Use of Libraries in Shanghai"; Bryna Goodman, "The Shanghai Municipal Archives. " 145 NEW PRACTICES IN "THE CH'ING GAME" "The Virtues of Simulation: Reflections on Playing "The Ch'ing Game," by Richard Smith is a detailed and lively article relating Professor Smith's experience in organizing an undergraduate course at Rice University around the "Ch'ing Game". Smith modified the game presented in Robert Oxnam's "Ch'ing Game" handbook to give it more of a social focus. His locale was the district city of Chia-ting, Kiangsu, where society in the seventeenth century has been described in Jerry Dennerline, The Chia-ting Loyalists. Characters and situations were chosen to illustrate the working of such social institutions as kinship organizations as well as official life and bureaucratic government. Religion and ritual were also stressed. Smith outlines how he developed the course, and desrcibes the reading material, the allocation of roles, and the papers required to prepare for the game. He also explains some difficulties he encountered, and problems of student confusion and fatigue. Four appendices show the table of contents for his workbook, suggested materials, general situation cards for four rounds of his "Ch'ing Game," and specific situation cards for each role in the third round. Copies of the article are available at $1.50 to cover photocopying and mailing. Write to Professor Richard J. Smith, Dept. of History, Rice University, P. 0. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251 . ...