Sarah Allan

Selected Publications

• “On Shu 書 (“Documents”) and the Origin of the Shang shu 尚書 (“Ancient Documents”) in Light of Recently Discovered Bamboo Slip Manuscripts,” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 75.3 (October 2012), pp. 547-57.

• “Erlitou and the Formation of Chinese Civilization: Toward a New Paradigm,” Journal of Asian Studies , 66:2 (May 2007) 461-496.

• “On the Identity of Shang Di and the Origin of the Concept of a Celestial Mandate,” Early China 31 (2007), pp. 1-46. (Published in 2010).

• The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue , (1997; Chinese translation, Zhongguo zaoqi zhexuesixiang de benyu 水之道与德之端：中国早期哲学思想的本喻, 2002, revised and expanded edition, 2010; Korean translation, Gongja Woa Noja Gedeloen Muloaese Muoessoel Bowoassnenga, 1999).

• The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art and Cosmos in Early China , (1991; Chinese translation, Gui zhi Mi: Shangdai Shenhua, Jisi, Yishu he Yuzhouguan Yanjiu  龜之謎：商代神話，祭祀，藝術，和宇宙觀研究， 1992，revised and expanded edition 2010; Korean translation, 2001).

• The Heir and the Sage: Dynastic Legend in Early China , (1981; Chinese translation,  Shixi yu shanrang 世襲與禪讓,  new translation, expanded edition, 2010; Korean translation 2005).

• Oracle Bone Collections in Great Britain (Chinese title: Yingguo suocang jiagu ji  英國所藏甲骨集), with Li Xueqin 李學勤 and Qi Wenxin 齊文心, Zhonghua shuju, Beijing, Part I， 2 volumes (1985); Part II, 2 volumes (1992).

• Ouzhou Suocang Zhongguo Qingtongqi Yizhu 歐洲所藏中國青銅器遺珠 (English title: Chinese Bronzes: A Selection from European Collections), with Li Xueqin 李学勤, Wenwu Press, Beijing，1995.

• The Guodian Laozi: Proceedings of the International Conference, Dartmouth College, May 1998 , co-edited with Crispin Williams, (2000, Chinese edition: Guodian Laozi: Dongxifang xuezhe de duihua 東方學者的對話, 2002).

• The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective , edited volume, (2005).