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Rafe de Crespigny and other sinology stuff.

Thanks for your work in those brillant articles. Great stuff. Mind if I ask you for their sources and references, for instance Battle of Jieqiao and your period or dynasty of interest in East Asian history? Ktsquare (talk) 22:21, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The primary source I used for Battle of Jieqiao is the biography of Yuan Shao in Sanguo zhi (pp. 193-194 of the Zhonghua shuju edition). There is also a parallel version of the battle in Hou Han shu but that version is abridged. Most of the other articles involving Three Kingdoms were also sourced from Sanguo zhi, with insights and perspectives from the work of Dr. Rafe de Crespigny amongst others. I'm also starting to study the early Qing dynasty - the rise of the Manchus; the Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong periods etc. I've found that the newly published Cambridge History of China (vol. 9, part 1) provides an excellent introduction to the period. Jie 17:46, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The Cambridge History of China series is an excellent overview of individual periods in the history of China. I am looking forward to reading your articles on the Qing Dynasty. Ktsquare (talk) 17:00, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hello

Welcome Jie! I must say that your contributions are very high quality and well-written. I'm glad there's someone out there improving the Chinese history articles. A couple notes:

The Nationalist Party of China is spelt Kuomintang, not Kuomingtang
I just read your article on the Beiyang Army. Could you find a way to link that worthy page at History of the Republic of China since you're more familiar and knowlegeable than I am?

Cheers, Jia ng 07:18, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the note about KMT, Jiang. I'm a bit rusty with the pinyin and Wade-Giles. I've come a across a lot of articles where you've contributed. It seems like every article to do with China has you in its history! I'll certainly take up your advice about linking to History of the Republic of China. Jie 19:39, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

...i mean to have [Beiyang Army] linked at [History of the Republic of China]. I'm not sure how to incorporate a mention of the Beiyang Army there. --Jia ng 20:15, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I incorporated Beiyang Army into the 'Early republic' section and at the same time corrected an erroneous comment about Yuan Shikai.

From: "On January 1, 1912, Sun officially declared the Republic of China and was inaugurated in Nanjing as the first provisional president. But power in Beijing already had passed to the Commander-in-Chief of the imperial army and Qing prime minister, Yuan Shikai, the strongest regional military leader at the time."
to: "On January 1, 1912, Sun officially declared the Republic of China and was inaugurated in Nanjing as the first provisional president. But power in Beijing already had passed to Yuan Shikai, who had effective control of the Beiyang Army, the most powerful military force in China at the time." Jie 21:21, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)