Humanum: Research Centre for Humanities Computing

Research Centre for Humanities Computing, CUHK

featuring the following pages

Besides playing the role of a "meta-site", ie. locating and providing links to various internet resources related to humanistic scholarship, this server is gradually developing pages of its own to cover various topics of interest. These pages are charted in the following table under the categories of Electronic References and Affiliated Pages.

Electronic References

Page Title Setup Date Last Updated Remarks

2014, 2018 ongoing
Page supported by the Quality Education Fund

Chinese Character Database:
With Word-formations
Phonologically Disambiguated
According to the Cantonese Dialect
January 2003 ongoing
Page supported by the Quality Education Fund

Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage
September 1999 beta version
Copyright by The Chinese University Press. Page supported by the Quality Education Fund

Chinese Character Frequency Statistics for Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan - A Trans-Regional, Diachronic Survey
June 2001 Further construction suspended due to incomplete raw data
This frequency research project was first started by Professor Ho Hsiu Hwang in his capacity as PI of the "Human Cognition Program" of the RIH. Commissioned by Prof. Ho, Professor Kwan Tze Wan has taken up the reprocessing and repackaging of this whole set of data (with PERL, MySQL, PHP, Javascripts etc.) into this web-driven database.

Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary January 1996 October, 1998 An electronic syllabary of the Cantonese dialect, based on the work of Professor Wang Shih-ling. Searchable and browsable. Auto-generated rhyme tables. Online pronunciation of more than 1,700 unique speech sounds. Direct links to various semantic/lexical materials of the searched character(s)

New Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary April 1998 September 1999 An enlarged and enhanced version of the Cantonese Pronuciation Dictionary developed in 1996. Further revision and upgrading now being undertaken.

Lexicon of Confucianism
An electronic lexicon of Confucian philosophy based on an ongoing manuscript of Professor Lao Sze-kwang. May 1997 beta version This page has been given a 4-star rating by The Institute of Chinese Studies of Heidelberg University, Germany.
You need Chinese to browse this page.

The Kemp Smith translation of Immanuel Kant's
Critique of Pure Reason.
With an online searchable index October 1995 ongoing
An electronic edition based on raw text provided by Steven Palmquist of the Hong Kong Baptist University. The Kant text of this page is copyright material of Palgrave MacMillan Press Ltd. Palgrave MacMillan has kindly granted us permission to use the text for the benefit of scholarship. This page has won a Magellan "3-star site" award as well as the Britannica Internet Guide Award.

Greene and Hudson's translation of
Immanuel Kant's
Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone.
With an online searchable index February 1996 ongoing An electronic edition based on raw text provided by Steven Palmquist of the Hong Kong Baptist University.

John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. With an online searchable index January 1996 ongoing An electronic edition of Locke's opus magnum. HTML text by Roger Bishop Jones, search engine by us.

George Berkeley's A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. With an online searchable index March 1996 ongoing An E-text of Berkeley reprocessed by us

Study Guide to Wheelock Latin
by Dale A. Grote June 1996 April 1997 An HTML version of Grote's Study Guide to Wheelock Latin, prepared by Tze-wan Kwan of RIH. This page is now mirrored by the University of Toronto and is incorporated as part of the university's course materials.

Latin <> English Dictionary October 1995 February 1998 A wordlist prepared by Lynn H. Nelson with a search engine added by us. This page has been deemed an outstanding Web site by the WebCrawler Select Editorial Team.

Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.
A bilingual (German/English) electronic edition.
http://helios.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Philosophy/Wittgenstein/pi/
August 1998 May 2000 German text licensed by © Inter-Edition, McGill University, for use within the Chinese University network domain. Constructed for private use within the Chinese University of Hong Kong only.May 1997

Electronic References
Page Title	Setup Date	Last Updated	Remarks
	2014, 2018	ongoing	Page supported by the Quality Education Fund
Chinese Character Database: With Word-formations Phonologically Disambiguated According to the Cantonese Dialect	January 2003	ongoing	Page supported by the Quality Education Fund
Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage	September 1999	beta version	Copyright by The Chinese University Press. Page supported by the Quality Education Fund
Chinese Character Frequency Statistics for Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan - A Trans-Regional, Diachronic Survey	June 2001	Further construction suspended due to incomplete raw data	This frequency research project was first started by Professor Ho Hsiu Hwang in his capacity as PI of the "Human Cognition Program" of the RIH. Commissioned by Prof. Ho, Professor Kwan Tze Wan has taken up the reprocessing and repackaging of this whole set of data (with PERL, MySQL, PHP, Javascripts etc.) into this web-driven database.
Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary	January 1996	October, 1998	An electronic syllabary of the Cantonese dialect, based on the work of Professor Wang Shih-ling. Searchable and browsable. Auto-generated rhyme tables. Online pronunciation of more than 1,700 unique speech sounds. Direct links to various semantic/lexical materials of the searched character(s)
New Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary	April 1998	September 1999	An enlarged and enhanced version of the Cantonese Pronuciation Dictionary developed in 1996. Further revision and upgrading now being undertaken.
Lexicon of Confucianism An electronic lexicon of Confucian philosophy based on an ongoing manuscript of Professor Lao Sze-kwang.	May 1997	beta version	This page has been given a 4-star rating by The Institute of Chinese Studies of Heidelberg University, Germany. You need Chinese to browse this page.
The Kemp Smith translation of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. With an online searchable index	October 1995	ongoing	An electronic edition based on raw text provided by Steven Palmquist of the Hong Kong Baptist University. The Kant text of this page is copyright material of Palgrave MacMillan Press Ltd. Palgrave MacMillan has kindly granted us permission to use the text for the benefit of scholarship. This page has won a Magellan "3-star site" award as well as the Britannica Internet Guide Award.
Greene and Hudson's translation of Immanuel Kant's Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone. With an online searchable index	February 1996	ongoing	An electronic edition based on raw text provided by Steven Palmquist of the Hong Kong Baptist University.
John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. With an online searchable index	January 1996	ongoing	An electronic edition of Locke's opus magnum. HTML text by Roger Bishop Jones, search engine by us.
George Berkeley's A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. With an online searchable index	March 1996	ongoing	An E-text of Berkeley reprocessed by us
Study Guide to Wheelock Latin by Dale A. Grote	June 1996	April 1997	An HTML version of Grote's Study Guide to Wheelock Latin, prepared by Tze-wan Kwan of RIH. This page is now mirrored by the University of Toronto and is incorporated as part of the university's course materials.
Latin <> English Dictionary	October 1995	February 1998	A wordlist prepared by Lynn H. Nelson with a search engine added by us. This page has been deemed an outstanding Web site by the WebCrawler Select Editorial Team.
Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. A bilingual (German/English) electronic edition. http://helios.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Philosophy/Wittgenstein/pi/	August 1998	May 2000	German text licensed by © Inter-Edition, McGill University, for use within the Chinese University network domain. Constructed for private use within the Chinese University of Hong Kong only.May 1997

Affiliated Pages

Page Title Setup Date Last Updated Remarks

CU Philosophy Information Databases (CUPID)

May 2001 ongoing This database, developed by the Department of Philosophy, is running on a set of self-written programs using PERL, MySQL, PHP, Javascripts etc. The database is jointly managed by all staff of the Department.

Education towards Biliteracy and Trilingualism:- An Internet Support Project
January 2000 March 2000
Project funded by the Quality Education Fund
This the front page of the QEF funded project. From here the users can find various educational sub-pages, and pointers linking to other constitutent elements of the project.

The Uncertain Phoenix: Confucian Studies in Contemporary China

June 2001

Nov 2001
You need Chinese to browse this page.

Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre (1937-38) December 1994 Feb 1998
This page has been selected as a "4-star site" by Magellan Internet Directory of the McKinley Group. The page is now mirrored by China News Digest and by China Home Page at CERNET

Department of Philosophy of CUHK December 1996 ongoing You need Chinese to browse this page.

Department of Fine Arts of CUHK December 1996 You need Chinese to browse this page.

Computer-mediated communication for teaching and learning in the Chinese context October 1995 ongoing An affiliated page to this server. You need Chinese to browse this page.

A Hong Kong Cantonese Child Language Corpus May 1996 Now moved to http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~lal/

August 1995 -- The RIH has offered courtesy web service to the Children's Cancer Foundation of Hong Kong from 1995-1998. From February 1998 on, the CCF has an ISP of her own. Please connect to the CCF's NEW HOME PAGE. Your continuous support of the CCF is very much appreciated

Chinese Archaic Jades from the Kwan Collection November 1994 August 1997 Surfers from Europe can access a mirror of this page via Video on Line in Italy. This page is also featured by the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Affiliated Pages
Page Title	Setup Date	Last Updated	Remarks
CU Philosophy Information Databases (CUPID)	May 2001	ongoing	This database, developed by the Department of Philosophy, is running on a set of self-written programs using PERL, MySQL, PHP, Javascripts etc. The database is jointly managed by all staff of the Department.
Education towards Biliteracy and Trilingualism:- An Internet Support Project	January 2000	March 2000	Project funded by the Quality Education Fund This the front page of the QEF funded project. From here the users can find various educational sub-pages, and pointers linking to other constitutent elements of the project.
The Uncertain Phoenix: Confucian Studies in Contemporary China	June 2001	Nov 2001	You need Chinese to browse this page.
Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)	December 1994	Feb 1998	This page has been selected as a "4-star site" by Magellan Internet Directory of the McKinley Group. The page is now mirrored by China News Digest and by China Home Page at CERNET
Department of Philosophy of CUHK	December 1996	ongoing	You need Chinese to browse this page.
Department of Fine Arts of CUHK	December 1996		You need Chinese to browse this page.
Computer-mediated communication for teaching and learning in the Chinese context	October 1995	ongoing	An affiliated page to this server. You need Chinese to browse this page.
A Hong Kong Cantonese Child Language Corpus	May 1996	Now moved to	http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~lal/
	August 1995	--	The RIH has offered courtesy web service to the Children's Cancer Foundation of Hong Kong from 1995-1998. From February 1998 on, the CCF has an ISP of her own. Please connect to the CCF's NEW HOME PAGE. Your continuous support of the CCF is very much appreciated
Chinese Archaic Jades from the Kwan Collection	November 1994	August 1997	Surfers from Europe can access a mirror of this page via Video on Line in Italy. This page is also featured by the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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