Mu-chou Poo (Chinese: 蒲慕州; pinyin: Pú Mùzhōu; born 1952) is a Taiwanese Egyptologist and scholar in Comparative Antiquity.^[1] Poo was born in Taiwan and obtained his undergraduate degree from National Taiwan University (1975). After receiving his PhD from Johns Hopkins University (1984), he became a research fellow at the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica (1983–2009). Currently, Poo teaches at the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a professor of history.^[2]

Bibliography[edit]

Poo has published works in Chinese and English. Major works include:

Books in English:

• Wine and Wine Offering in the Religion of Ancient Egypt (London: Kegan Paul International, Egyptological Series, 1995).
• In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998).
• Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward Foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and China (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005).
• (Ed.) Rethinking Ghosts in World Religions (Leiden: Brill, 2009).

Books in Chinese:

• 世界文化史 A History of World Civilizations, 2 vols., (A textbook for the Senior High School in the Republic of China) (Taipei: National Bureau of Publication, 1986).
• 西洋文明發展史 A History of Western Civilization, Chapters 1–18, co-authored with Tuan Ch'ang-kuo, Wu Chun-i & Chuang Shang-wu, (Taipei: National Open University, 1990).
• 墓葬與生死 — 中國古代宗教之省思 Burial Styles and Ideas of Life and Death—Reflections on the Religion of Ancient China, (Taipei: Lianjing, 1993; 2nd ed., Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 2008).
• 尼羅河畔的文采 — 古埃及文選 Literature by the Nile: An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Literature (Taipei: Yuanliu, 1993).
• 追尋一己之福 — 中國古代的信仰世界 In Search of Personal Welfare: The World of Beliefs in Ancient China (Taipei: Yunchen, 1995; 2nd edition, Taipei: Maitian Chubanshe, 2004; Shanghai: Guji Chubanshe, 2007).
• 中國文化史 A History of Chinese Culture (co-authored with Ping-chen. Hsiung) (Taipei: Donghua, 1997).
• 法老的國度 — 古埃及文化史 The Land of the Pharaohs: A Cultural History of Ancient Egypt (Taipei: Maitian, 2001; Guilin: Guanxi Normal University Press: 2003).
• 古代宗教與信仰 Ancient Religion and Society (Taipei: National Taiwan University, 2003).
• 鬼魅神魔 — 中國通俗文化側寫 （編） (Ed.) Ghosts, Demons, Deities and Mara: A View of Chinese Common Culture (Taipei: Maitian, 2005)
• 生活與文化（編） (Ed.) Life and Culture (Beijing: Zhongguo dabaike quanshu chubanshe, 2005).
• 西洋上古史 A History of the Ancient West (Taipei: Sanmin Publishing, 2009).

References[edit]

• http://www.thotweb.com/pro/poo.htm
• http://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/mcpoo.html
• von Falkenhausen, Lothar (1 January 1999). "Review of In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 59 (2): 598–613. doi:10.2307/2652725. JSTOR 2652725.
• Brindley, Erica (2003). "In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion (review)". China Review International. 10: 233–239. doi:10.1353/cri.2004.0010.
• http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31115
• Lagerwey, John (17 September 2004). Religion and Chinese Society. Chinese University Press. ISBN 9789629961237.
• Olberding, Amy (2 January 2012). Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-3564-0.