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	Boyer Lectures - 30 March 2003 - Highlights 5: Aesthetics and Culture
		Pierre Ryckmans was born and educated in Belgium.
		Ryckmans reminds us that culture has sustained and defined us, it is not by chance that we use the same word when we speak both of 'cultivating our gardens' and of 'cultivating our minds'.
		Pierre Ryckmans: Earlier on I made the point that no book in particular can actually affect your life, except in a ludicrously limited sense.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/boyerlectures/stories/2003/988170.htm (3727 words)

	Pierre Ryckmans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the Belgian Congo politician, see Pierre Ryckmans (Governor General of Congo)
		He taught Chinese literature in Canberra, and later was Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney, from 1987 to 1993.
		Ryckmans wrote a series of famous books about Chinese Cultural Revolution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Ryckmans (381 words)

	Are Books Useless?
		In that place, at that instant, the very survival of Primo Levi's humanity was dependent on it.
		Pierre Ryckmans is an internationally renowned novelist, writing under the name Simon Leys, as well as a scholar, Sinologist, artist and calligrapher.
		From 1988 he was Chair of Chinese Studies at University of Sydney from where he has recently retired.
	www.lib.latrobe.edu.au /AHR/archive/Issue-Dec-1996/ryckmans.html (1317 words)

	BR1 - 50th anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In September 1951, Pierre Ryckmans, honorary governor-general of Belgian Congo and commissioner for Atomic Energy, ordered a group of scientists to establish a new organization to study the applications of the nuclear energy.
		They came from several circles of the scientific world, the universities, the government and the industry.
		Pierre Ryckmans became the first chairman of the Board of Directors.
	www.sckcen.be /br1/EN/stk.shtml (78 words)

	Confucius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Simon Leys is the pseudonym of Pierre Ryckmans, who was professor of Chinese studies at Sydney University until his retirement.
		Ryckmans is a noted scholar of Chinese culture and an astringent observer of contemporary Chinese culture and politics.
		He is the author of Chinese Shadows and, most recently, the novel The Death of Napoleon (Farrar Straus and Giroux).
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/worldreligions/chinconfuciusR.htm (945 words)

	Book Talk - 1/05/99: Pierre Ryckmans on Evelyn Waugh
		SIMON LEYS is the pen-name of PIERRE RYCKMANS, scholar, critic, novelist, and former professor of Chinese Studies at Sydney University.
		Recentworks include an award-winning novel, THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON, written in French, the 1996 Boyer Lectures, and a new translation of THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS.
		Their subjects are as diverse as PIERRE RYCKMANS' interests.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/arts/booktalk/stories/s49627.htm (101 words)

	Vanderlinden (1994) Pierre Ryckmans (1891-1959): Coloniser dans l'honneur / Jacques Vanderlinden; avec un libre propos ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Vanderlinden (1994) Pierre Ryckmans (1891-1959): Coloniser dans l'honneur / Jacques Vanderlinden; avec un libre propos de Jean Stengers
		Pierre Ryckmans (1891-1959): Coloniser dans l'honneur / Jacques Vanderlinden; avec un libre propos de Jean Stengers
		Ryckman, Pierre, 1891-1959; Colonial administration; Belgium; Congo (Democratic Republic); Biography; Colonies; Administration; Politics and government; 1908-1960
	www.getcited.org /pub/103364291 (50 words)

	Sydney Grammar School - Kaleidoscope Eyes - October 1997
		Jeanne Ryckmans, daughter of sinologist Pierre Ryckmans, is a television presenter and producer based in Sydney.
		I have known her for only a few years and I felt she would make a wonderful subject, as she projects a very definite visual image.
		M D Lynn's portrait of Jeanne Ryckmans was the runner-up for the Archibald Prize this year, and was winner of the people's choice award.
	www.sydgram.nsw.edu.au /CollegeSt/extension/oct97.html (297 words)

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		His remarks were in sharp contrast with those of traditional colonial- ism and.realism expressed by other speakers at the panel discussion of "Men against Men, the Problem of the Under-developed Area" Friday afternoon in Rockwell Cage.
		Preceding Sir Ramaswami's at- tack on imperialism, Pierre Ryck- mans, Belgian representative on the Trusteeship Council, declared that stable colonial government may be in some cases preferable to self-rule, and William Malcolm, Lord Hailey, chairman of the Bri- tish Colonial Research Committee, expressed faith in "the State" to develop -latent resources.
		Nelson A. Rockefeller, President of the Inter- national Basic Economy Corpora- tion, cited his experiences with un- developed areas in Brazil and Rich- ard M. Bissell, Jr., Assistant Deputy Administrator of the ECA, attacked the problem from the economist's point of view.
	www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_069/TECH_V069_S0082_P003.txt (1223 words)

	Pierre Ryckmans (Congo) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two sons spent the whole war in Belgium.
		From now on, for Pierre Ryckmans, helping to win the war is the first priority.
		Meanwhile, the Government in London wants to curb his powers – censor his speeches, give him assistants he does not want; European workers organize trade-unions; European and African workers go on strike; peasants must be sent to gather rubber or open mines; soldiers mutiny...In short, it is a tired Governor who greets victory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Ryckmans_(Congo) (1233 words)

	Amazon.com: Pierre Ryckmans, 1891-1959: Coloniser dans l'honneur: Books: Jacques Vanderlinden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		Pierre Ryckmans, 1891-1959: Coloniser dans l'honneur (Unknown Binding)
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	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/2804118819 (448 words)

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		Among all the problems, one finds a major factor for progress: hierarchy; an authority that is orderly and strong enough to attain, with more or less efficacy, all the elements of social order [corps social]....
		Enlisting the Tutsi as de facto rulers allowed the Belgians to develop and exploit an enormous network of tea and coffee plantations without having to install a contingent of Belgians on the ground.
		The hawkish Pierre Leroy told the King that if he were authorised to take 'special measures,' order could be restored.
	sociologyesoscience.com /9nov2004.html (4245 words)

	H-Asia: "Orientalism" Thread
		For a brief and rather withering review of the non-applicability of Said's theories to the field of sinology, one might read the essay on the subject By Simon Leys [Pierre Ryckmans] in his collection entitled " The Burning Forest " [ " La foret en feu " in the original ].
		Simon Leys (Pierre Ryckmas), Orientalism and Sinology in The Burning Forest: Essays on Chinese Culture and Politics New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1985), pp.
		Simon Leys (Pierre Ryckmans) has a brief but characteristically witty and cutting commentary on the relevance of Orientalism for Chinese studies, entitled 'Orientalism ad Sinology', in his The Burning Forest (Paladin, 1988).
	www.h-net.msu.edu /~asia/threads/thrdorientalism.html (6250 words)

	Readers' Comments - www.phayul.com
		Belgian scholar Pierre Ryckmans coined the phrase the "100 percenters" to describe Beijing's international fans who support whatever China says 100 percent.
		Publishing under the pen name Simon Leys, Ryckmans compiled the statements of...
		Professor Chellaney's realism is a great eye opener for all.
	www.phayul.com /news/discuss/view.aspx?id=497 (208 words)

	Never say die \| The Courier-Mail
		Thus begins a whimsical romp through Belgium and northern France in this little gem of a book.
		Leys (real name Pierre Ryckmans) could take umbrage at "little" when it has won three major literary awards, has been filmed, and been published in 10 languages since its appearance in 1991.
		Leys himself has won so many literary honours that Napoleon might turn green and has achieved a distinguished academic career at the ANU and the University of Sydney.
	www.news.com.au /couriermail/story/0,23739,20491479-5003424,00.html (765 words)

	AllRefer.com - Zaire - Belgian Paternalism: Underlying Postulates \| Zaire Information Resource
		Paternalism drew its rationale from a vision of Africans as essentially "big children," whose moral upbringing required a proper mixture of authority and dedication.
		Its essence is perhaps best captured in the opening sentence of a celebrated work by a former colonial governor general, Pierre Ryckmans: "Dominer pour servir (Dominate in order to serve.
		This is the only excuse for colonial conquest; it is also its complete justification.)."
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/zaire/zaire22.html (975 words)

	Jonathon Delacour: Crushed by reality?
		In a speech given at the 2002 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards last night, the scholar, writer, and sinologist Pierre Ryckmans asked whether psychotherapists multiply when novelists and poets become scarce.
		He answered his own question by quoting Jung:
		Needless to say, I was delighted that The Tale of Genji and Kawabata’s The Sound of the Mountain are included.
	weblog.delacour.net /archives/000495.html (170 words)

	'History Facing the Present: An Interview with Jan Vansina'
		They see this prolific and well-respected historian as a force hostile to an ethical view of history.
		Biography is presented here as another much practiced genre: this puzzling classification may refer to works such as the apologetic biography of governor general Pierre Ryckmans by Jacques Vanderlinden.
		Finally, a third section of the field is presented as kept under the control of a host of informal, semi-professional amateur historians.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /~africa/africaforum/Vellut.htm (2462 words)

	Owen Harries and Tom Switzer: Little magazine leaves big mark \| Opinion \| The Australian
		No wonder Quadrant has acquired a great and distinguished respect overseas.
		The aforementioned Buckley, patron saint of American conservatives and a connoisseur of literary-political journalism, once described an issue (a special on China, put together by Simon Leys, aka Pierre Ryckmans) as "the single most liberating issue of any magazine I can remember".
		And according to the renowned scholar-poet Robert Conquest: "Quadrant has flourished in a jungle full of pygmies with personal arrows" and Australia is fortunate to have it and "so are we in the world at large".
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20513022-7583,00.html (1709 words)

	Analects Of Confucius; Leys, Simon; Paperback; World Retail Store - English Books
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		In this terse, brilliant translation, scholar Pierre Ryckmans (under the pseudonym Simon Leys) restores the human dimension to Confucius--who emerges as a full-blooded character with a passion for politics and a devotion to the ideals of a civilization he
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	www.worldretailstore.com /item/BE-0393316998.html (225 words)

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