Seminar on “Mental States in Traditional Chinese Literature” (1995), 1995, 1997, undated

Consists of correspondence between David Hawkes and the seminar organizer, academic papers, and other materials related to a seminar honouring Christoph Harbsmeier (何莫邪), a Norwegian sinologist, held 28 August-3 September 1995, at University of Oslo, Sørneset, Norway. The seminar papers were subsequently published under title Minds and mentalities in traditional Chinese literature (1999) with a preface by David Hawkes. Arranged chronologically.

• Items 1-20:

－Letter from Halvor Eifring to David Hawkes. Oslo, 18 August, 1995. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On meeting David at the airport in Norway, enclosing some of the draft manuscripts for the workshop, and paying for the plane ticket (Note 2)

－Letter from David Hawkes to Halvor Eifring. 15th September 1995. 1 sheet. Printout. On writing a short preface to the projected book, and asking help for sending Christoph's and Peng's papers

－Letter from Halvor Eifring to David Hawkes. Oslo, 29 Sept, 1995. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On informing the title of the book is "Literary images of the Chinese mind", and suggesting David to wait for the revised versions of the papers (Note 2)

－Letter from Halvor Eifring to David Hawkes. Oslo, March 18, 1997. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On rewriting most of the articles from the Sørneset seminar on "mental states", and enclosing the rewritten articles and the original papers by Jeng Heng-syung and Halvor Eifring (Note 2)

－Letter from David Hawkes to Halvor Eifring. 23rd March 1997. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On sharing recent status, the progress of the preface and a suggestion of the title of the book

－Letter from David Hawkes to Halvor Eifring. 25th April 1997. 1 sheet. Printout. On enclosing the preface, and talking about the exhibition of Indo-Chinese sculpture and the sing-song at the Sørneset conference. Enclosed with:
　1) The preface of the book for the conference, Mental states in Traditional China. 1 sheet. Printout. With handwritten notes

－Contact directory of the conference, Mental states in traditional China. 1 sheet. Holograph (photocopy). With handwritten notes at the back (Note 1)

－Note from Halvor Eifring to David Hawkes. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On interpreting the characters of Pang Pu (龐樸)'s poem for Christoph Harbsmeier and translating the poem. Photocopy of the poem《祝何翁六十華誕》also on the same page (Note 2)

－From Pang Pu of the Centre for Confucian studies at Shandong University to Christoph Harbsmeier on his sixtieth birthday. 1 sheet. Printout. On the English translation of the Pang Pu (龐樸)'s poem. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

－Note from Halvor Eifring to David Hawkes. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On providing the email to David for translation. On the same page: 龐樸 (Pang Pu) 致皓德 (Halvor Eifring) 電郵。25 April 2006. 主題：詩。祝何翁 (何莫邪 Christoph Harbsmeier) 六十華誕詩一首（正楷）(Note 1) (Note 2)

－Two mysterious categories in Chinese philosophy : "Wu (Nothing)" and "Xuan (Mystery)." 5 sheets. Printout (photocopy). With handwritten notes (Note 2)

－Partiality and wholeness in classical Chinese fiction. Andrew H. Plaks. 18 sheets. Printout (photocopy). Symposium on "Mental States in Traditional Chinese Literature". University of Oslo, Sørneset, Norway. August, 1995. Pages [1]-18 (Note 2)

－A semiotic interpretation of the mentality of monkey in The journey to the West. Heng-syung Jeng（鄭恆雄）. 11 sheets. Printout (Note 2)

－The use of songs as a means of self-expression and self-characterization in the Chin P'ing Mei. David T. Roy. 26 sheets. Printout (photocopy). Pages 1-51 (Note 2). Attached with:
　1) 金瓶梅詞話。排印本 5 張（影印本）。頁 8-11, 22-23, 72-77, 426-431 (Note 2)

－The psychology of Hàn dynasty ethics. Rune Svarverud. 7 sheets. Printout. Draft manuscript for workshop; Mental states in traditional China. Pages 1-13 (Note 2)

－Chinese faces : the sociopsychology of facial features as described in《The Story of the Stone》. Halvor Eifring. 13 sheets. Printout (photocopy). A very preliminary draft prepared for the workshop "Mental states in traditional China". Sørneset, 28 August - 3 Spetember, 1995. Pages 1-26 (Note 2)

－1 sheet. Holograph. Notes written in German

－Mental states in traditional China : Sørneset, 28 Aug - 3 Sept, 1995. 1 sheet. Printout (photocopy). A revised tentative programme. With handwritten notes. With duplicate copy (Note 2)

－1 envelope ; 33 x 23 cm. With address of 龐樸 (Pang Pu) (Note 1)

－手稿 2 張 （影印本）。包括五個象形文字：宜、俎、肴、「後下 13. 5」及「甲編 2356」

• Items 21-22:

－1 sheet (photocopy). Pictures of various depictions of the concept of tai ji（太極）in unearthed artefacts (Note 2)

－1 sheet. Printout (photocopy). Includes: Ringebu stavechurch, district centre in pre-Christian era, Christian times. Church with earth-dug poles, The Stave church, Stave church extension, The interior, Baroque blooms, and the illustrations of the church (Note 2)