In a sort of weird synchronicity, the other day I was doing my regular browsing of the Sino-Platonic Papers (did it last time back in August/2009 and then last week), and downloaded a few new papers of interest to me, including these three below that actually comprise a single book in three sections/volumes. The synchronicity is that Harmen Mesker was also announcing the find of these three in his FB page the following day: we were both browsing and downloading papers at the same time.

Now, they are a must have, IMO. Some groundbreaking conclusions there. They have a combined 1000 pages or so and I printed all three at Kinkos for some $65.00. I think it is worth the expense.

• brand-new SPP (no. 192): In and Outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient China and the World, c. 4500 BC - AD 200, by John C. Didier. This work is in three volumes:
  1. The Ancient Eurasian World and the Celestial Pivot (9.2 MB PDF)
  2. Representations and Identities of High Powers in Neolithic and Bronze China (17 MB PDF)
  3. Terrestrial and Celestial Transformations in Zhou and Early-Imperial China (7.0 MB PDF)