The Man Who Loved China (39 page)

Great Astronomical Clocks of Mediaeval China, The,
192n.40

Great Canon of the Yongle Emperor's Era, The
(
Yongle dadien
), 176n.36

Great Leap Forward economic plan, People's Republic of China, 234

Great Wall, 126–27, 128

Guangdong Province, China, 143, 158

Guang Wei (Joseph Needham's driver), 102

Guangzhou, China, 51

Guanyin (Buddhist goddess), 156
Guan Zi,
44

guerilla industries, Chinese, 112–14

Guild of Saint Luke, 19

Gujin tushu jicheng,
176
gung ho,
origin of phrase, 113

Gung Ho cooperatives, 114–15, 211

gunpowder, Chinese, 92

Guo Moruo (scientist), role in accusing United States of biological warfare, 203–5

Gutenberg, Johannes, 218

Gwynne-Vaughan, Helen, 148

gymnosophy, Joseph Needham's interest in, 22–23

 

Haldane, J. B. S., 21n.1

Haloun, Gustav, 44

Han dynasty, 187, 188

Hanzhong, China, 110

Hardy, G. H., 68

Hardy, William Bate, 19, 26, 169, 221

harness, Chinese breast-strap, 184

Harrisson, Tom, 32

Hay, John, 8

Hedin, Sven, 73

Herbert, A. P., 32

Hexi corridor, 126

Hill, A. V., criticism of Joseph Needham due to his biological warfare report, 210

Hills of the Singing Sands, 129

Hinshelwood, Cyril, 224

HMS
Amethyst
incident, 142n.29

Hogg, George, 73n.15

on Rewi Alley, 117

trek with displaced Chinese children, 118n.24, 127n.27

Holorenshaw, Henry (Joseph Needham pseudonym), 49n.11, 50

Holst, Gustav, 29

homosexual civil rights, Joseph

Needham's support for, 227, 233

Hong Kong, 143, 149

hookah, Joseph Needham's, 232n.52

Hoover, Herbert, 170

Hopkins, Frederick Gowland (“Hoppy”), 20, 21, 35, 36, 37

Hopkins, Barbara, 20

horticulture, Chinese, 65–66

Hua, Dr., 67, 68

Huainanzi
encyclopedia, 185

Huang, Lettice, 81

Huang Hsing-tsung “H.T.,” 82–88

excerpts from writings by, 84, 85

on northwestern China expedition with Joseph Needham, 103, 110, 125, 140, 141–42

on southeastern China expedition with Joseph Needham, 144, 145, 147, 150, 151–55

on Sichuan River trip, 85–93

Huangpu River, 46

Hummel, Arthur, 224

Huxley, Julian, 32, 58, 179

formation of UNESCO and role of, 162, 164, 166

hydraulics, Chinese, 105–9

 

Ignatiev, Semen, 212–13

Important Matters of the Jade Chamber,
192

Indusco, 113–14

industry in World War II-era China, 112–14

Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The
(Aylward), 118n.24

Institute of History, Lizhuang, China, 91

Intelligence Research Department, British Foreign Office, 209–10

International Folk Dance Congress (1934), 31

International Physiological Conference (1954), 218

International Red Cross, 204

International Science Commission, 204, 211, 221

inventions, Chinese.
See also
Appendix I

abacus, 68, 70

botany and horticultural, 61, 65–66, 155–56

bridges, 11, 121–22, 185–86

calipers, 187

ceramics, 120

chain drive, 185

chess (game), Chinese
xiangqi,
187

compass, Chinese magnetic, 97, 183–84, 186

fishing reel, Chinese, 186

gimbals, 186–87

gunpowder, Chinese, 92

harness, breast-strap, 184

iron, cast and wrought, 184–185

kite, 187

mathematics, 67–70

plow and moldboard, 184

printed books, 101–2,
131,

138–39, 177

puddling technique, iron, 195

pump, square-pallet chain, 185

rain gauge, 181

rate of, 188

rudder, sternpost, 186

spinning wheel, 187

star charts, 138, 263

stirrup, 187–88

surveyors' marks, 188–89

toilet paper, perfumed, 187

type, movable, 177

umbrella, 187

wheelbarrow, 186

iron, Chinese cast and wrought, 184–85

irrigation projects, 106–9

Isherwood, Christopher, 112

Islam in China, 119

 

Japan, 47–48, 53

attacks on Chongqing by, 4–5, 76–77

Battle of the Tennis Court against Britain, 155n.31

biological experiments conducted on Chinese prisoners by, 202, 215

invasion and occupation of China by,
iv,
7, 46–48, 51,
63,
77–79, 112, 143, 155

Joseph Needham's expedition to Fuzhou and danger of approaching troops, 143–46, 149, 151–55

Jialing House, 158

Jialing River, 75

Jiang Jie, 89–90

Jiangxi, China, 158

Jiao Yu (scholar), 199

Jiayuguan, China, 126, 127, 128

Jinghua University Radio Research Institute, 98

Jiuquan space center, China, 264–65

Johnson, Lyndon, 231

Johnston, Reginald, tutor of last Chinese emperor Pu Yi, 250

Jordan-Lloyd, Dorothy, 20

 

Kaczynski, Ted (“Unabomber”) hears Joseph Needham's lecture (1978), 238–39

Kelly, William, 185

Kennedy, Robert “Bobby,” 216, 231

Khrushchev, Nikita, 213, 214

Kim Il Sung, 213

King, Gordon, 83

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 231

kite, Chinese, 187

Knatchbull-Hugessen, Hughe Montgomery, 48

Korean War, accusations against U.S. of biological warfare during, 199–212

final report (1952) on, 207–8

Joseph Needham joins team to investigate, 203–8

Joseph Needham's hostile reception from press and U.S. authorities, 208–12

Joseph Needham's reputation damaged for investigating, 214–16, 220

role of Soviets in, 204, 212–14

Koo, Wellington, 58

Kühnert, Franz, on Chinese astrology, 263

Kunming, Yunnan Province, J. Needham's visit to, 61–71

 

Labour Party, British, 31

Lam, Mary, 244

Lansbury, George, 32

Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, 121, 122–25, 140, 141, 158

Lascelles, Alan, 197

Laski, Harold, 32
Last Emperor, The
(film), 250n.54

Lattimore, Owen, 140

Lawrence of Arabia (T. E. Lawrence), 114

Ledo Road, 79

Left Book Club, 49

Lendrum-Vesey, W. T., 18

Leonardo da Vinci, 218

Levellers political movement, 49n.11

Liao Hongying, 103, 105, 125

marriage to Derek Bryan, and advocacy work for China, 142–43, 226

Liberation Monument, Chongqing, 254

Li Bing, 106, 108, 109

Lieber, Alfred, 196

Li Jun (engineer), 186

Lin Sen, 106

Lin Yutang, 46

Li Xinheng, 122

Li Yue-se (Joseph Needham's Chinese name), 40,
41,
123n.26, 236

Lizhuang, China, 91

Long March, 98

Lop Desert, 129

Loushan, China, 85, 90

Low, David, 32

Luce, Henry, 47

Luding Bridge, Dadu River, Sichuan Province, 186

Lu Gwei-djen (scientist, second wife of Joseph Needham), 34–38, 116, 164, 177

“concert of the concubinage” with Dorothy Needham, 239

contribution to
Science and Civilisation in China,
193, 195

correspondence with Joseph Needham, 9, 64, 139, 158, 219–20

declining health and death of (1991), 245–47

estate disposition after death of, 248–49

family and education of, 34–36

first meeting and mutual attraction with Joseph Needham, 6, 37–38

marriage to Joseph Needham (1989), 246–47

personal library, 242–44

photos of,
35, 246

L. Picken complaint about Joseph Needham's relationship with, 159–62

relationship with Joseph Needham, 6, 37–38, 49–59, 55–56, 157–62, 228, 239

visit to Chongqing (1982), 257

work and career, 50, 218, 221

Luo family, Chengdu, 84

Luoyang, China, 131

Luo Zhongshu, 50–51

Lu Shih-kuo (father of Lu Gwei-djen), 247–48

 

Macartney, Lord, British emissary to China (1792), 182, 258, 259

McCarthy, Joe, U.S. senator, 210, 211

MacDonald, Ramsay, 170

Machina Carnis
(D. Needham), 24n.3, 245

McLaurin, Campbell, 33

MacLehose, Murray, 149–51

Ma Jun (Chinese engineer), 187

Malenkov, Georgy, 213
Manchester Guardian,
224

Mao Zedong (Chinese Communist leader), 22n.2, 40, 57, 58, 78, 94, 96, 142, 163, 176n.35

establishment of People's Republic and, 222–23, 226

interaction with Joseph Needham about car and bicycle transportation in China, 236–37

Patriotic Hygiene Campaign and, 201–2, 203

photo with Zhou Enlai and Joseph Needham,
209

policies of, 226–27, 234–37

Martin, Kingsley, 32

Mass Observation, 32

mathematics, Chinese, 67–70

Mead, Margaret, 64

migrant workers, 255

Milne, A. A., 32

Ming dynasty, 126, 127, 176n.36, 188

Ministry of Culture, China, 175

Min River

in Fujian Province, 148–49

Qing-era irrigation project on, 106–9

in Sichuan Province, 85, 88–89, 90

Mogao cliffs and caves, 101, 130,
131,
132, 134

Moonella Group, 22

morris dancing, Joseph Needham's interest in, 30–31, 116

Moyle, Dorothy Mary.
See
Needham, Dorothy Moyle “Dophi”

Murray, James, 230

Muslims in China, 119

 

Nanjing, China, 47, 51

Nankai University, 51

Nan Shan (Richthofen Range), 126

National Council for Civil Liberties, 31, 32

Nationalist government, China, 78–79, 96, 176n.35.
See also
Chiang Kai-shek (Nationalist Chinese leader)

in Taiwan, 225

Nature,
235

Needham, Alicia Adelaide Montgomery (mother of Joseph Needham), 12

Needham, Arthur (uncle of Joseph Needham), 21

Needham, Dorothy Moyle “Dophi” “Li Dafei”(scientist, first wife of Joseph Needham), 23–27, 124

academic achievements of, 29n.4

acceptance of Lu Gwei-djen by, 6, 38, 43, 49, 159, 177, 239

book
Machina Carnis,
24n.3, 245

“concert of the concubinage” with Lu Gwei-djen, 239

death of (1987), 244–45

family and education of, 23–24

marriage to Joseph Needham (1924), 23–28

photo,
27

trip to France with Joseph Needham (1954), 218–20

visits to China made by, 14, 157, 162

work and career of, 24

Needham, Joseph (father of Joseph Needham), 12, 14

Needham, Noël Joseph Terrence Montgomery “Joseph”

awards and honors for, 28–29, 197, 238–40, 250, 251

as advocate for China, 48–49, 50, 94–96, 225–28, 234–37

begins study of Chinese language and culture, 38–45

begins to question Mao's policies in China, 234–37

books and scholarly work by, 9, 28, 50 180, 211n.45 [
see also Science and Civilisation in China
(
SCC
)]

at Cambridge University, diminished status of (1950s), 220–24

at Cambridge University, restored status of (1960s and after), 228–32

at Cambridge University as professor, 26–28, 166–73

at Cambridge University as student, 4, 17–26

car ownership, 31, 236n.53

childhood, 11–16

Chinese names of, 40,
41,
123n.26, 236

clothing of, 68,
69

correspondence with Lu Gwei-djen, 9, 64, 139, 158, 219–20

damage to reputation of, over biological warfare report, 214–16

Needham, Noël Joseph Terence Montgomery “Joseph”

declining health and death of, 240–42, 249–52

diplomatic mission to China [
see
Needham, Joseph, his British diplomatic mission to China (1942–1946)]

dreams of, 123–24

early education, 16

eccentricities of, 147–48

elected president of Caius College fellows (1959), 229–31

excerpts from letters and diary by, 65, 75, 80, 82, 86, 87–88, 91–92, 98–99, 106–7, 110, 111, 119, 146, 152, 153, 154, 183, 233