The Chinese Calendar

History and Provenance of the “Chinese” Calendar in the Z?j-i ?lkh?n?

This article sheds light upon a “Chinese” calendar described in the Z?j-i ?lkh?n?. In previous studies, some characteristics of the calendar were ascribed to the “Uighurs” However, I will show that it was not originally associated with the Uighur. This “Chinese” calendar was brought to Iran by the Chinese Taoist Fu Mengchi who accompanied his ruler Hülegü. Fu Mengchi informed Nas?r al-D?n T?s? ...

Calendar Effects in Chinese Stock Market

Our paper examines calendar effects in Chinese stock market, particularly monthly and daily effects. Using individual stock returns, we observe the change of the calendar effect over time. In Shanghai and Shenzhen, the yearend effect was strong in 1991 – but disappeared later. As the Chinese year-end is in February, the highest returns can be achieved in March and April. Studying daily effects,...

The Calendar Native Speaker

to the 2000-2001 academic year! I am pleased to announce that we have finally organized a Web site for the Labs. Please check it out. The URL is: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/lla. We are interested in your comments, criticisms and suggestions. A Web site is always a work in progress, but that is especially the case for ours this year. Our primary goal is to create a site that is useful for th...

The Ambient Calendar

It is becoming difficult to convey information from an everincreasing number of digital sources to users in a condensed and meaningful way. This growth has particularly occurred with peripheral information sources. These are of general interest to users, but do no require or typically command constant focus or attention. Examples include weather, stock data, blogs, and calendars. Ambient Displa...

Conference Calendar